Bill Potts wrote: > 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.
I see, and which argumentation do they use to rectify drafts in pints? > > 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?
