Parker, The state-level permissive metric-only labeling regulation is a part of the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR) as written by the National Conference on Weights and Measures. As of now, we are down to only one U.S. jurisdiction that has not adopted the UPLR amendment, and that is New York State. The UPLR amendment affects only those products whose labeling is not regulated by federal law.
That federal law is the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), which still requires that both metric and legacy units be included on the labels it regulates. But a unanimous stand on UPLR among the states, DC, and territories would make a similar amendment to the FPLA much more arguable if not inevitable. Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas, USA +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net On Sep 13, 2013, at 17:30, "Parker Willey Jr." <pawil...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Hi > > I remember reading about the FPLA and that metric only labeling is permitted > in all but if I remember correctly, 2 states, Alabama and New York. > > On the shelf of stores there is supposed to be a label (sometimes missing) > that shows the price of the item. If the shelf label which is printed > probably weekly by some store computer due to price changes, can show the > price and any missing legacy measures and / or SI metric measures, and the > label on the jar or package only shows metric sizes, would the shelf label > satisfy the requirement for legacy measures in Alabama and New York? > > I am just trying to come up with creative ways to get around the regulations > to advance metric use. > > ....Parker Willey Jr. > San Jose, CA >
