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To: JakeStraw who wrote (2040)	10/11/2002 3:53:04 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 3689

Austrian bar selling beer in litres faces prosecution ananova.com Trading standards bosses, who forced British shopkeepers to go metric, are threatening to prosecute an Austrian theme bar which sells beer in litres. Austrian Andrea Schultz started a bierkeller in Worcester two months ago, selling beer from her home country in earthenware one-litre jars. But trading standards officers have warned she faces prosecution because beer in Britain must be sold by the pint. Ms Schultz, who runs the Cardinal's Hat bar, is threatening to challenge the order in the courts. She told The Sun: "We had a visit from trading standards and I was stunned when I then got a letter. I've been told I'm breaking the law. It's crazy." She believes the beer, which is imported from Salzburg, tastes better in the traditional flutes because the tops are "not so wide and keep in the flavour". She has won support from the Metric Martyrs, a group fighting the introduction of Euro measures on British food. They include Sunderland greengrocer Steve Thoburn, 38, who was given a six-month conditional discharge for selling bananas by the pound last year. Mr Thoburn said: "It was barmy to stop me and it's just as crazy saying that Andrea can't sell Austrian beer by the litre. Again it's a case of bureaucrats trying to slap their rules on traders." Trading standards spokesman John Dell said : "Free flowing beer must be sold by the pint and that measure is here to stay. The only other items which are allowed to be sold in pints are milk and orange juice which is delivered to the doorstep."