> Of Carleton MacDonald > An article from the business section of The Washington Post, July 18, 2004, > followed by my response to her.
An excellent article and a good response. Perhaps we can ask permission to have a copy on the USMA website. Even in metric units, the issue is not easy. In the UK, the unit price must be by the litre or kg etc. But there are exceptions, for example the unit for herbs and spices is 10 g. Rice was also an exception (unit = 100 g) but pasta was not, industry says that rice and pasta should have the same unit and they may abolish the rice exception. You can see the sort of debates that go on if you look into the UK Department of Trade records of consultations. The following page is an example, which also lists the exceptions. http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/archive/consultations/pricemarkshed1.htm
