I bought 175 g pack of salami which had 162 g of salami as well.

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    9 months ago

    I think its a fair question from a certain perspective.

    However, the law requires that the package contents contain at least as much as stated. If humidity is an issue, it’s up to the manufacturer to factor that in. Besides, this is dry pasta my friend.

    I also bought salami. It was 13 g short. It’s produced in the plant 4km from me.

    There are no excuses to short the customer and it is illegal.

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      9 months ago

      It is not illegal to sell a single container under the listed net weight.

      The net weight must not be under the average weight of a sample of packages. There’s a whole set of rules for maximum allowable variance and for packages under a pound, it’s a little more than 7 grams.

      Your scale is almost certainly not accurate enough to tell the difference a few tenths of a gram would make.

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      9 months ago

      ha, define dry (youll need to be precise). how long in the atmosphere is a packaged product warrantied to hold its weight? just curious