Originally Posted by
Circumknowitall
My point was that the size of the container wasn't what the security screener was interested in. It was the size that was written on the side of the container and nothing else.
Had I sufficient motivation I could have easily doctored the label on my wifes 120ml moisturiser to read 100ml.
I think you are interpreting the screener wrongly. Or, their expression is not very precise. What they (should have) meant is that:
1. the volume of the container matters, not the amount of content;
2. they can establish the volume of the container by the printing on the container.
Should you label a 1L container with "98mL", I'm sure they will argue that this is not the "actual" volume of the container.
But if a 120mL is "authentically" labelled 98mL, I guess it will pass the screening without a problem.