STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1055

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1559

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology, 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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to address the Food and Drug Administration's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism will need professional and knowledgeable assistance to address the complex issue of the Food and Drug Administration's industry guidelines pertaining to color additives in sea salt products.  Your Committee finds that Hawaiian sea salts are very popular in Hawaii and around the world.  Your Committee further finds that local companies selling Hawaiian sea salts need support to address the federal guidelines to be able to continue selling their products locally and abroad.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the appropriation shall be used to provide guidance and support specifically for locally produced or cultivated sea salt products; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1559, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1559, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology,

 

 

 

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair