It's not quite the same as in the U.K. In fact it may be the reverse. The U.K. exception applies only to draft beer, which must be in pints and half pints. Bottled beer is required to conform to SI.
The U.S. regulation applies to bottled beer and I'm not so sure about draft beer. After all, only the barrels are involved in interstate commerce. The measurement of the serving size occurs at the point of service and may well be subject only to state or local regulations. I suspect that half liters and liters may very well be permitted. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Michael-O >Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 07:58 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26472] Re: fpla and beer > > >can you figure out why beer is excepted? just like in the UK > >Terry Simpson wrote: >> Beer laws are separate from the FPLA. I did some research a while >> back to get beer law to parallel the FPLA changes but did not get >> very far. Is anyone else interested?
