CAMRA has supported calls by the National Audit Office for a modernisation of Weights & Measures legislation to stop beer drinkers being served short measures in pubs.
The report, ‘Regulation of Weights and Measures’ released in March, claims that licensees are selling 200 million pints of beer more than they buy in, with a wholesale value of £130 million.
CAMRA’s own research shows that 9 out of 10 pints sold in British pubs are less than 100% liquid and that 1 in 4 pints are less than the industry’s own guidelines of 95% minimum liquid.
CAMRA has been campaigning for ‘an honest pint law’ for many years, but current Government proposals for a 95% minimum pint rule will still leave beer drinkers short-changed by millions of pounds every week and will be difficult to enforce.