What does the "e "stand for on the liquid bottle, IE a shampoo bottle will have 500 ml e?!


Question: It is an estimate, to be able to use the 'e' mark 1000's of bottles of product have to be measured off the production line, if they all fall between say 95% and 105% of the stated qty/weight then they can apply for the e mark.

Its to stop people complaining if theres only 98ml in a 100ml bottle, on average the qyt will be 100ml over the production run.

I once had to gain the mark for pop bottles, (it is hard to fill exactly as bottle thicnesses vary) I think i ended up opening and waisting the contents of around 10,000 bottles before we attained the 'e' mark.
but once you got it it makes life a lot easier for production, same applies to cans and boxes


Answers: It is an estimate, to be able to use the 'e' mark 1000's of bottles of product have to be measured off the production line, if they all fall between say 95% and 105% of the stated qty/weight then they can apply for the e mark.

Its to stop people complaining if theres only 98ml in a 100ml bottle, on average the qyt will be 100ml over the production run.

I once had to gain the mark for pop bottles, (it is hard to fill exactly as bottle thicnesses vary) I think i ended up opening and waisting the contents of around 10,000 bottles before we attained the 'e' mark.
but once you got it it makes life a lot easier for production, same applies to cans and boxes

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I believe it's a quality standard mark of some sort, it constitutes a guarantee by the packer or imputer that a package to which it is applied has been made up in accordance with average systems.

european, i think!!

i.e. stands for in example.

i thought it was something to do with the amount of liquid, like its 50ml, near enough, not exactly. so 'e' meaning estimate.

The difference is in medication, it needs to be exact..........not 100% sure though

In example.

It's not actually an e, but an ?, and means estimated. That means the measurement is not exact, but is within a standardized range.

I think estimated.





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