[USMA:53278] Re: Almost Unanimous Metric-Only Labeling

[Henschel Mark]

Gene:
I thought it was North Dakota, right?
 
Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:50 am
Subject: [USMA:53275] Almost Unanimous Metric-Only Labeling
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Accociation" <usma@colostate.edu>, "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>

> Forty Nine states of the United States of America presently
> permit Metric-Only Labeling of products which are entirely under
> state jurisdiction, but not under the jurisdiction of the
> federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), by virtue of
> individual state laws, regulations, or policies, if not by
> formal adoption of the NCWM-NIST Uniform Packaging and Labeling
> Regulation (UPLR).
>
> The only remaining exception is the State of New York which
> continues to require dual-unit labeling.
>
> Are the above two statements accurate?
>
> Eugene Mechtly
>