00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 45                                                                     
01 Relating to the labeling of salmon food products.                                                                       
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS Americans deserve to know what is in their food and where it comes                                      
04 from; and                                                                                                               
05       WHEREAS other industries, including the dairy industry, are required to label their                             
06 food products; and                                                                                                      
07       WHEREAS the Alaska seafood industry faces unfair market challenges, due in part to                              
08 a glut of farmed salmon from other countries; and                                                                       
09       WHEREAS consumers of healthy and organic foods are a growing market in the                                      
10 United States; and                                                                                                      
11       WHEREAS wild Alaska salmon contains omega-3 fatty acids that have numerous                                      
12 health benefits and wild Alaska salmon does not contain antibiotics; and                                                
13       WHEREAS Americans should be informed of these health benefits;                                                  
14       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports efforts by the Alaska                                 
15 congressional delegation to require labeling of farmed and wild salmon food products.                                   
16       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Don Evans, United States                               

01 Secretary of Commerce; the Honorable Ann Veneman, United States Secretary of                                            
02 Agriculture; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S.                                   
03 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
04 delegation in Congress.