STAND. COM. REP. NO. 480
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1154
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1154 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish that home-based agricultural producers of honey shall not be required to process honey in a certified honey house or food processing establishment, or be required to obtain a permit from the Department of Health, if the honey producer:
(1) Sells less than 50 gallons of honey a year;
(2) Sells all of the honey directly to the consumer; and
(3) Fulfills certain labeling requirements for the container in which the honey is sold.
In addition, this bill declares that if the Department of Agriculture (DOA) receives a consumer complaint about a honey producer, the producer shall be subject to food sampling and subsequent inspection if its product has been determined to be misbranded or adulterated.
DOA supported the intent of this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1154 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair |
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