I bought a Diet Coke in Moncton, N.B. in 1998. The label said 600
mL.
I bought the same bottle in Vancouver, B.C. in 2003.
The label said 591 mL.
No ounces on either, but the second
iteration led me to believe that someone at Coca-Cola decided to use part of
the dumbed-down USA
label.
I didn’t have a way to measure what
was actually in the bottle, but I thought the 591 mL was disgusting.
Carleton
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of john mercer
Sent: Wednesday, September 07,
2005 16:04
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:34331] metric drink
cans
Hello I would
like to say something about metric drink containers either bottles or cans. In Canada soft
drink bottles are labelled 591 ml. If soft drink bottles in the states were
labeled 600 ml how many people do you think in the real world would complain
about creaping metrication. I want to say on this site i get a little tired
of people saying that Americans are anti metric. If you walked down the street
and asked the average person what does he or she feel about the states going
metric probably a lot of people would say i never even think about it. I also
feel that Americans can adapt to change just the same as well as any other
nation on earth. Otherwise America
would not be the super power she is. Remember there are a lot of people in the
states that use metric every day in their work. Yes it isn't in the public
eye but it's there. Also if metric only labeling were allowed on
products i don't think there would be as many people oppose it as some think. A
lot of people when they buy a package of something just buy the small or large
package and don't look at the amount in the package weather it's in ounces
grams or both. I maybe wrong but i think that's the real world. Again if i
am wrong i stand corrected. John Mercer.
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