Report Title:

Honey; Processed Food Exemption

Description:

Exempts from processed food requirements and restrictions home-based agricultural producers of honey who sell less than 50 gallons of honey, sell directly to the consumer, and comply with labeling requirements. Effective date July 1, 2099. (HB1154 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1154

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 147, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§147-     Home-based agricultural producer of honey; exemption. A home-based agricultural producer of honey shall not be required to process honey in a certified honey house or food processing establishment, or be required to obtain a permit from the department of health, if the producer:

(1) Sells less than fifty gallons of honey a year;

(2) Sells all of the honey directly to the consumer; and

(3) Prints on the container in which the honey is sold:

(A) The name and address of the producer;

(B) The net weight and volume of the honey, by standard measure;

(C) The date the honey was produced; and

(D) The statement, "This product is home-produced and processed."; provided that the statement is dominantly printed.

§147-     Home-based agricultural producer of honey; inspections. If the department receives a consumer complaint about a home-based agricultural producer of honey, the producer shall be subject to food sampling and subsequent inspection of its premises if its product is determined to be misbranded or adulterated."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2099.