Indeed right...it's just that the Congress hasn't taken up a proposal to change the FPLA. The UPLR is not necessary, nor even relevant, at all, to change federal law, but we have been trying to rally the states together to fashion an argument in favor of amending the FPLA. New York is the sole UPLR outlier.
> On Aug 9, 2015, at 13:10, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks for clarifying, Gene! :-) > > Ezra > > From: "eugene a mechtly" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 7:51:11 AM > Subject: [USMA:54807] Re: letter to NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo on UPLR > Amendment > > 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 be repealed.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]> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:56 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [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 > > > >
