On 06/28/10 2:37 PM, sometime in the recent past George posted this:
> On 6/28/2010 12:03 PM, Wilson wrote:
>> On 06/28/10 11:30 AM, sometime in the recent past George posted this:
>>> On 6/28/2010 10:49 AM, Steve Pope wrote:
>>>> This could be more B.S. but I thought it might serve as
>>>> a Monday Funny:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/more...from-brussels/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>
>>> So what part is unusual? At least in the US we already buy eggs by
>>> weight.
>>>
>>> http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getf...STELDEV3004376
>> Hmmn? I've never bought eggs by the ounce or pound here in the US. There
>> are guidelines for size, but that's all I've seen.
>>
>
> Take a look at 52.618, Table 1
>
> For example a dozen of large eggs must be 24 ounces minimum.
Couldn't open the referenced file at first since it lacked the .pdf
extension. Yes, those are the guidelines I've seen. But we still buy them by
the count and not the weight, as least not in the usual sense. The subject
line seemed more restrictive, but maybe they are just adopting the same or
equivalent standards we're using.

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