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<br /> <br /> Re: Kona Coffee Council GMO information Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> NEW <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Howard Conant [konavu@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:03 PM <br /> <br /> To: info@kona-coffee-council.com; counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Re: Kona Coffee Council GMO information <br /> <br /> Please note additions below in red. The resolution is good except that it does not go far enough to <br /> express the consequences of accidental cross pollination. <br /> <br /> info kona-coffee-council.com wrote: <br /> The resolution below is presented for your information. If you have comments p <br /> <br /> council.testimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> <br /> Res. 463-08 <br /> A Resolution Urging the Legislature to pass H.B.1577 HD1 Relating to Geneticall <br /> <br /> The GMO Resolutions will be heard in Environmental Mgt. Committee on Tuesday, J <br /> (videoconferencing is available from the Kona and Waimea offices) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING H.B.1577 H.D.1 TO TEMPORARILY PROHIBIT THE GROWING OF G <br /> WHEREAS, coffee is of vital importance to the agricultural economy and cultural <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, coffees grown in Hawaii are considered specialty coffees by the Speci <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is a desire to maintain the unique status and market prices for <br /> WHEREAS, cross pollination with genetically modified coffee would contaminate a <br /> <br /> <br /> WI IEREAS, Hawaiian coffee accidentally contaminated through cross pollination would be <br /> considered GMO coffee; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS. customers within the major markets for Kona coffee in Japan and Europe have <br /> specifically expressed that they will not accept GMO products <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of H.B.1577 H.D.1 is to prohibit the introduction of genet <br /> WHEREAS, the major Hawaii coffee organizations, including the Hawaii Coffee A <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Hawaii State L <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hawaii County Council does not support the to <br /> <br /> <br /> ~rd <br /> <br /> Ref, To, it C- <br /> <br /> 1/9/2008 Ref. Date JAmA Z= <br />