STAND. COM. REP. NO. 37

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1150

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1150 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DAIRY PRODUCTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permit the sale of raw milk, raw colostrum, and raw-milk and raw-colostrum products.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Burford Civil Engineering Company, Koa'e Community Association, and one hundred individuals. Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee finds that currently, unpasteurized raw milk, raw colostrum, raw-milk and raw-colostrum products cannot be purchased by consumers in Hawaii. These products are available to consumers through sales or cow-share programs in over half the fifty states, including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, and New York. For a variety of reasons ranging from taste to health, many people in Hawaii wish to consume unpasteurized milk and colostrum products. Thus, this measure will allow the sales of these raw-milk and raw-colostrum products in Hawaii to individual consumers and businesses.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1150 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair