STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1496-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 72

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 72, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO VIGOROUSLY ENFORCE LAWS REGARDING THE LABELING OF PREVIOUSLY FROZEN FISH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure urge the Department of Health to enforce Part III of Chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by pursuing injunctions and fines against persons who mislabel previously frozen fish as fresh fish.

Two individuals testified in support to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 72, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair