[USMA:31269] RE: FPLA amendment will help Canada finish metrication?

[Hillger, Don]

Both Ortho and RoundUp have 5 liter containers of similar herbicide products.  These are listed in USMA’s list of rounded metric products at http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/products.htm (PDF version also available at link) We welcome additions to that list, as well as images of these products when possible.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Saturday, 2004 October 09 21:17 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31259] RE: FPLA amendment will help Canada finish metrication?   I was in the HOme Depot last week and noticed that a container of Ortho chemicals for the garden was in a 5 Liter container which really surprised me, I looked down the shelf and all the others were in 1 Gal (3.79 L) sizes. Looks like Ortho is moving in the right direction.   Michael Payne Potomac Falls VA 20165 [EMAIL PROTECTED]     ----- Original Message ----- From: Ezra Steinberg To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 08-Oct-04 13:16:32 Subject: [USMA:31249] FPLA amendment will help Canada finish metrication?   I was thinking about the remarks I've read lately on this list about some of the strange "metric" packaging that still appears in Canada because they are simply soft metric conversion of US Customary sizes and the persistence of Imperial pricing and advertising of loose goods in Canada.   Seems to me that when the US FPLA is amended to allow metric-only labelling, a lot of US companies will move fairly quickly to metric-only labels and even rational metric package sizes. (Many have done so already in anticipation of the amendment.) This will give Canada a further nudge towards complete metrication by allowing all prepackaged goods in Canada to have rational metric-only labels.   If metric-only and metric-rational labeling also happens here in the US with pre-packaged goods that are often also sold as loose goods (e.g. pre-packaged meats, pre-packaged fruits and vegetables), maybe that will help encourage Canadian stores to switch to metric-only advertising and pricing of loose goods, too, given that the loose goods will often be sold near pre-packaged versions of those same goods.   Wishful thinking on my part or plausible assessment? What do folks think?   Ezra