On Jan 16, 2008 10:31 PM, Ziser, Jesse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for asking, but why is this legal? Is this one of those products > that falls under state, > rather than federal, law? Where can I find a list of the kinds of > products falling under each > jurisdiction?
It's mainly a question of whether it falls under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, which requires the net quantity of contents to be stated in both metric and non-metric units. Retail sale of adhesives is considered to be covered by the FPLA, so that label is probably not legal. Among other things, the FPLA generally applies to the retail sale of products for "use by individuals ... in the performance of services ordinarily rendered within the household, and which usually is consumed or expended in the course of such ... use," and the FTC considers adhesives to fall under that definition. You can read the detailed definitions in the FPLA itself here <http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Ehillger/laws/fpla.html> and the FTC's interpretation of them here<http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Ehillger/laws/fpla-cfr.html> . The FTC regulations also include a list of examples of items that do and do not fall into the FPLA's definition of "consumer commodities" in 16 CFR 503, which I should probably add to that page. -- Gary Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
