That reference should be a considerable embarrassment to the FDA. They never amended their rules (21CFR101 and following) to require metric labeling (follow their link). However, the FTC rules 16CFR500 and following apply to food too and require dual labeling. The example requirements the FDA shows are as documented in FTC rules, but if you follow the links the FDA gives for net contents, there are no metric requirements there.
(Note : USMA site has a good summary of the rules and links to the official text) ________________________________ From: Scott Hudnall <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, June 4, 2013 10:45:44 PM Subject: [USMA:52874] Re: FAGE lowfat yogurt new 1000g container. 1. Fage USA is a subsidiary of a Luxembourg-based company, so a 1 kg size is probably a natural marketing unit for them. 2. The labeling requirements specifying grams/ounces comes from FDA and can be found here: http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064877.htm#gramounce 3. Clamp/High, Clamp/Lo, and incremental rounding rules can be found here: http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064932.htm On Jun 02, 2013, at 22:04 , Edward Schlesinger wrote: Hello everyone. The other day while I went grocery shopping I descovered FAGE (pronuced fayeh) brand yougrt sold in 1000g (35.3 oz) container instead of 32 oz or 680g (24oz) of the other brands of yogurt. This is something because usualy 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. >
