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Encyclopedia > Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act is a US law that applies to labels on many consumer products. It requires the label to state: Protest sticker on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City A label is any kind of tag attached with adhesive to something so as to identify the object or its contents. ...

  • The identity of the product;
  • The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and
  • The net quantity of contents.

The contents statement must include both metric and U.S. customary units. Cover of brochure The International System of Units. ... U.S. customary units, commonly known in the United States as English units or standard units, are units of measurement that are currently used in the U.S., in some cases alongside units from SI (the International System of Units—the modern metric system). ...


Passed under Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, the law first took effect on July 1, 1967. The metric labeling requirement was added in 1992 and took effect on February 14, 1994. The law is codified as 15 USC 1451–1461. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...


Currently, there is a strong effort underway by industry to amend the FPLA to allow manufacturers to use metric-only labeling.[1] In light of a January 1, 2010 European Union deadline that will no longer allow dual-unit product labeling,[2] an amendment to the FPLA to allow metric-only labeling would allow manufacturers, both importers and exporters, to avoid the significant costs associated with the potential necessity of producing two distinct package types. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


References

  1. ^ Forum on Permissible Metric-Only Labeling. Retrieved on 2006-03-06.
  2. ^ COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-03-06.

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...

External links

  • FPLA in full
  • Federal Trade Commission page
  • Proposed amendments to the FLPA to allow the option of metric-only labeling

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