Good place to start is here http://www.nsc.gov.au/
Baron Carter -----Original Message----- From: Pat Naughtin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 25 February, 2002 19:40 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:18420] Re: Teaching Units of Measurement Dear Jim, Gene and All, I'm afraid that I don't know the exact legal system here. Suffice to say that almost all products are labelled with SI units only. It is quite rare to see products that have any gobbledegook on their labels and these are always imported goods. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist - United States Metric Association ASM - Accredited Speaking Member - National Speakers Association of Australia Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers -- on 2002/02/25 08.07, James R. Frysinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gene, you ask some great, provocative (in the literal sense) questions > here. > > Your second paragraph can be expanded to add that this is already the > case in Japan and the Republic of Korea ("South Korea"). Australia may > or may not allow parethetical statements on containers in non-metric > units (which would be considered non-legal if allowed, I'm sure) but > they too require metric content statements. Perhaps Pat Naughtin can > tell us if such "extraneous" markings would be grounds for legal action. > > Jim > > Gene Mechtly wrote: > .... >> Dear Sandy, >> >> Here is a deliberately provocative article intended to stimulate >> the teaching, understanding, and adoption of SI in the United States. > > ....
