[USMA:33646] Re: new pint

[Daniel]

They are breaking no law.  They are not selling a pint of product but jars that can be used to fill with product up to 500 mL in volume.    If someone fills the jar to only 473 mL then the jar is filled to less then full and there is no chance of over-flow.  If however, you tried to sell these in the UK, they would illegal if the labelled them with pint and someone tried to fill it to a UK pint and over-flowed the jar.  To be legal in the UK they would need only state the amount in millilitres.   To answer the second part of your question. the answer would be yes, but not for the reason you think.  Under US labelling laws, stating something as 1 lb 500 g is not illegal, but the product package must contain at least the larger of the declaration.  Thus if the person is vended 454 g and the package states 500 g, then the customer was cheated.  If the package contained more then 500 g then no law was broken.   Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: john mercer To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, 2005-07-21 11:49 Subject: [USMA:33641] new pint Hello there was a posting on this site last night from a person who went in to their local walmart and bought some canning jars. They said that the box of jars said 1 pint or 500 ml. In the States a pint is 473 ml. is this company breaking the law by calling 500 ml a pint. What would happen if lets say a butcher sold a lb of meat and on the package put 500 g after the lb marking on the package. Would he or she be breaking the law? It would be interesting to know how long these jars of 1 pint or 500 ml have been for sale in the States.          No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/53 - Release Date: 2005-07-20