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When did the UK officially stop using Imperial measures of weight for food?
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The United Kingdom completed its legal partial transition to the metric system (sometimes referred to as "SI" from the French Système International d'Unités) in 1995, with many imperial units still legally mandated for some applications, such as ale pints, and mileage length measurements.
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