I read that more companies are now downsizing contents of packages
and keeping the price the same, especially with rising costs. This
practice, although not illegal is somewhat deceptive. It also means that no
mater what units, English or metric, companies will continue to use
irrational sizes on packages. So when you see a 440 g package of
product it may be a soft conversion or just a downsizing of a rational 450
g package.
We all know about the .5 L coke bottles. It seams that the size itself may
have originated from Coke HQ but each bottler labels it the way they see
fit. In NY its clearly labeled .5 L, in Florida it was labeled 16.9 oz. (primary
labels on the carton, I didn't scrutinize the legal label on the bottles). I
wonder if some bottlers labeled the 2 L bottles as 67.6 oz. at first and
gradually migrated to 2 L as it became more acceptable to the public
anybody remember?
Howard Ressel, Metric Manager
New York State Department of Transportation, Region 4
>>> "James J. Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/04/01 02:13am >>>
I think Procter & Gamble is definitely carrying out a metrication program.
The 855 g, 2 kg and 3 kg packages of Tide detergent tablets are still being
sold at the local Fred Meyer store.
Tonight I not only saw the Tide packages, but also a new batch of
Pringles
potato chips. The single cans have English/Spanish labels with the
contents
given as: 170 g (6 oz.). The "170 g" has the proper spacing and is
printed
in a more bold, ~25% larger font than the ounce declaration. The double
packs are in the NAFTA trilingual format, and their contents are also listed
in the BOLD SI (wombat) format. Judging from what I'm seeing, I'd say
that
P&G is in the process of getting Americans used to seeing (eventually)
SI-only labeling.
Jason
