Report Title:

Frozen Foods

Description:

Requires labeling of frozen and previously thawed foods. (HB332 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

332

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to frozen food products.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 328-61, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§328-61 Notifying consumer. No person shall sell or offer to sell any uncooked thawed food [which] that substantially resembles the physical appearances of the fresh food without a label, as hereinafter described, notifying the purchaser that [such] the food had been frozen and then thawed out; provided that this section shall not apply if the thawed foods are processed by grinding or have been dehydrated before being offered for retail sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision regarding dehydration, all previously frozen food that is sold as thawed food shall be prominently labeled on the front of the packaging as being "Frozen and Thawed" using all capital letters in bold print in a font size of at least fourteen."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.