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Conference committee adopts label and inspection rules for mamaki tea, funds agriculture inspector position
Summary
The joint House–Senate conference committee adopted a conference draft (CD1) of HB 496 HD2 SD1 restricting labeling that misuses Hawaiian imagery and appropriates funds for an inspector position at the Department of Agriculture.
The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee on Friday adopted the conference draft (CD1) of HB 496 HD2 SD1, a bill relating to mamaki tea that restricts labeling and funds an inspector position at the Department of Agriculture.
The adopted CD1 prohibits use of certain words and misleading Hawaiian imagery, place names and motifs on consumer packages that contain tea or dried leaves from the plant (Pipturus albidus) unless 100% of the tea or dried leaves…
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