2002 Forum Report:
Permissible Metric-Only Labeling - Includes a Proposal to Amend
the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act for Permissible Metric-Only
Labeling
Date created: March 28, 2002
Last Date Modified: October 6, 2004
In the News
2003 Forum Report on Permissible Metric-Only
Labeling Has Been Released
On November 6, 2003, the NIST Laws and Metric
Group hosted a second forum on the Permissible Metric-Only Labeling
effort at the Department of Commerce headquarters in Washington,
D.C. The purpose of the forum was to bring together a coalition
of manufacturers, packagers, exporters and importers, retailers
and other interested parties to support a proposed amendment to
the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) to allow permissible
metric-only labeling.
Some of the key agenda items for discussion were developing
a strategy for introducing the proposed FPLA amendment change to Congress,
identifying industry spokespeople to represent the coalition, and
identifying and addressing opposition to the amendment in industry.
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