On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:42:31 +0000, Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>on 4/28/2002 3:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> wines and spirits, for instance, are fixed. The >> former may only be sold in the EU in 25, 37.5, 50, 75 cl bottles > >I find it surprising that the EU prescribes sizes which are 1/4 litre, 3/8 >litre, 1/2 litre and 3/4 litre instead ofsomething like 200 mL, 400 mL, 600 >mL and 800 mL. Perhaps because these sizes have been used for decades (certainly for wine - I can't say what non-UK countries used for spirits sizes). I think also that 70 cl is a permitted size in the UK for spirits - I've seen cheap, 'no brand' bottles in this size. >The use of the 3/8 size is especially surprising and it is also repeated in >the allowed masses (in grams) for grains, cereals, dried fruits and >vegetables, and perhaps others. > >And I am flabbergasted (really surprised) at the list for coffee: >57g, 75g, 113g, 125g, 227g, 250g, 340g, 454g, 500g, 680g, 750g or a >multiple of 454g ... etc. Clearly some of this is just hidden POUND >measurements (454 g is a pound and this leads to 227, 113 and 57 grams for >1/2, 1/4, 1/8 pound, and 340 and 640 grams for 3/4 pounds and 1.5 pounds). >And 125, 250 and 750 grams are just 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 of a kilogram. The sizes in the two paras above are in UK legislation ONLY (see the link at the bottom). This is what I said earlier about the continued persistence of imperial sizes in the UK. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
