Perhaps one day the paint industries of the respective countries will agree on a
four-liter can of paint?
>
> From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/07/03 Thu PM 03:07:49 EDT
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:26235] Re: Kraft plans to cut snack sizes
>
> >Jim Elwell wrote im USMA 26230:
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> >For those who want rational package sizes, I suggest you have a long
> >ways to go to demonstrate any net benefit to them.
> >
> >Jim Elwell, CAMS
> >
>
> I agree with Jim. In Canada our *Consumer Packaging and Labelling
> Act* requires a metric statement of quantity, but not a *rational*
> size. Paint used to be sold in 4.55 L (1 imperial gallon) cans. Now
> paint cans have shrunk to 3.79 L (1 American gallon), but this
> enables Canadian paint to be sold in the USA by a mere change of
> label. I am not aware of there having been any protest about the
> change since paint is not a size-dependent product.
> --
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
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