--- G Stanley Doore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That's the purpose of the metric only labeling >legislation which the NIST has drafted for Congress >to pass. It needs support to get rid of English >units on labels.
Note that the legislation only applies to container sizes. Labels that contain metric serving sizes will still be forbidden in most cases. See: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fr05404c.html >Incidentally, I liked the SI "Energy in Food and >Drink" table which someone submitted. It was very >meaningful. As I understand it, US law is based mostly on 'per serving' but laws in the EU are based on 'per 100 g' or 'per 100 ml'. Changes are being proposed by both regions. Here is one example format that is being taken seriously in Europe: http://www.igd.com/CIR.asp?menuid=146&cirid=1756 __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
