Are the contents understated? No. Nothing to complain about. The distributor is dumb, but it is not an offense to understate the contents, only to overstate them. With downsizing to avoid raising prices, I am seeing a lot of packages where the fill makes little sense in either Customary or metric.
>________________________________ > From: Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> >To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:50 PM >Subject: [USMA:54067] Re: Example of problem with round off errors, etc. > > > >Did you look closely at the label in the picture? It wasn’t 1 L, but 999 mL. 1 L was converted to 33.8 fl oz and that was backconverted to 999 mL. > >Since the label is in error, who do you complain to so hopefully the label will be fixed? > > >From: John M. Steele >Sent: Thursday, 2014-06-26 21:21 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:54065] Re: Example of problem with round off errors, etc. > They have to leave the 1 L, because the FPLA requires DUAL labelling. Neither the metric only nor Customary alone is sufficient under the current law. Your hypothetical is illegal in the US. > > >>________________________________ >> From: Parker Willey Jr. <[email protected]> >>To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:54 PM >>Subject: [USMA:54055] Example of problem with round off errors, etc. >> >> >>Hi: >> >> >>Suppose someone takes a 1 liter bottle of Safflower seed oil and converts >>the label info to legacy units for sale in the US. >> >>Then later, someone else wants to put on the label metric units, uses the >>legacy info and converts it back resulting in a round off error. >> >>See the attached picture. >> >> >>Also, in the discussion about "er" vs "re" endings on units of measure, you >>remember the legacy unit of land area: acre. It is defined as 43560 legacy >>square feet. Anyway, should it be spelled "acer". >> >>Just a tidbit. >> >>...Parker Willey Jr. >>San Jose, CA >> >> > >
