Ms. Bernot has not appended the (apparently pro forma) TABD restricted
distribution on her e-mail below.
Gene.
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 11:17:24 EDT
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Subject: Re: Metric Labeling
Lisa Schroeter has forwarded your inquiry concerning Mrs. Wagner's statements
at the TABD conferences and progress on metric in the US.
Reference to progress in the US on metric labeling acknowledges the fact that
in July 1999, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, which is
composed of regulators from each of the 50 states, approved a proposal to
amend the Uniform Packaging and Labelling Regulation (UPLR) and allow
metric-only labelling as an option for products not subject to the
Fair Packaging and Labelling Act (FPLA) or under the jurisdiction of the Food
and Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission. Since then there has
been steady progress by the States in adopting this recommendation.
As a result, 28 states now allow labeling using only metric units and the
remaining 25 must still adopt the provision into local law.
The acceptance of metric-only labelling at the State and local level is
laying a crucially important foundation for successfully amending the Fair
Packaging and Labelling Act in Congress and achieving comprehensive
acceptance of metric-only as an option at the consumer level.
TABD has called on the European Union to demonstrate similar regulatory
flexibility so that manufacturers have the option to use either metric only,
or metric plus a supplemental unit of measurement depending on the needs of
the end user.
Regards, Marietta Bernot
