HAR §4-143-1. Labeling and documentation requirements

(a) No person shall sell or offer, expose for sale, or transport Hawai'i-grown green coffee, natural coffee, or mixed natural coffee outside the geographic region of production as defined 143-1 3230 §4-143-1 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, Hawai'i-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 Hawai'i-grown coffee. 143-2 3230