REPORT TITLE:
Irradiation; Labeling


DESCRIPTION:
Requires all agricultural commodities that are irradiated to be
labeled as such.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           29
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO IRRADIATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 147, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§147-    Irradiation; agricultural commodities.  No person
 
 5 shall sell, offer for sale, or transport for sale any
 
 6 agricultural commodity that is irradiated without a label that
 
 7 reads: "IRRADIATED".  The department may adopt rules pursuant to
 
 8 chapter 91 to administer this section."
 
 9      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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