I recently saw a product in the aisle for women's toiletries that is packaged in hard
metric with the metric indication (500 mL) listed first. Sorry I can't remember the
product or manufacturer. But it seems quite clear that more and more manufacturers are
moving to hard metric packaging in anticipation of permissive legislation that allows
metric-only labelling.
What a shame (per James Frysinger's recent posting) that we can't see the metric-only
amendment to the FPLA before 2005!
Ezra
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Nov 27, 2003 6:05 PM
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:27693] Another metric product
I noticed today, while helping my wife prepare our Thanksgiving dinner,
that the two bags of macadamia nuts we purchased locally are both hard
metric:
Macadamia nuts, honey roasted
MacFarms of Hawaii 100 g
Macadamia nuts, roasted & salted
MacFarms of Hawaii 100 g
Both are products of the USA, made in Captain Cook, Hawaii. They list the
colloquial equivalent as 3.53 oz, so clearly are not just rounding from
3.5 oz.
The first lists the serving size as 1 oz/28 g, with 6-1/2 servings per
package, apparently just a typo. The other lists it as 1/4 cup/32 g with 3
servings per package.
Jim Elwell
