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Omelet wrote:
>The only way for that to start is for them to start putting BOTH on
>containers and price tags.


The FPLA has mandated both on most containers in the supermarket since
1992. That's why metric-only labels are illegal. Global companies are
lobbying for a change to the FPLA to permit, but not mandate, metric-
only labels. That would end the requirement to pay for relabeling just
because the Federal government doesn't want Americans to see "2
liters" on its own.