Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 7 - QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION › Chapter 143 - STANDARDS FOR COFFEE › Section 4-143-1 - Labeling and documentation requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall
				sell or offer, expose for sale, or transport Hawaii-grown green coffee, natural
				coffee, or mixed natural coffee outside the geographic region of production as
				defined in section
				4-143-3, unless each container is
				conspicuously labeled in the English language with the exact grade or lower
				grade for the green coffee, natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee or the term
				offgrade, as applicable. No person shall transport, or cause the transport of,
				Hawaii-grown cherry coffee, parchment coffee, green coffee, natural coffee, or
				mixed natural coffee outside the geographic region of production as defined in
				section 4-143-3, unless each container is
				conspicuously labeled or accompanied by documentation written in the English
				language with the exact geographic region. This grade or geographic region
				statement shall appear on the tag described in subsection (i), or on the
				container on the same panel as the declaration of identity required by section
				4-93-2; provided that the
				geographic region statement may also be, documented on a form provided by the
				department accompanying each container.
(b) Any tag or container label representing a
				geographic region or grade term which is determined to be incorrect shall be
				corrected by the complete obliteration of the incorrect information and
				substituted with the correct statement of fact. Any accompanying documentation
				form determined to be incorrect shall be corrected by the complete obliteration
				of the incorrect information and substituted with the correct statement of
				fact.
(c) The letters and figures
				used to meet the requirements of this section shall be of bold type and
				legible.
(d) The grade terms to be
				used shall be exactly as shown in sections
				4-143-6,
				4-143-11, and
				143-12,
				except that grade terms may be abbreviated as shown in section
				4-143-9, or may be expressed in all
				capital letters, or both. The geographic region terms to be used shall be
				exactly as shown in section
				4-143-3. The use of a geographic
				region term on offgrade coffee is prohibited.
(e) The requirements of this section shall
				apply to both intra-state and export sales and distribution of Hawaii-grown
				coffee.
(f) Any green coffee,
				natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee labeled with a grade term defined in
				section 4-143-6,
				4-143-11, or
				143-12,
				shall meet the standards of the labeled grade.
(g) The use of a grade term defined in
				section 4-143-6,
				4-143-11, or
				4-143-12, or any abbreviation or
				variation of the grade term that is intended to represent or imply that the
				green coffee, natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee so labeled is grown in
				Hawaii, on coffee that is not grown in Hawaii is prohibited. The use of any
				geographic region defined in section
				4-143-3, on cherry coffee,
				parchment coffee, green coffee, natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee that is
				not grown in the geographic region defined in section
				4-143-3, is prohibited.
(h) The use of any other grade term or
				fanciful term which is not defined in section
				4-143-6,
				4-143-11, or
				4-143-12 to represent or imply that
				the cherry coffee, parchment coffee, green coffee, natural coffee, or mixed
				natural coffee has a grade adopted under this chapter is prohibited.
(i) Tags marked with a grade or geographic
				region statement pursuant to subsection (a) or (j) or as required for
				inspection for certification pursuant to section
				4-143-2(b) shall
				consist of a tamper-proof tag attached to each container of coffee beans in a
				manner that opening the container will alter the tag. The tags shall be light
				in color, made of a material that resists tearing and measuring a minimum of
				two inches by four inches, with a blank area at least two inches by two
				inches.
(j) Hawaii-grown green
				coffee, natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee not meeting the quality
				standards of Hawaii No. 3 green coffee, Hawaii Natural Prime coffee, or Hawaii
				Mixed Natural Prime Coffee shall be labeled with the term "offgrade" or the
				term "coffee" without reference to any geographic region. The term "offgrade"
				shall appear on the tag described in subsection (i), or on the container on the
				same panel as the declaration of identity required by section
				4-93-2.