The labeling may say milliliters, but some measuring devices are still dually labeled. Tonight, I wrote to one of the large distributors:
Dear Walgreens, While shopping for a measuring spoon today, I noticed that your Medicine Spoon & Dropper Product set remains dual-labeled in teaspoons and milliliters. During 2018, the Drug Facts consumer labeling on U.S. OTC liquid medications began to display the medication dosing volume in milliliters only, thus eliminating any further possible confusion between two systems of measurement. The measuring cups provided with those products by their manufacturers are now scaled in milliliters only. Your Medicine Spoon and Dropper product should be redesigned to measure medication volume in milliliters only, to coincide with the medication safety changeover to metric measurement only. Sincerely, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.usma.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
