Re: FPLA, is anyone on this group able to provide details regarding the
current state of this proposed metric-only revision? I'm assuming it would
need to get out of committee and be appended to some bill? Who are the key
legislators here? How have they responded to USMA's inquiries and appeals?
Could those appeals and their responses be shared with the group? What else
is being done?
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From: <[email protected]>
Sent: 01/24/2009 11:58 AM
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42465] Preference for SI
Jerry,
Federal legislation declares that SI is *preferred* for all trade and
commerce in the US. However, only SI, without non-SI units, is not
required, or even permitted by the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA).
It is the FPLA than needs amending to permit metric-only labeling in the
US. An amendment to permit SI-only labeling has been drafted by NIST,
but it does not yet have enough sponsors in Congress to pass. My guess is
that it will be signed by President Obama when it is passed by Congress.
Gene.
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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:12:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42436] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Stan,
What laws need to be changed? I was under the
impression that there are no laws in the US favoring
any system. So wouldn't it just have to be the
choice of the producers of the products to use
metric only?
Jerry
