STAND. COM. REP. NO.  892

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1559

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1559, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to address the Federal Drug Administration's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products. 

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; and Hawaii Food Manufacturers Association testified in support of this measure.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1559, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair