2001-01-13
US regulations require size declarations in both FFU and SI. There is no
requirement that FFU be first nor that it be rational. A package may be
labelled as 16.9 fl.oz (500 mL) or 500 mL (16.9 fl.oz.). I've seen some
packages labelled as 17 fl. oz. 503 mL. It is even permitted to declare 17
fl.oz. 500 mL. As long as any of the declarations is not more than what's
actually contained. A 2 L soft drink bottle will have the size in quarts as
2.1, which is not rational.
Also, 1 kg converted to ounces using 28.3 g/ounce is 35.3357 ounces, or 2
pounds and 3.3357 ounces. The 0.3357 is dropped in the declaration. If you
convert 35 ounces back to grams, it is 990.5, not 992 as you show below,
unless you used a more accurate conversion. I think for the accuracy in
filling detergent boxes, 28.3 or even 28 g/ounce would be good enough.
Glückliches Neues Jahr!
Happy New Year!
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
All postings to this list about Proctor and Gamble indicate the company is
friendly to metric and is gradually converting their products to hard
metric quantities. However US regulations require quantity declarations in
pounds and ounces. 2 lb 3 oz is the conversion of 1 kg. Some stupid
person in P & G
converted this back to 0.992 kg, and rounded it off to 0.99 kg. It was a
stupid oversight, not a deliberate plot to show the metric system in a bad
light.
