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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:57 pm    Post subject: fluid ozs Reply with quote
Can anybody tell me what year they stoped puting fluid ounce on the lables? cheers dave
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dave

In the UK up until 1980 standard size bottles were 26 2/3 flozs, they then changed to 750ml in January 1980.

About 1991/1992 the EEC (or EU as they call it now) changed the standard size from 750ml to 700ml.
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