NIST and the National Council on Weights and Measures have a Uniform Unit Pricing Regulation, but it is only a model. It is up to the State to adopt it as written, write their own, or entirely ignore the subject. So you have to figure out each state. Willfully switching the units to obsfuscate is the most common violation of intent, whether or not it violates State law. Perhaps it could be debated with FMI when they try to assert metric is confusing as it is certainly a case where their member stores try their best to confuse the public.
--- On Wed, 9/7/11, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51092] RE: olive oil To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 3:21 AM That is a mess and possibly the store is trying to hoodwink its customers. What does local law require? I believe that in the US, this is something handled at state level. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: 06 September 2011 23:25 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51088] olive oil I was at Whole Foods today (I'm visiting my aunt in Berkeley) and passed the olive oil. I saw a round liter can of oil, which I'm not used to seeing. The unit price on the shelf is in dollars per liter. Below it was a half-liter bottle, with the unit price in dollars per ounce. Huh? Pierre -- li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
