Thanks, Gene! Let's hope the FTC does the right thing and issues that ruling. What a great step forward that would be. (And too bad for the FMI, eh? ;-)
Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "eugene a mechtly" <[email protected]> To: "USMA" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:41:47 PM Subject: [USMA:54204] FW: Comments to FTC from the NCWM & NIST Eugene Mechtly From: Butcher, Kenneth S. [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:27 AM To: mechtly, eugene a Cc: Gentry, Elizabeth; Hockert, Carol; Warfield, Lisa; Sefcik, David; '[email protected]'; Mark Henschel Subject: Comments to FTC from the NCWM & NIST Mr. Mechtly Attached is a PDF of the comments the National Conference on Weights and Measures submitted to the FTC regarding their regulatory review of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) that you requested. Please see comment Number 5 which encourages FTC to consider allowing metric only labeling under its rulemaking authority. NIST worked closely with the NCWM to prepare and submit the comments. The FTC was already well aware that both the NIST and the NCWM have supported voluntary metric only labeling since 1999 when the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation in NIST Handbook 130 was amended. This URL will take you to the NIST Handbook 130: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/hb130-14.cfm This URL will take you to the proposed amendment to FPLA to permit metric only label: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/pack-lab.cfm . Copies of both publications have been given to FTC. Ken Butcher National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Weights and Measures
