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[TJW]

Which tables in the NIST 133 handbook would one use for liquids measured in pounds?  For example, we purchase liquid ingredients, such as soy sauce, in gallon jugs that are labeled in pounds.  Thank you in advance!

[Scampi]

Wow, the NIST handbook is another regulatory delight!!

 

I tried to find it, but alas, could not.

 

if it helps at all, this is the calculator i use when i need to know the weight of a unit of a liquid

 

https://www.aqua-cal...k--op-shoyu-cp-

 

 

It would appear that handbook does not answer your question at all. YOu'll have to find the relevant law (state/federal) that governs how things can be sold

 

e.g. we pack pickles, which in Canada MUST be sold in ml.............in the UK, same product is sold by grams

[Scampi]

this handbook may be of more help

 

https://www.nist.gov...ks/handbook-112

[cherylburke]

Hi Scampi - I can only find the volume requirement for pickles. I am wondering...what prevents pickle producers in Canada from filling the bottle with liquid and very few pickles? Is there a standard or specific requirements for this?

 

Wow, the NIST handbook is another regulatory delight!!

 

I tried to find it, but alas, could not.

 

if it helps at all, this is the calculator i use when i need to know the weight of a unit of a liquid

 

https://www.aqua-cal...k--op-shoyu-cp-

 

 

It would appear that handbook does not answer your question at all. YOu'll have to find the relevant law (state/federal) that governs how things can be sold

 

e.g. we pack pickles, which in Canada MUST be sold in ml.............in the UK, same product is sold by grams

Edited by cherylburke, 26 September 2024 - 06:57 PM.

[G M]

Hi Scampi - I can only find the volume requirement for pickles. I am wondering...what prevents pickle producers in Canada from filling the bottle with liquid and very few pickles? Is there a standard or specific requirements for this?

 

 

Sometimes making consumers happy trumps the technicalities.  We have an item that regularly gets 40-100% give-away in the package just because it looks better to fill it than to hit the lower stated net wt. on the label.

 

 

For the legal net content requirements,  https://inspection.c...ry/net-quantity

Volume

Fluid measure or volume is required for almost all liquids. The document entitled Units of Measurement for the Net Quantity Declaration of Certain Foods lists the prepackaged products that are required to show their net quantity by volume [231(a), SFCR]. Examples include tomato sauce, soup and maple syrup. Some "solid" foods are included in this list (for example, olives, cherries, pickles), as well as several foods that are not usually thought of as liquids because they are not "pourable" (for example, jam, sour cream).