2002-22-26 Interesting. The package shown on the web site is labelled as 1.69 oz 47.9 g. Another case of the xx.9 g designation. But, this time to get it, they had to come up with an even more ridiculous declaration in FFU. Go Figure!
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-11-26 04:31 Subject: [USMA:23597] Re: M&M's > All this talk recently (e.g.. see below) got me curious, so as I was going > shopping anyway today I picked up these 2 M&M packs so you can see the > labels - too bad you can't taste them! See www.m-ms.com.au for info. > > I thought I'd look around this giant store and see how many references to > FFUs I could see, but had a hard time finding any. I eventually found a few > items in the international section where some imported jams and chocolates > had ozzies and flozzies in brackets. > > I noticed that Australian producers don't put a space between the unit name > and quantity, but some UK producers do. > > Mike > Perth, Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:23 AM > Subject: [USMA:23580] M&M's > > > 2002-11-25 > > I was in the store again today and saw a display for M&M's Christmas > candies. The package size was 14 oz 396.9 g. It seems that no matter what > size it is in FFU, the metric conversion is always something point nine > (xxx.9) I find this strange. I wonder what Mars Products is trying to > prove with this. > > John > > > > >
