Ezra, The desired amendment is for the *federal* Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA).
The Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR) is a recommendation of *state, regional, and local* regulators via the NCWM. Unfortunately, the State of New York has current laws which actually mandate non-metric units for the Unit Pricing of many consumer commodities! These laws need to be repealed. Of course, amending the FPLA needs the support of the State of New York as well as the support of all other States, and the support of all retail associations including the Food Marketing Institute (FMI)! Gene Mechtly On Aug 8, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Al Lawrence <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:56 +0000 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54803] Re: letter to NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo on UPLR Amendment Paul: So glad you took this initiative to write to the governor. I'm wondering if there are other folks who have contacts in the NY legislature who could help get the permissive SI-only labeling amendment to the UPLR approved in that state. Regards, Ezra
