Increments of 500 mL are true (rounded) metric amounts and increments of 568 mL are pseudo metric amounts. So, yes it is important if we are looking for products to be sold in true metric amounts.
I was interested in knowing what the percentage of milk sold in true metric amounts is compared to those in pseudo metric amounts. Of the 92.1 % of containers packed using metric calibrated machines, how many of those fills would be in rounded metric amounts? Jerry ________________________________ From: Ken Cooper <k_cooper1...@yahoo.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 3:28:37 PM Subject: [USMA:44958] RE: FPLA 2010 Jerry As I have already explained, all "supermarket" milk is packed & sold in metric amounts. Is it really important whether that amount is a multiple of 500 ml or of 568 ml? I think that you mean to ask "what percentage of milk is packed & sold in metric as compared to the percentage packed and sold in imperial" If you look at Dairy UK's recent publication "The White Paper" (link to pdf near bottom of this page http://www.dairyuk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=270 ) and go to page 35 of the document, you will see a graph entitled – Sales of Liquid Milk by Container Type (Retail) It gives percentage figures for packaging types used for retail milk sales in the UK. The current figures are Plastic Container 81.9% Carton 10.2% Glass Bottle 7.9% Only glass bottles are used for "milk in returnable containers" This means that 92.1% of UK milk is packed in metric. Only 7.9% is packed in imperial. From: Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> Subject: [USMA:44940] RE: FPLA 2010 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Friday, 1 May, 2009, 3:19 AM What is the percentage of milk sold in increments of 568 mL compared to 500 mL? Jerry ________________________________ From: Ken Cooper <k_cooper1...@yahoo.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:24:02 PM Subject: [USMA:44925] RE: FPLA 2010 Martin Technically, milk in returnable containers MUST be in pints - there's no "may" about it (at least that was the situation until recently - I'm not fully up to speed with the new Prescribed Quantity regulations yet - I'll check!) --- On Mon, 27/4/09, Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> wrote: From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> Subject: [USMA:44886] RE: FPLA 2010 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Monday, 27 April, 2009, 9:00 PM The UK is a member state of the EU and in theory the packaging requirements of all states is identical, except for a few items such as milk that is served in returnable containers which, in the UK, may be in pints. -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mech...@illinois.edu Sent: 27 April 2009 18:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:44885] FPLA 2010 Mike, The date the European Union *requires* metric units as primary indications of amount of contents in packages and on labels and in documentation of packages is 2010 January 1. However, Member States of the EU are anticipated to *permit* but not require non-metric units as "supplementary indications" beyond January 1, as does the UK now. Since "2010 January 1" is a "transition" date it seems appropriate as the target date for a new FPLA; "FPLA 2010" with time for new legislation in the United States. The present FPLA *requires both* metric and inch-pound units. This requirement for duality *does not* conform with the EU Metric Directive which requires metric units and merely permits non-metric units, even beyond January 1 ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:24 +0000 >From: mholm...@bellsouth.net >Subject: Re: [USMA:44855] FPLA 2010 as FPLA-4-24.pdf >To: mech...@illinois.edu, "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> >Cc: <mech...@illinois.edu> > > Why 2010? It should be 2009! > > Mike Holmes > > -------------- Original message from > <mech...@illinois.edu>: -------------- > > > Public Law 100-418 designates the metric system > of measurements as preferred for > > United States trade and commerce... It is not > 481. > > > > Attached is Draft FPLA-4-24.pdf which makes that > correction... > > --- On Fri, 1/5/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> wrote: Graph 13
