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2002-03-24
Not so much a back conversion, but a truncation. 200
g is converted to 7.xx ounces and the xx is dropped off. Then sometime
later to conform to FPLA rules about having to have metric on the label, someone
with a calculator and an exact conversion factor converts the 7 ounces to 198.3
g. Totally not having a clue that the true size is 200 g. And most
likely not caring.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-24 19:38
Subject: [USMA:19047] Re: Crummy Canadian
labeling
In a message dated 2002-03-24 03:21:17 Eastern Standard
Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Judging from the crazy metric quantity, 198.3 g, I think
that it was packed
in the USA. Just another attempt to make metric look
stupid in comparison
with ifp. Why should the Germans do such a
thing?
The Werther bags packed in Germany and sold in Europe,
including in the UK
or Ireland where the labels are in the English
language, are always in even
decent 200 g or other rational metric
values. The bags sold in Britain and
Ireland MAY have a supplementary 7
oz. indication, but I have not noticed
it. Those sold in the continent
are metric-only.
It was probably
back-conversion. 200 grams converted (and rounded down) to 7 oz, then 7
oz back-converted to 198.3 g. Happens all the time
...
Carleton
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