STAND. COM. REP. NO. 594

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 332

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 332 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require labels on all previously frozen food that is sold thawed.

The Department of Health and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee notes that small businesses could comply with this measure by using signs to indicate that products were previously frozen.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 332, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 332, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair