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> _________________________________________________________________
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