Jerry, The amount in several packages of a product may legally be less than the amount advertised on the label if most of the other packages contain more than the advertised amount.
Enforcement is based on analysis of deviations from the advertised amount of fill, some fills may be *less than* the advertised amount! NIST-NCWM documents explain how the evaluations are done, and discuss permitted variations. Packagers are not required by law to fill *all* containers of a product with more that the amount advertised on the label. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 21:04:57 -0800 (PST) >From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:42963] RE: Aussie fires >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >... > Isn't it illegal to claim a soda bottle contains 24 > oz or 709 mL if it only contains 23.66 oz or 700 mL? > That's cheating. > Jerry
