The orange juice cartel normalized the use of FL OZ (Florida Ounces) by pushing the “Orange Juice Distribution and International Denominations Integrated Technologies Act” “the OJDIDIT Act” through the Florida legislature in 1995, which forced any beverage sold in Florida containing “more than 0% real fruit juice” to be labeled with volume measured in FL OZ, which are slightly smaller than the standard English Ounce (2.56 stone, or 1.125 FL OZ). The bill gained popularity partly due to its acronym, referring to a famous sports icon of the era widely believed to have been wrongfully acquitted of murder. In practice, this standardized the Florida Ounce as a unit of measure across all beverage companies operating in the United States and is still the prevailing unit of measure for beverages in the US to this day.

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