Good point about 1 kg! Y'all may not believe this, but the marketers of this product either may not be aware that there are 1000 g in 1 kg, or they may not trust their customers to know. I once had a PHARMACY TECHNICIAN ask me how many milligrams there are in a gram!
I sense that basic knowledge of the simple internal workings of the metric system are tacitly discouraged in American society. We don't have very much metric education at all, except perhaps the kind that treats metric as a measurement anomaly and discounts its importance. Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist Vice President U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas USA www.metric.org +1(432)528-7724 trus...@grandecom.net On Jun 3, 2013, at 1:50, ezra.steinb...@comcast.net wrote: > Of course, this makes me wonder why they didn't just put 1 kg. > > Ezra > > From: cont...@metricpioneer.com > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:53:21 PM > Subject: [USMA:52846] Re: FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container. > > Attached image shows FAGE Greek Yogurt 1000g container. > > David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > > ----- Message from edws...@gmail.com --------- > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 22:04:28 -0700 > From: Edward Schlesinger <edws...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: edws...@gmail.com > Subject: [USMA:52845] FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container. > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > > > > Hello everyone. The other day while I went grocery shopping I discovered > > FAGE (pronouced fayeh) brand yogurt sold in 1000g (35.3 oz) container > > instead of 32 oz or 680g (24oz) of the other brands of yogurt. This is > > something because usually dairy products in California are sold in USC > > amounts by California Weights and Measures guidelines. I do not know if > > there has been a change in milk shall be sold in pints, quarts, gallon, > > guidelines. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Edward B. > > > > > ----- End message from edws...@gmail.com ----- > > >
