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
