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
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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.
> 
> ....

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