Labeling
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Unit Pricing - Alcoholic Beverages [SB-555]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Applying certain unit price disclosure requirements to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Gettr Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Unit Pricing - Alcoholic Beverages [SB-555]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Applying certain unit price disclosure requirements to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Agriculture - Farmers Markets - Advertising, Labeling, and Enforcement (Farmers Market Integrity Act) [SB-351]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
Prohibiting a person from using the term "farmers market" to describe certain venues; prohibiting a person from selling farm and food products at a farmers market unless 75% of the products offered were grown or processed by the person or under the supervision of the person; authorizing a person operating or coordinating a farmers market to impose more stringent requirements than the provisions of the Act; establishing the Farmers Market Review Panel; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Panel; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [SB-2955]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Includes Hawaii-grown green coffee, cherry coffee, and parchment coffee in the coffee labeling requirements. Requires coffee blend labels to disclose geographic origins and regional origins and per cent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted coffee, instant coffee, Hawaii-grown green coffee, cherry coffee, or parchment coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of 51 per cent on or after
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Hospital and Nursing Facility Workers and Health Care Practitioners - Identification Tags and Badges - Name Requirement [HB-364]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Specifying that each hospital or nursing facility in the State ensure that all of its health care service providers whether in the hospital, outside or in a separate nursing facility wear personal identification tag indicating in readable text the first name, nickname, last name, or full name of the individual that is commonly used in the hospital or nursing facility; specifying the form of names required to be displayed on the badge required to worn by a health care practitioner when providing certain care to a patient; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Maryland Made Promotion Fund [HB-305]
[Agriculture ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Made Promotion Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund is to develop and promote the use of a "Maryland Made" logo to promote alcoholic beverages that are produced using ingredients grown in the State; specifying the contents of the Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; authorizing the Department to establish an application process and charge a fee for the use of a certain logo; requiring a certain fee to be paid into the Fund; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Flavored Products For Electronic Smoking Devices. [SB-2228]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Beginning July 1, 2020, prohibits the sale of flavored products for electronic smoking devices, the mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine, and the sale of tobacco products other than through retail sales via a direct, in-person exchange between a retailer and consumer. Establishes penalties. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices containing e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Effective 7/1/2050.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [HB-1897]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner wrapping or packaging labels. Effective 7/1/2150. (HD1)
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition [SB-233]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product with a taste or smell of fruit, mint, candy, or other nontobacco flavors; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Industrial Hemp Derived Products. [SB-2050]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Agriculture ]
Establishes a regulatory framework for products containing cannabidiol that were manufactured legally through approved government programs. Clarifies that these products are not considered adulterated food, beverage, or cosmetic products. Prohibits manufacturers from making health-related claims. Requires product labeling for the products to be legally allowed in the State. Exempts industrial hemp products that are generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration from the new regulatory framework. Effective 7/31/2150. (HD1)
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Misbranded Food - Meat Products [SB-188]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that a food is misbranded if it is offered for sale in the State with a label that identifies the product as a meat or a meat product and the product contains animal tissue cultured from animal cells outside the animal from which the tissue is derived or is made from plants or insects.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electronic Smoking Devices - Added Flavoring - Prohibition on Shipping, Import, or Sale [SB-54]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person from shipping, importing, or selling into or within the State an electronic smoking device to which an artificial or natural flavoring, other than tobacco, is added to impart a particular aroma or taste; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names - Registration [SB-23]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain classes of goods and services for which a person may register a mark; prohibiting a person from registering a certain name or surname as a mark; requiring an applicant for registration or renewal of a mark to submit 3 different specimens or reproductions of the mark as used; prohibiting the specimens or reproductions from including business papers, including letterhead, business cards or envelopes; requiring the Secretary of State to include a full description of the mark on a certificate of registration; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names - Registration [SB-23]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain classes of goods and services for which a person may register a mark; prohibiting a person from registering a certain name or surname as a mark; requiring an applicant for registration or renewal of a mark to submit 3 different specimens or reproductions of the mark as used; prohibiting the specimens or reproductions from including business papers, including letterhead, business cards or envelopes; requiring the Secretary of State to include a full description of the mark on a certificate of registration; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Agriculture. [SB-1425]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Requires a seller to include certain disclosures when advertising or marketing for sale carcasses, sides, or primal cuts of meat for consumption. Prohibits certain labeling, marketing practices, and misrepresentations of products or grades.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Fireworks Labeling. [SB-152]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Corrects labeling dimension with regard to fireworks used for display.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [SB-894]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [HB-143]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages. (HB143 HD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Oxybenzone. [HB-819]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of any sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State, unless the sunscreen label contains a warning that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Oxybenzone. [SB-696]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of any sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State, unless the sunscreen label contains a warning that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.