Since January 1, 2000, the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR, NIST Handbook 130) has allowed metric net quantity declarations on consumer packages not subject to Federal regulations. The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) has eliminated barriers to the use of metric units in trade and commerce in all of its model laws and regulations so that the marketplace is free to use metric (SI) units when consumers and business decide to change. Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR) The metric units have proven informative and have helped consumers learn to relate metric quantities to the equivalent U.S. Some manufacturers have included metric units on package labels for more than 30 years. The FPLA was amended in 1992 to require that metric (SI) units be displayed on packages to familiarize consumers with metric units so that they could learn to equate familiar quantities to the metric units of measure. The FPLA requirements are not applicable to all packaged goods. There are two classifications of products: "consumer" packages that are intended for sale in retail stores, such as food or department stores and "non-consumer" packages that are intended for sale in wholesale trade, such as by a manufacturer who packages 25 kilogram bags of chemicals for sale to another manufacturer for use in producing another product. Labeling requirements for packaged goods are applied to packages based on who will be the ultimate consumer. The FPLA relates only to the net quantity of contents information on packages, goods, or commodities that are sold on the basis of weight or measure (i.e., it does not apply to such products as electronic or industrial equipment that have contents sold by the quantity of their contents and appliances).
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