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Exporters
Exporters of every
conceivable product oppose metric-only labelling. British members of the TABD
Coalition formed in 1997 to oppose metric-only labelling
included:
- Food and Drink
Federation;
- Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and
Confectionery Alliance;
- Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery
Association;
- UK Tea Packers
Association
BWMA has also received comments by from
individual firms:
| Rock Oil
Lubricants and Fuels, Cheshire |
"...pleased to hear that the government is now
undertaking a reappraisal of the metrication issue, particularly the effect
that metric-only labelling would have on UK exports to the USA. As an exporter
of lubricants to the USA, Rock Oil is compelled to show volume on packaging in
gallons. Therefore, the news that the British government is obliged to
implement the EC directive as from January 1st, 2000 seems short sighted and,
in the long-term, difficult to achieve". |
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| Inveresk
Artists Papers, Somerset |
"...should
like to register support for repealing the [EC metric directive]. We are
producers of traditional artists papers to a [UK] market which refers to the
weight of paper in lbs per ream - whatever legislation is passed! In addition
to this, our major export market is the USA which only uses imperial
measurements. As a result of this, our product labels list both metric and
imperial and all products in our warehouse are labelled in this way. If we
follow this directive, all exports to the USA would require relabelling prior
to despatch with significant cost implications". |
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