The law requires the 1 LB 5 OZ version of Customary and permits the "all ounce" version (21 OZ) as a supplement. (largest whole unit requirement. A similar version exists for pints and/or quarts in liquid volumes.)
Whether or not that makes sense is debatable. --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43188] Re: Fwd: Re: Amendment to FPLA > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 9:26 AM > That isn't two declarations, but three? Yes, I agree > that is a lot of clutter and I don't understand by two > sets of English units need to be used. It isn't so bad > if it appears as 21 oz - 596 g. Of course, some would > prefer it to be 600 g and yes that would be better but for > now 596 g is a lot better the 21 oz alone. > > If in fact it does contain 600 g and the 596 g is just > meant to be an exact translation of 21 oz, and there is no > reason it has to be that way, then a remarking without a > change in fill contents can be done. Then the label can > read 21 oz - 600 g. > > Does anyone know why two sets of English units appear > instead of just one? > > Jerry > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:04:37 PM > Subject: [USMA:43169] Re: Fwd: Re: Amendment to FPLA > > > This is from a box of cereal: "21 OZ (1 LB 5 OZ)-595 > g" > > Is this declaration simple? No! Is this declaration > clear? No! Which number tells the consumer the amount of > cereal inside the box? That determination is ambiguous! > > Of course, the bag inside the box was only partly full, and > the bag itself only partly filled the box. > > Is the consumer deceived? Yes, at least to some degree!
