I have done all I can with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Bureau of Weights and Measures, to get it to adopt the metric-only labeling option of the NCWM's Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR), but with no favorable result as yet. New York and Alabama remain the only two U.S. jurisdictions (all the territories have adopted it) that have not given permission for this option. Why not, New York? Take a look at the opening section of your weights and measures law:
ยง 176. Declaration of policy and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary and orderly conversion to the metric system of weights and measures is of vital importance to the economy of the state. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the gradual implementation of the metric system throughout the state's government, industry, commerce, business, education and agriculture. This article is enacted in the exercise of the public power in order to encourage such implementation and to provide a revised code of weights and measures which will be responsive to the present and future needs of commerce, industry and consumers. The legislature finds and declares that the coordination and administration of this unitary regulatory system governing weights and measures throughout the state should be, and is hereby, vested in the commissioner of agriculture and markets and that enforcement of this article by the counties and cities of the state shall be under his supervision. Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Assocation 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA +1(432)528-7724 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
