I can buy a 1 L bottle of flavored carbonated water without any sugar for 58 cents at Wal-Mart. So yes, I would say that is highway robbery. Bust obviously there are enough suckers buying it for them to continue to sell it.
Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:02:52 PM Subject: [USMA:44777] Re: online food seller Besides the math, "gm" and "gms" are not permitted symbols, although the FDA seems to mandate no space between the number and the g. So they appear to have compliance problems with both FPLA and FD&C Act, and therefore with two agencies, FTC and FDA. Of course, $17 for 2 L of flavored, sugared water is highway robbery too. Overall, their prices seem a tad high. Perhaps the prices are justified for organic meat, but I am extremely dubious about the water. --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44774] Re: online food seller To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 6:29 PM On Sunday 19 April 2009 16:35:11 John M. Steele wrote: > Pierre, > > Since they sell a lot of meat, many of their products are likely exempt > from FPLA. Meat is regulated by USDA. > However, on their cheese, butter, organic snacks and other products, I > think they should be subject to FPLA, and are non-compliant (unless they > have some small business exemption). In photos where I can read the label, > they do not dual label (for example, a 12 oz. bottle of honey). > Some things are metric. They sell 16.9 fl oz bottles of flavored water > which are undoubtedly 500 mL in reality. They also sell a 20 g white > chocolate candy bar, marked ONLY in grams. :) The water contains "3gms" of carbs, including "4gms" of fruit sugar and "1.5gm" of ribose. Misspelled symbols aside, that doesn't add up. Pierre
