[EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the late 1990's I bought a bottle of soda in Moncton, N.B. >The label said "600 mL". > >In 2003 I bought the same size bottle in Victoria, B.C. >The label said "591 mL".� It probably had 600 mL in it, but it was >an obvious hard conversion from 20 fl oz in FFU. � As I understand it, US label law requires the bottle to be filled to at least the quantity stated in either unit.
I don't know about Canadian law. As I understand it, UK label law requires the bottle to be filled to the metric quantity. The non-metric units are merely 'supplementary'. So a mismatch between units on a UK label might not be illegal. A successful prosecution might depend on whether the supplementary declaration it is likely to mislead (a matter for other laws). Pure speculation on my part.
