cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11612572
I bought 175 g pack of salami which had 162 g of salami as well.
The weight is never exact, buy a few packages and see if the are within a standard deviation of the listed weight.
confused by this.
to calculate a standard deviation OP would have to buy a few packets anyways.
if you maybe wanna buy 100 to find what the standard deviation is, by definition, only 68% of them will be within a standard deviation (assuming the weights are normally distributed)
You gota report that to the consumer goods or something like. They can get fined very big deneros for selling under weight goods. Like it’s a realy big deal.
Is 410g the gross weight perhaps?
no, product weight
if it is liquid it should have gross and net. packaging never counts as product weight…yet
Because
The FPLA relates to the net quantity of contents information on packages, goods, or commodities that are sold on the basis of weight or measure (i.e., it does not apply to such products as electronic or industrial equipment that have contents sold by the quantity of their contents and appliances
https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/compliance-faqs-packaging-and-labeling-us#2
Not trying to be snarkey but it literally was a 2 second search. There are laws against this, and it used to be standard practice to put a small amount more than actual weight (volume) listed bit now it seems they stopped giving a shit and dare you to question or sue them into compliance.
At least in the US, federal regulation requires the net weight printed on the packaging
Sine when is pasta not 500g?
Shrinkflation, theft, consumer fraud
They’re literally skimming money out of people by doing that.