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Page 1 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />.B. NO. <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT BRANDING AND COUNTRY OR <br />REGION OF ORIGIN LABELING. <br />BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Chapter 486, Measurement Standards, Part V, <br />Measurement Standards, Uniform Packaging and Labeling is amended to add a new section <br />486 -120.7 to read as follows: <br />"$486 -120.7 Agricultural product branding and country or region of origin labeling. <br />(a) All agricultural products grown, packaged, or sold in Hawai`i shall conform to the <br />following conditions: <br />Honey, macadamia nuts, coffee, tea, vanilla, and any otherplant or animal products for <br />which any information or name indicating "Hawai`i ", "Hawaiian ", or any region of <br />Hawai`i, and where the product is less than 100% grown in Hawai`i, shall after the word <br />"Contains:" list on the front label the country or region of origin and the percentage of <br />each country's or region's portion of the product in descending order of percentage and in <br />font size at least equal to one -half the size of the largest font on the front label. (Spices <br />are exempted unless spice is the major portion of the product.) <br />(b) All agricultural products claiming to be 100% grown in Hawai`i shall be labeled to <br />conform to the following condition: <br />(1) A minimum of 100% Hawai`i -grown product shall be included in the package for <br />the front label to say, with or without Hawaiian okinas, in a font size at least equal <br />to one -half the size of the largest font: <br />"100% Hawai`i (product)" or "Hawai`i (product)" <br />"100% Hawai`i -Grown (product)" or "Hawai`i -Grown (product) "; <br />"100% Grown in Hawai`i "; <br />"100% Hawai`i -Made (product)" or "Hawai`i -Made (product) "; <br />"100% Hawaiian -Made (product)" or "Hawaiian -Made (product) "; <br />"100% Made in Hawai`i "; or <br />"100% Hawaiian (product)" or "Hawaiian (product) ". <br />(2) Spices are exempted unless spice is the major portion of the product. <br />(c) All agricultural products claiming to be 100% grown in a single Hawaiian region shall be <br />labeled to conform to the following conditions: <br />