HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2083
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to milk labeling.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part V to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§486-  Milk or soy milk labeling; date of pasteurization or packaging. (a)  Any beverage product containing at least         per cent by weight of milk or soy milk and distributed or offered for sale in this state shall be labeled with the date that the contents were:

(1) Pasteurized; or

(2) Packaged for distribution or sale, if no portion of the beverage product has been pasteurized.

The label shall clearly indicate that the date specified pursuant to this section refers to the date of pasteurization or the date of packaging for distribution or sale, as applicable.

(b)  For the purposes of this section:

"Milk" means all fresh milk or fresh milk constituents to be utilized in fluid form for human consumption, including pasteurized milk, cream, half-and-half, whole milk, skim milk, buttermilk, flavored milk, flavored skim milk, reconstituted or  recombined milk, and filled milk, as those terms are defined in section 157-1.

"Pasteurized" means that the beverage product was processed to produce "pasteurized milk," as that term is defined in section 157-1.

"Soy milk" means a milk-substitute beverage produced from ground soybeans."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect one year from the date of its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Milk; Soy Milk; Labeling; Date of Pasteurization or Packaging

Description:

Requires milk and soy milk beverages to be labeled with the date of pasteurization or the date of packaging.

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