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[Public Policy] Why does the United States use the Metric System for Nutrition Facts?

This oddity stuck out to me. We use the old imperial system for measurements of things like height, weight, and distance - why not here? I noticed it's also used for drugs and supplements - all measured in micrograms, milligrams, etc.
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The US started transitioning in the 70s, but Reagan cancelled it a few years in. This must just be a holdover from that time. Also, while it's not official the scientific community absolutly uses metric, both drugs and nutritional information is scientifically derived. Lastly for drugs, metric is much more versatile, some drugs are measured in micrograms, some in milligrams, there is no equivalent for micrograms other than writing .0000000035 oz. One microgram is much better and it's what the rest of the world uses anyway.