Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 124
02/02/2005 08:30 AM House FISHERIES
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| HJR6 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | HJR 6 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HJR 6 - LABELING OF FISH PRODUCTS CO-CHAIR THOMAS announced that the only order of business would be HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6, "Relating to the labeling of fish products and processed food items containing fish to identify the country of origin and to distinguish between wild and farmed fish and fish products." CO-CHAIR LEDOUX moved to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HJR 6, Version 24-LS0383\F, Utermohle, 1/25/05, as the working document. There being no objection, Version F was before the committee. 8:35:19 AM AURORA HAUKE, Staff to Representative Beth Kerttula, Alaska State Legislature, testified on behalf of Representative Kerttula, cosponsor of Version F for HJR 6. She mentioned a letter of written comment from the Alaska State Legislature to the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the proposed federal regulations for Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Fish and Shellfish, 7 CFR Part 60. She then explained that Version F reiterates Alaska's support for country of origin labeling and requests that Alaska fish and shellfish that have been canned, smoked, pouched, or cooked be included under country of origin labeling. 8:36:56 AM MS. HAUKE, in response to Representative Harris, clarified that Version F adds shellfish to the resolution because it is also included in the federal regulations. She noted that Version F also removes one sentence that was redundant [HJR 6, page 1, line 7] and strengthens the language on page 2, lines 3-4 of HJR 6. 8:38:10 AM REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS commented that "processed food items containing fish" and "products" have been removed from the title in Version F. He asked for an explanation. MS. HAUKE replied, "Basically we're not as concerned about truly processed items as with items that have simply been smoked, cured, canned; we wanted to make that distinction." She referred to processed items as those that have combined several [types of] fish from several different places. 8:39:04 AM REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS asked if Version F recommends that fish sold at Costco be required to carry a label stating where the fish came from and whether it is wild or not. MS. HAUKE answered affirmatively. 8:40:22 AM CO-CHAIR THOMAS asked if there were any more people who wished to testify. He noted that there were about six pages of written testimony. 8:40:43 AM CO-CHAIR LEDOUX moved to report [CSHJR 6, Version 24-LS0383\F, Utermohle, 1/25/05, from committee with individual recommendations and the attached zero fiscal notes]. There being no objection, CSHJR 6(FSH) was reported from the House Special Committee on Fisheries.
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