Johnson rewriting the Ministerial Code.

[miasmum]

Mine says 4 pints then 2272ml which is even more confusing

[Suff]

As do all the bottles which show pints because they have to sell in KG but May show measures in pints. So it presents what you recognise (4 pints), but has, by law, to show the actual weight in KG because it is being sold per KG, not per pint. That is the law today.

Question is do you actually look at the bottle for the big 4 on it or do you just pick up the bottle which is obviously 4 pints not 6 pints or 2 pints.

If the answer is "I just pick up the bottle which is the obvious size", which I suspect most people do, I certainly do, then would you recognise the difference in a shop that is selling 2L of milk rather than 4 pints?

Anyway this is the part the government is about to change. i.e. removing the confusion so when you buy 4 pints it says 4 pints only and not 4 pints plus 2272ml or 2.27l. One ml or millilitre being 1/1000th of a litre. 2272ml is more correct than 2.27l which is 2ml, or two thousandths of a litre, less than 2272ml. A bit pedantic you would think? 2ml is two fifths of a teaspoon... Given that a teaspoon is 5ml.

[miasmum]

I pick up the bottle I know is right

[Workingman]

If you really want to go old school your 2pt and 4pt bottles should say 1 quart or 1/2 a gallon, but the metric values would still have to be the most prominent display and you would still have to pay by the litre because that is what UK law says.

[Suff]

Yes, until they change the law.

It is not a very big change and probably will only change the labelling on pints.

Mind you I've never been in a pub offering me 568ml of Beer.... Or pricing it in ml...