Bill Text: HI HB138 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-11 - Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19 [HB138 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB138-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Part . CALORIE INFORMATION
§321-A Definitions. As used in this part:
"Food service establishment":
(1) Means, but is not limited to, restaurants and food concessions within the State that:
(A) Operate under common ownership or control with at least fifteen other food service establishments doing business nationally; or
(B) Operate as a franchised outlet of a parent business or under the same name as at least fifteen other food service establishments doing business nationally; and
offer for sale substantially the same menu items in servings that are standardized for portion size and content.
(2) Does not include farmers markets, commissaries, licensed health care facilities, public and private school cafeterias, and vending machines.
"Food item tag" means a label or tag that identifies food items displayed for sale at a food service establishment and their prices.
"Menu" means a list or pictorial display of food items and prices.
"Menu board" means a list or pictorial display of food items and prices posted in and visible within a food service establishment or outside of a food service establishment for the purpose of ordering from a drive-through window.
"Standard menu item" means individual food items or combinations of food items listed or displayed on a menu or menu board that are sold in servings that are standardized for portion size and content.
§321-B Calorie information for menu items. (a) All menus and menu boards at a food service establishment shall provide the total number of calories for each standard menu item listed. The calorie information shall be displayed clearly and conspicuously, adjacent or in close proximity to the menu item, and in a font or format that is at least as prominent in size and appearance as that used to post the name and price of the menu item. The calorie information shall be visible at or prior to the point of ordering.
(b) Standard menu items displayed for sale with a food item tag shall provide the calorie information on the food item tag in a font size and format at least as prominent as the font size of the name and price of the food item.
(c) Calorie content values at drive-through windows shall be displayed on either the drive through menu board, or on an adjacent stanchion visible at or prior to the point of ordering, so long as the calorie content values are as clearly and conspicuously posted on the stanchion adjacent to their respective menu item names, as the price or menu item is on the drive through menu board.
(d) This section shall not apply to standard menu items offered for sale for less than thirty days in a calendar year.
§321-C Calculation of calories. (a) Calorie content values shall be based upon a verifiable analysis of the standard menu item that may include the use of nutrient databases, laboratory testing, or other reliable methods of analysis, and shall be rounded to the nearest ten calories for calorie content values above fifty calories and to the nearest five calories for calorie content values fifty calories and below.
(b) For standard menu items offered in different flavors and varieties, including but not limited to beverages, ice cream, pizza, and doughnuts, the range of calorie content values showing the minimum to maximum number of calories for all flavors and varieties of that item shall be listed on menu boards and menus for each size offered for sale; provided that the range need not be displayed if the calorie information is included on the food item tag identifying each flavor or variety of the food item displayed for sale, in accordance with section 321-B.
(c) For combinations of different food items listed or pictured as a single menu item, the range of calorie content values showing the minimum to maximum number of calories for all combinations of that menu item shall be listed on menu boards and menus. If there is only one possible calorie total for the combination, then that total shall be listed on menu boards and menus."
SECTION 2. In codifying the new sections added by section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Food Service Establishments; Calorie Information
Description:
Requires owners and operators of fifteen or more food
service establishments to provide calorie information for menu items. (HB138 HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
