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What's the problem with just selling 568ml bottles? Why does it have to be named somehow?

UK shops do just that, for example milk in supermarkets is still sold in pints but labelled in metric due to EU laws.

Not everywhere in the UK. In Northern Ireland milk is sold in 1pt, but much more commonly 1L, 2L, and 3L bottles.

Most bottles are 660ml and cans are varied, but many are 500ml.

However, in pubs and restaurants, the standard glasses are 568ml and half of that, for a half-pint.

Why would they remove that if you removed imperial usage?

What does it mean to “remove imperial usage”?

Are you suggesting we should stop calling it a pint and instead demand that we order “568ml of Hobgoblin, please?”

Why would we do that instead of just ask for a pint?