Requires labeling of previously frozen and thawed cooked bread. (SD1)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 328-61, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§328-61 Notifying consumer. No person shall sell or offer to sell any uncooked thawed food [which] that substantially resembles the physical appearances of the fresh food without a label, as hereinafter described, notifying the purchaser that [such] the food had been frozen and then thawed out; provided that this section shall not apply if the thawed foods are processed by grinding or have been dehydrated before being offered for retail sale. All previously frozen, cooked breads that are sold as thawed food shall be prominently labeled on the front of the packaging as being "Frozen and Thawed" using all capital letters in bold print in a font size of at least fourteen."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.