You are correct on how the net contents would be tested in the US; the regulations caution not to round the converted value up.
--- On Thu, 4/30/09, Ken Cooper <k_cooper1...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Ken Cooper <k_cooper1...@yahoo.com> Subject: [USMA:44924] Re: FPLA 2010 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:18 PM Gene I think that you may have misinterpreted the directive and the national legislation of the EU members. Metric is already the primary system used for trade measurement throughout the EU (apart from the pint for draught beer & doorstep milk in a few places) In the EU, packages are required to comply with the requirements relating to their metric marking. A package marked "454 g 1 lb" would be tested to 454 g. A package marked "453 g 1 lb" would be tested to 453 g (ie the metric is always primary) As far as I am aware, US packages marked with the same indications would be tested to 454 g & to 1 lb respectively (ie to the larger of the 2 contents declarations)
