That's true of a number of personal hygiene items, including shaving foam. My Gillette Foamy can shows ounces and grams (which is an improvement, as Gillette's U.S. packaging used to show ounces only). One (also Gillette) I bought in Europe shows mL.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald >Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 17:23 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:29019] Different laws for showing quantity, was: RE: RE: >Wisconsin Ice Cream > > >This reminds me of something ... > >Last year I was in a Costco in Canada and picked up some toothpaste, Crest, >quantity on tube is by volume -- 130 mL. > >However, toothpaste sold in the US has the quantity in mass instead -- >ounces and grams. > >Same stuff, wonder why the difference. > >Carleton > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Bill Potts >Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 18:26 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:29010] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream > > >Something is wrong here. > >!.2 L is a volume; 40 oz is a mass. > >Nat: Did the container say oz or fl oz? > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Behalf Of J. Ward >>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 14:39 >>To: U.S. Metric Association >>Subject: [USMA:29007] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream >> >> >>Hi Nat, >> >>Are you sure they rounded off the metric value and not the number >>of ounces? >>>From the way you have typed it, it gives the impression that they >>really mean >>1.2 L, and put (40 oz.) as the approximate conversion. >> >>John >> >>On Saturday 28 February 2004 13:19, Nat Hager III wrote: >>> Proctor and Gamble has been doing that properly for years. Downy fabric >>> softener is listed as 1.2 L (40 oz) rather than 1.18L (40 oz). Dawn >>> dish detergent is listed as 740 ml (25 oz), rather than 739 ml (25 oz). >>> They obviously put some thinking into their rounding, others can too if >>> they try. >> > >
