Of particular interest for Californians:
6.1. General. - The International System of Units (SI), known as the
metric system and the inch-pound system of weights and measures are
recognized as proper systems to be used in the declaration of quantity.
Effective February 14, 1994, appropriate units of both systems shall be
presented in a declaration of quantity except as specified in section
11.32. SI Units, Exemptions for Consumer Commodities.
11.32 SI Units, Exemptions - Consumer Commodities. -
The requirements for statements of quantity in SI units (except for
those in section 10.10. Packaged Seed and section 11.22. Camera Film,
Video Recording Tape, Audio Recording Tape and Other Image and Audio
Recording Media Intended for Retail Sale and Consumer Use) in section 6.
Declaration of Quantity: Consumer Packages shall not apply to:
(a) Foods packaged at the retail store level,
(b) Random weight packages (see section 2.4. and section 11.1)
(c) Package labels printer before February 14, 1994,
(d) Meat and poultry products subject to the Federal Meat or Poultry
Products Inspection Acts,
(e) Tobacco or tobacco products,
(f) Any beverage subject to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act,
(g) Any product subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act,
(h) Drugs and cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act,
(i) Nutritional labeling information
11.33. Inch-pound units, exemptions - Consumer Commodities. -
The requirements for statements of quantity in inch-pound units shall
not apply to packages that bear appropriate SI units. This exemption
does not apply to foods, drugs, or cosmetics or to packages subject to
regulation by the Federal Trade Commission, meat and poultry products
subject to the Federal Meat or Poultry Products Inspection Acts, and
tobacco or tobacco products.
Terry Simpson wrote:
Of Phil Chernack
Ice cream is a dairy product and thus, regulated at the state level
See:
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dms/pdfs/QCRegs.pdf
