S.R. No. 107 Summary

• Department of Health directed to convene a task force to review Hawaii's food security and food safety practices, with specific focus on food imports and compliance with federal Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.

• Task force must review sourcing, transportation, storage, and distribution of meat, produce, and dairy products to ensure proper temperature control and handling from source to point of sale.

• Task force must develop recommendations to prevent misleading labeling or advertising of imported foods that falsely suggest Hawaiian origin or freshness comparable to locally-produced items.

• Task force composition includes the Health Director, two Senate members, two House committee chairs (Agriculture and Health), one University of Hawaii professor, and two private business owners involved in food distribution.

• Task force must submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2021 Regular Session convenes and will dissolve on June 30, 2021.