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In Canada (and I’m sure elsewhere) there are surprise inspections where government inspectors show up at petrol stations and see if the pump actually gives you

In Canada (and I’m sure elsewhere) there are surprise inspections where government inspectors show up at petrol stations and see if the pump actually gives you what it claims. I volunteer for the pub equivalent of this.

9rx 7mo ago
You're in luck. Measurement Canada has the authority to inspect pints. Typically they only act on complaints, though. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buying-and-selling-measured-goods/units-measurement-used-sell-draft-beer https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buyin...
- ryandrake 7mo ago
  I have a feeling that if the USA did random, surprise inspections on businesses to make sure what they were selling was actually as-advertised, the whole system would be exposed as fraud within a month.
lucideer 7mo ago
I don't know if other companies do this anywhere but if you live in Ireland. Diageo have roles for people to travel around the country doing precisely this.
- arkensaw 7mo ago
  ah yes, the guinness vans, I do often see them out and about
bluGill 7mo ago
In the US every gas pump I've seen (I have not check the majority of states, but still a good sample) has a sticker on it stating inspections and who runs the state department that inspects them. Usually it is a yearly inspection (at least according to the sticker, maybe they do it more often I don't know)
- Gormo 7mo ago
  Not just gas pumps, but any measuring device used to determine the price of a metered product. The scales at the register at supermarkets also have calibration stickers in my state.
  - bluGill 7mo ago
    Now that you mention it, I've seen them at some grocery stores - but generally not in a place I'd be looking unlike gas pumps where is is right next to the price and so you won't miss it.
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bregma 7mo ago
I don't want my beer to taste like gasoline though.
- Waterluvian 7mo ago
  Both may contain ethanol.

9rx 7mo ago

You're in luck. Measurement Canada has the authority to inspect pints. Typically they only act on complaints, though. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buying-and-selling-measured-goods/units-measurement-used-sell-draft-beer https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buyin...

ryandrake 7mo ago
I have a feeling that if the USA did random, surprise inspections on businesses to make sure what they were selling was actually as-advertised, the whole system would be exposed as fraud within a month.

lucideer 7mo ago

I don't know if other companies do this anywhere but if you live in Ireland. Diageo have roles for people to travel around the country doing precisely this.

arkensaw 7mo ago
ah yes, the guinness vans, I do often see them out and about

bluGill 7mo ago

In the US every gas pump I've seen (I have not check the majority of states, but still a good sample) has a sticker on it stating inspections and who runs the state department that inspects them. Usually it is a yearly inspection (at least according to the sticker, maybe they do it more often I don't know)

Gormo 7mo ago
Not just gas pumps, but any measuring device used to determine the price of a metered product. The scales at the register at supermarkets also have calibration stickers in my state.
- bluGill 7mo ago
  Now that you mention it, I've seen them at some grocery stores - but generally not in a place I'd be looking unlike gas pumps where is is right next to the price and so you won't miss it.

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bregma 7mo ago

I don't want my beer to taste like gasoline though.

Waterluvian 7mo ago
Both may contain ethanol.