2011 House and Senate Bills (Relating to government being in the ‘label’ business)
State government in the ‘label’ business
If you search the word “label” on the Hawaii state legislative Web site, 30 results show up, thus confirming the fact that our lawmakers are definitely in the “label” business.
Check it out here: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/searchstatus.asp?query=label&currpage=1
Two examples of “label” bills are:
- HB1545, relating to fresh and frozen bread, requires bread products that have been baked and then frozen to be labeled "previously frozen" and prohibits bread that has been frozen to be labeled or advertised as "fresh"; and
- HB1552, relating to coffee, restricts the use of the geographic origin of Hawaii-grown coffee on coffee labels, to be effective July 1, 2020.
Both of these bills, along with several others, are scheduled to be heard by the House committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, at 2:05 p.m. in House conference room 325.
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