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:


 * 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.

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.

Currently, there is a strong effort underway by industry to amend the FPLA to allow manufacturers to use metric-only labeling. In light of a January 1 2010 European Union deadline that will no longer allow dual-unit product labeling, 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.