I have just spoken to Walsall Trading Standards on the phone. They said that they are going to raise the issue at a national meeting on Thursday and get back to me.
-- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Han Maenen > Sent: 20 January 2003 06:25 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:24528] Re: Dollar stores > > Estee Lauder is absolutely and totally wrong. This company was in the > forefront of the TABD campaign that led to the delay of the metric only > directive. The TABD spokeswoman on this matter is from Estee Lauder. > She justified the OZ LIQ nonsense with Canadian language requirements wich > demand that products must be labelled in English and French. But that does > not mean that Canada demands ifp labelling. In an answer I explained to > her > that it did not include units of measurement, but EL did not do away with > the OZ LIQ. I wonder why, if there is no need for this 'Franco-American' > unit at all and it is not used in any French speaking area in the world.. > > Han > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2003-01-19 20:23 > Subject: [USMA:24519] Re: Dollar stores > > > > A search of the legislation on hmso.gov.uk gave me the impression that > > cosmetic products are treated differently to other products. However, > the > > legislation is scattered across various amendments. The principle > > legislation is 1985 and the website does not hold legislation of that > year. > > > > The following trading standards webpage says that cosmetic markings must > be > > 'metric only'. Either they are wrong or Estee Lauder is wrong. > > > > > http://www.walsall.gov.uk/tradingstandards/pdf/Business/cosmetic%20product > s. > > pdf > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Terry Simpson > > Human Factors Consultant > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.connected-systems.com > > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf > > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 19 January 2003 18:53 > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > Subject: [USMA:24516] Re: Dollar stores > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:14:24 -0000, "Terry Simpson" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >>Of Han Maenen > > > >>We do have euro shops here. Generally they have SI only, but on > American > > > >>products sold there you may well see dual units of course. > > > > > > > >American liquid units are illegal on product labels in the UK. > > > > > > It doesn't stop them being used on many perfume products. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > -- > > > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ > > > > > >
