Steve,
OK, if you buy a "whole" pizza in the UK, it is sold by diameter, but if you buy just a slice in a shopping mall, it is priced by the slice. As an aside, I certainly would not want to buy a whole pizza from a Roman pizza take-away - they tend to bake them in sheets that are typically one 100 cm by 60 cm. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: 27 May 2008 10:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40980] RE: dry pints of tomatoes Martin, Most pizza places sell by diameter in the UK - which is quoted in inches. Check the junk mail in your post box. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:40968] RE: dry pints of tomatoes > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 22:48:47 +0100 > > Pierre, > > The legality of using pints to sell tomatoes depends on your local > regulations. Some state legislatures have passed some ridiculous laws, the > most famous of which was the "Indiana Pi Bill" of 1897. (The bill never > made it through the Indiana Senate). See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill. > > Getting back to your tomatoes, firstly has Congress decreed how tomatoes may > be sold? If not, has your state legislature made any such decree? If not, > has your city made any such decree? In the United Kingdom, such legislation > is passed by Parliament - all that the EU has decreed is that if products > are sold by reference to measurement, then metric units shall be sold. > Thus, pizza is priced by the slice in the UK and in Germany, but in Italy it > priced by the kilogram. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pierre Abbat > Sent: 24 May 2008 04:50 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:40965] dry pints of tomatoes > > I've bought some cherry tomatoes that came in a package marked "one dry > pint", > with no metric equivalent. (I've also seen some packages with an equivalent > in milliliters.) I sent an email pointing out that labeling a grocery > only "one dry pint" is illegal and asking that they be labeled in grams (I > weigh tomatoes when making a recipe). > > I just brought up the FPLA and there is no mention of a dry pint anywhere. > There's no mention of a liter either. The regulations mention dry pints, but > > is it legal to sell tomatoes by volume? I think they're too big to be > accurately measured by volume and should be sold by mass. > > Pierre > _____ Get Started! <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000010ukm/direct/01/>
