British Weights & Measures Association London

Traditional Christmas Present - for 2010

LONDON, December 31 - The Government is on New Year's Day repealing regulations which would
have meant that Christmas 2009 was the last time it was legal to show the
weight of a turkey in pounds and ounces. Now, from 1 Jan 2010 and next
Christmas and forever, shops and producers can still lawfully tell you that
you are buying a 15lb turkey, a five-foot Christmas tree, or a pound of
Brussels sprouts. And you can still watch the Queen on your new 42-inch
plasma TV screens.

Technical info: Amending regulations are statutory instruments 3045 and
3046, which omit from the Weights and Measures Act 1985 the expiry date of 31
December 2009 for non-metric supplementary indications.

Telephone: John Gardner, Director British Weights & Measures Association,+44-07986-007994; Warwick Cairns Research Director +44-07711-873-740; e-mail: Michael Plumbe, BWMA Chairman, M.Plumbe at BTInternet.com, Post: BWMA, 11 Greensleeves Ave., Broadstone, Dorset BH18 8BJ