STAND. COM. REP. NO.  689

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1552

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COFFEE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent misleading labeling of packaged coffee by prohibiting the use of a geographic origin on a label other than in the registered trademark or in the identity statement.

 

     The Hawaii Coffee Association testified in support of this measure.  The Kona Coffee Farmers Association, the Kona County Farm Bureau, Pohaku Kona Coffee Farms, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair