Britain to sell in pounds and ounces after Brexit? – Leadsom hints at banishing EU rules

‘The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs secretary said Britain would be free to decide how to label its goods without interference from Brussels, once the divorce was finalised in 2019.
Companies could ditch the EU-sanctioned metric-system and give weights and measurements however they saw fit, she claimed, including using teaspoons to demonstrate how much sugar is present in the product.
Mrs Leadsom said: “Once we have left the EU, we will get the opportunity to look at how we can change rules that will be better for the United Kingdom and whether that’s on weights and measures or issues like teaspoons, those are things for the future.”’
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