Of course, this makes me wonder why they didn't just put 1 kg.
Ezra
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From: cont...@metricpioneer.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:53:21 PM
Subject: [USMA:52846] Re: FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container.
Good point about 1 kg! Y'all may not believe this, but the marketers of this
product either may not be aware that there are 1000 g in 1 kg, or they may not
trust their customers to know. I once had a PHARMACY TECHNICIAN ask me how many
milligrams there are in a gram!
I sense that basic
I guess it shows how stupid ad writers are. I have actually written letters to vitamin companies about 1000 mg sizes. I have to be polite, but I honestly can't figure out why they never learned that 1000 mg is the same as one gram.Mark- Original Message -From: James Frysinger
Have you noticed that the nutrition standards for sodium read "less than 2,400 mg"?Seems even the government standards writers can't figure out that 2,400 mg is the same as 2.4 grams.Mark- Original Message -From: "mechtly, eugene a" mech...@illinois.eduDate: Sunday, June 2, 2013 4:01
Well either the FPLA or UPLR would require kilograms for amounts of 1000 g or
more. However, I think milk products are regulated by USDA, not FPLA (also
true
for meat). I've never been able to find their rules.
Because of all these anomalies, I think ALL net contents should be regulated by
My guess is they're trying to be consistent with smaller sizes, which are all
in grams.
Small container 250 g
Medium container 500 g
Large container 1000 g (rather than 1 kg)
Given the innumeracy of much of the public they probably would get flummoxed by
250 g, 500 g, 1 kg (we
On careful reading the FTC rules in support of FPLA are ambiguous on exactly
1000 mL or g. The rule says the SI prefix must be chosen so the numeric value
is between 1 and 1000. It is not clear whether the rule is inclusive of 1000.
The UPLR (section 6.6) is clearer and says for 1 L, 1 kg, 1
I just stumbled upon a cool metric flag during an internet search. I
would love to buy one, but I can't find anybody who sells them. Can
anyone help me out? See flag image here:
http://www.metricphilatelist.net/flags/flags.htm
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
John (Steele),
For Regulations governing the sale of meats, see NIST handbook 130, Sections
1.5, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.13(i), or
Pages 84,89, and 108 through 112 of the 2013 Edition. On page 233 is the (no
surprise) statement: USDA has statutory authority to establish standards of
identity for
Very neat, but I would remove the text. Flags should not have text on them.
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