> As for the other tidal wave, let's support matters here by writing to
> state weights and measures officers in states that have not adopted
the
> UPLR metric-only permissive" amendment and also federal
representatives
> for a revision to the FPLA.

I did not know that US businesses are forbidden from using metric-only
by the 'people in blue with guns' as Jim might have put it. I wanted to
learn more so I typed UPLR into a search engine. That came up with the
following websites:

http://www.metricmethods.com/UPLR_adoption.html
http://metric1.org/frindexm.htm

That showed status as at 2000 April 27 and some of the states listed
were moving towards adoption of metric only labelling in 2000/2001. Has
progress been made?

Then I did a search on the NIST website and found their fact sheet on
metric labelling:

"Metric Only Quantity Declarations are not Permitted in Most Cases"
http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/metric.htm

I am now a bit confused. What is the real situation?
--
Terry Simpson
Human Factors Consultant
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.connected-systems.com
Phone: +44 7850 511794 

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