H.R. 5343 · 102nd Congress · enacted
To make technical amendments to the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act with respect to their treatment of the SI metric system.
Became Public Law No: 102-329.
Latest official action 1992-08-03 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act with regard to consumer commodities to: (1) refer to "weight or mass" (currently, only "weight") for quantity of contents labeling requirements; (2) permit labeling of contents in either inch-pound or SI metric measures (currently, SI metric is primary measure); (3) exempt foods packaged at the retail store level from the requirement that the statement of net quantity of contents include the SI metric measure; and (4) permit inch-pound or SI metric measurements to be carried out to three decimal places (currently, two decimal places for pound measures). Repeals section 107 of the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991. Makes the labeling amendments under this Act effective as of February 14, 1994. (This was the effective date under section 107 of the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991.) States that such amendments shall not: (1) apply to products with labels printed prior to such date; (2) apply to unit pricing, advertising, recipe programs, nutrition labeling, or other general pricing information; and (3) be construed to require package size changes.
Congressional Research Service · 1992-06-29
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