I very much think they are. This has been going on since the introduction of the 20 oz bottles. Now we've got 16 oz and 8 oz ones. Is the pop industry in charge of the bottling sizes or is it the bottlers who dictate this?
Remek On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM, John M. Steele <[email protected]>wrote: > I couldn't buy my 2L Coke Zero today as the store was out. So I looked at > other sizes that were in stock. They had a twin pack of 50 fl oz bottles > which was close to the same unit price. > > When I looked more carefully at home, each bottle was labelled 50 FL OZ, > 1.6 QT, 1.48 L. > Except 50 fl oz ISN'T 1.6 QT, it is 1.56 QT, and they are not allowed to > round up as it overstates the contents. > > I assume the contents are really 1.48 L, which is 50.05 fl oz, and rounding > down to 50 is acceptable. > > If the fill were really 1.6 QT, that would be 51.2 FL OZ (two digit, 51 FL > OZ would be required), and 1.514 L (3 digit, 1.51 L). It is OK to round > down but not to mis-state at the level of precision chosen (or required). > > I belabor the point only because FMI claims that a much simpler metric-only > label would be absolutely impossible to manage. If they love the status quo > so much, they should make sure their members rigorously obey the current > law. > > I also question whether we need a 50 FL OZ size, when 1L, 1.5 L, 2L > exist.. Are soda manufacturers trying to sneak back to Customary? >
