You don't need to weigh it to the 400 mg level. all you need to do is see if the contents exceeds 50 g. If it does then it is intended to be a 50 g product.
Since you did write to them did you get a response? Who makes this product and what else do they make? Do you know if only this product is non-compliant or is every product this company produces labeled the same way? Do you know where the product is made? I found this ad with a picture: http://www.shopinprivate.com/wilmugshavso.html On this site they do state it as 49.6 g along with some other products: http://www.shopwiki.com/search?q=BAR_SOAP_50_g&sb=1 There appears to be more then just Williams that doesn't dual label. Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:37:52 PM Subject: Re: [USMA:43280] Re: Williams Shaving Soap, no metric net contents It really doesn't matter whether they like metric. Dual is the law and their label fails to comply with the law. I can't weigh it to the 40 mg level. At best, I can weigh to the nearest gram, and that is probably dubious. But that really isn't material either; their label does not meet the legal requirements. If they knew and complied with the law, they could make the decision whether to go for a net contents of 1.75 oz. or 50 g. (It is a dry, round cake of soap in a cardboard box.) --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43280] Re: Williams Shaving Soap, no metric net contents > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 7:13 PM > Maybe Williams doesn't like to include metric on their > label because then it wouldn't have such an old > fashioned appeal. > > If the product is exported it may have a different label on > it and it is sold as a 50 g product. > > On the other hand it could made elsewhere and imported in a > 50 g jar. It just carries the 1.75 oz as the closest > approximation. Have you ever weighed the product yourself > and subtracted the weight of the jar to see if you are > really getting a 50 g product? Do you really think the > 1.75 oz amount was chosen as the primary fill amount and it > just so happened that amount is a mere 400 mg shy of 50 > g? > > Jerry 3 oz, 85g.
