Well either the FPLA or UPLR would require kilograms for amounts of 1000 g or more. However, I think milk products are regulated by USDA, not FPLA (also true for meat). I've never been able to find their rules.
Because of all these anomalies, I think ALL net contents should be regulated by one agency (or at least agencies under one cabinet secretary - like Commerce). ________________________________ From: James Frysinger <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, June 3, 2013 11:19:53 AM Subject: [USMA:52849] Re: FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container. Keep marketing principles in mind. The number 1000 is larger than the number 1. So 1000 g probably "sounds" larger (at least to an ad writer) than 1 kg. Jim On 2013-06-03 10:07, Paul Trusten wrote: > 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 <http://www.metric.org> > +1(432)528-7724 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > On Jun 3, 2013, at 1:50, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course, this makes me wonder why they didn't just put 1 kg. >> >> Ezra >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To: *"U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *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 <http://MetricPioneer.com> 503-428-4917 >> >> ----- Message from [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> --------- >> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 22:04:28 -0700 >> From: Edward Schlesinger <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: [USMA:52845] FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container. >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> > 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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ----- >> >> >>
