Michael Payne wrote:
>Just got home from the Washington DC Metric Forum

Great! Thanks for the report. It is very welcome. I was really curious
about what happened.


>Interesting to know that when two values (Inch/Pound and
>Grams) are placed on a package, the larger one is what
>controls the net content,

Are you sure you heard this right? Did they use a term like 'more
prominent' rather than 'larger'? The UK required the controlling units
to be shown 'first'.

I would have thought that US manufacturers would resist a regulation
that said 'larger' because it implies two font sizes.

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