2003-04-06 But, if they consistently meet and exceed the 400 g amount, then there would be no problem as far as legality is concerned if they state it as such. Also, there is no reason they can not change their testing to check for a 400 g quantity. If they feel that labelling the FFU amount as 14 oz instead of 14.x oz is beneficial to their customers who prefer FFU, then let it be so.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2003-04-06 10:42 Subject: [USMA:25447] Re: kitchen scales > >I think it is ridiculous that Mars Candies insists on labelling > >the packages as 396.x g when they could legally label them as > >400 g, since I've found them to be always over 400 g so far. > > It is not true to suggest that the 3-4 grams is not legally important. Any > gram figure that exceeds 14 ounces will become the legal figure for the > average fill assessment and testing. > > The law notes the higher figure on the label. That is why conversions must > be rounded down and not up. I presume that the sweets in question are > labelled and filled according to '14 oz'. It is a bit odd that they choose > to give 4 significant figures for grams rather than 3. >
