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I'm still fascinated that "calibrated" glasses are not more common. In Germany, you won't get any beer without any markings where the volume is indicated.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCllstrich#/media/Datei%3AWeizenbier.jpg
The US is a wild west of suggestions masquerading as regulations. If your ledger doesn't have room for the decimals places needed to record the fine, it's not a fine.
Calibrated glasses are very on-brand for Germany.
They are and are actually enforced by the EU: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32004L0022
EU, I belive in you!
They're such a good idea we've even kept them after Brexit.
Some US states have some sort of department of weights and measures. I've contacted mine before about such issues and they take them very seriously, sending out an inspection team to test the claim. What they can do to enforce things depends on the state, though.
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The free markets will figure it out!