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HB530 • 2026

RELATING TO THE LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.

RELATING TO THE LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.

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Sponsor
MIYAKE, CHUN, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on enforcement or consequences for non-compliance with labeling rules.

Labeling Requirements for Macadamia Nuts

This bill sets rules for labeling macadamia nut products based on whether the nuts are grown and processed in Hawaii.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires labels to state '100% Hawaii-Grown Macadamia Nuts', 'Hawaii-Grown Macadamia Nuts', '100% Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts', or 'Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts' if all nuts are from Hawaii.
  • If a product contains macadamia nuts grown outside of Hawaii, it must include the statement 'This product contains macadamia nuts grown outside Hawaiʻi.'
  • Packages with macadamia nuts grown and processed in Hawaii must have labels stating this fact.
  • People selling products claiming to be made from Hawaiian-grown macadamia nuts must provide proof if asked by an administrator.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Companies that sell or produce macadamia nut products
  • Consumers buying macadamia nut products

Terms To Know

Administrator
The person in charge of enforcing the labeling rules.
Consumer package
A package intended for sale to a consumer.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear what happens if someone breaks these labeling rules.
  • The bill does not explain how the administrator will enforce the new requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-05 H

    The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

  3. 2025-01-31 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 2025-01-21 H

    Referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

  5. 2025-01-21 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  6. 2025-01-17 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.
Macadamia Nuts; Labeling; Processed
Specifies that the macadamia nut labeling requirements apply if the applicable products are produced in whole or in part from Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed macadamia nuts. Effective 1/2/2026.

Current Bill Text

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HB530

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

530

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to the labeling of macadamia nuts
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section 486-120.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by amending subsections (a) through (e) to read as follows:

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(a)
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If a label on a consumer package contains language that all of the raw
or processed macadamia nuts contained in the package were grown
and
processed
in the State, the label shall be worded, "100% Hawaii-Grown
Macadamia Nuts", "Hawaii-Grown Macadamia Nuts", "100%
Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts", or "Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts", and
shall appear on the principal display panel of the package.

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(b)
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If a product contains
raw or processed macadamia nuts grown
or
processed
outside the State,
the
product shall have a label that includes the following statement:
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"This product contains macadamia nuts
grown
or processed
outside Hawai
ʻ
i.".

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(c)
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All nonconsumer packages containing macadamia nuts grown
and
processed
in the State and introduced into intrastate or interstate
commerce shall bear on the package a label containing language that the package
contains Hawaii-grown
and Hawaii-processed
macadamia nuts.
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This label shall be in addition to all other
labeling requirements specified in this chapter.

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(d)
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Any person keeping, offering, displaying, exposing for sale, or
soliciting for sale, any raw or processed macadamia nut product that represents
or is branded or labeled that all or portion of the macadamia nuts were grown
and
processed
in the State, shall make available to the administrator, upon
demand, documented proof that the amount of macadamia nuts represented to be
grown
and processed
in the State, was grown
and processed
in the
State.

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(e)
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It shall be a violation of this part to use a label:

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(1)
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Containing
the words, "100% Hawaii-Grown Macadamia Nuts", "Hawaii-Grown
Macadamia Nuts", "100% Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts", or
"Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts", or similar wording, or to otherwise
represent that all of the macadamia nuts in the package were grown
and
processed
in the State, if any portion of the macadamia nuts contained in
the package was not grown
or processed
in the State;

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(2)
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As
provided for under subsection (b), without the words "This product
contains macadamia nuts grown
or processed
outside Hawai
ʻ
i."; or

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(3)
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Representing
that any of the macadamia nuts contained in the package was grown
and
processed
in the State, if none of the macadamia nuts contained in the
package was grown
or processed
in the State.
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SECTION
2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on January 2,
2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Macadamia
Nuts; Labeling; Processed

Description:

Specifies
that the macadamia nut labeling requirements apply if the applicable products
are produced in whole or in part from Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed
macadamia nuts.
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Effective 1/2/2026.

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