Honolulu, Hawaii
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 87 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING FOOD SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to strengthen food safety in Hawaii by requesting:
(1) The Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
to review the expanded requirements of the Food and Drug Administration Food
Safety Modernization Act, food safety requirements of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and applicable sections of the Hawaii Revised
Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules regarding food safety;
(2) The Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
to recommend any:
(A) Necessary changes to the Hawaii Revised
Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules regarding jurisdictional
responsibilities, including changes necessary to clarify that the Department of
Agriculture is responsible for the oversight of food safety on farms and that
the Department of Health is responsible for the oversight of food safety after
food products leave farms;
(B) Funding necessary to ensure food safety; and
(C) Other reforms necessary to ensure food safety;
and
(3) The Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
to report their findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the
Legislature no later than 20 days before the convening of the Regular Session
of 2019.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 87 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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