STAND. COM. REP. NO.  94-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1757

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1757 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand the State's coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages.  

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Rancho Aloha, Monk's Delight Kona Coffee, Bamboo Fruit and Flower Farm, Smithfarms, Cassandra Farms, Luehrs Farm d.b.a. Aloha Grounds, Keokea Gardens, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii Food Industry Association opposed this measure.  The Department of Agriculture submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 31, 2150, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 1757, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1757, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair