STAND. COM. REP. NO.  155-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2529

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2529 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve food safety by requiring the Department of Health to establish procedures dealing with tainted foods processed for consumption by humans and pet animals and appropriating funds for the purpose.

     Animal Rights Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health and the Grocery Manufacturers Association opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,         clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2529, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2529, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair