Subject: URGENT: Hawaii - Act Now for Cottage Food!


Dear Friend,


Currently, there is no cottage food law in the state of Hawaii. House Bill 520 (HB 520) would change that, if it passes.

 

HB 520 establishes the Access to Local Food Act to allow cottage food operations to sell cottage food products, under certain conditions: state permit; food handler license; testing and recipe approval for certain products; multiple sales avenues allowed; labelling requirements; allows potentially hazardous food sales subject to certain conditions, exempted poultry, inspected meat, seafood.

 

HB 520 is set for a hearing on February 3 at 10 am. Its companion bill SB 756 is not yet set for a hearing.

 

Please act now! See action steps and talking points below and share this alert with your friends and family in Hawaii.

 

In good health,


Alexia Kulwiec

Executive Director

Washington State Pickles Action Alert
 

TAKE ACTION


Contact your House Representative asking him/her to vote YES on HB 520. HB 520 is set for a hearing on February 3 at 10 am. Its companion bill SB 756 is not yet set for a hearing. A phone call is much more effective than an email. And remember to keep the conversation polite and to-the-point.

 

Don't know who represents you? Find out who represents you HERE

 

If your Representative is on the House Committee on Economic Development (listed HERE), please call him/her as soon as possible since this bill will be heard on February 3 at 10 am.

 

If you’d like to watch the hearing on video or submit testimony, you may do so HERE

TALKING POINTS


1. All 50 states have cottage food laws. The food safety track record for cottage food producers is excellent including for producers in the states whose laws allow the unregulated sale of potentially hazardous foods from producer direct to consumer. The cases of foodborne illness outbreaks being attributed to cottage food producers is almost nonexistent. Some of the healthiest foods available are produced under cottage food laws.


2. Passage of HB 520 would improve food security in the state; with the increased unreliability of supply chains, it is more important that Hawaii become as self-sufficient in food production as possible.

3. HB 520 would create more jobs, enable local food producers to make a better living, and keep more of the food dollar within the state.

4. HB 520 would expand consumer choice in both the types of foods available for sale and the producers selling them; there are rural areas in the state where would-be producers do not have easy access to commercial or certified kitchens.

MORE INFO

 

Find out more about HB 520

 

Find out more about SB 756

 

We will email further alerts as events warrant.

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