STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1026-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2742
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2742 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal part III of chapter
148, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which contains a single provision
mandating that the Board of Agriculture require retailers to
label pork produced in the State, "Island Produced Pork."

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Agriculture (DOA).

     The DOA stated that the pork labeling law is impossible to
enforce and imposes unnecessary costs on small businesses.  The
DOA stated that it preferred a program of voluntary labeling, and
that mislabeling would be regulated under existing laws.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2742 and recommends that it be referred to
the Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair