Here is another example of the need to *purge* all colonial units (purge all 
units outside the SI) from the FPLA and the UPLR. EAM

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:07:01 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]>  
>Subject: [USMA:50243] Interesting Customary Error -- Dove Body Wash  
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>
>   We bought some other personal care product at Costco 
>   and the package included a small 200 mL bottle of    
>   Dove body wash.  I happened to look at its net       
>   contents label today.  It is labeled 6.67 FL.OZ. /   
>   200 mL.                                              
>                                                        
>   While I couldn't quite do it in my head, that didn't 
>   seem quite right. 200 mL actually converts to 6.76   
>   fl oz, actually a bit over, but they have to round   
>   down.  They apparently reversed two digits when      
>   making the label artwork.  I assume the 200 mL is    
>   the real fill.                                       

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