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PUBLICATIONS

Forum Report: Permissive Metric Only Labeling

Published

Author(s)

Kenneth S. Butcher

Abstract

Report on the Forum on Metric-only Labeling held on November 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Conference on Weights and Measures sponsored this forum to initiate a joint effort to eliminate regulatory barriers to the use of metric-only labeling on packaged goods.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) -
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

fair packaging and labeling act, metric system, permissive metric-only labeling

Citation

Butcher, K. (2008), Forum Report: Permissive Metric Only Labeling, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created October 16, 2008
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