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HRS §328-47

Labeling cold stored food

This section says you cannot sell or offer uncooked food that was kept in cold storage unless you clearly label it as cold stored. You also cannot call or advertise such food as fresh.

businesses

The statute, as written — Cold stored goods to be labeled; sales of

It shall be unlawful to sell or to offer for sale uncooked articles of food, which have been cold stored without notifying persons purchasing, or intending to purchase, the same that they have been kept in cold storage by the display, in a conspicuous place and upon the articles of food, of a sign marked, "These are cold stored goods", in large, plain type; and it shall be unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh goods, articles of food which have been placed in cold storage.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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