Riney, Chad

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University of Kentucky

April 3, 2011 (/full-blog/2011/04/paradise-in-cup-of-coffee.html)Paradise in a Cup of Coffee? (/full-blog/2011/04/paradise-in-cup-of-coffee.html)(http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/add/soq/soq-gallery/Kona%20Coffee%20Gallery.jpg) by Chad Riney, Staff Member  “Over the last decade, the Kona Coffee belt, a 20-mile strip of plantations along [Hawaii’s] westcoast, has become the Napa Valley for coffee devotees, complete with farm tours and tastings.”Maura Egan, Naughty by Nature, N.Y. Times Style Magazine, March 26, 2010,http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/t-magazine/28well-hawaii.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1. It is nosurprise that Hawaii has regulated this valuable industry in an attempt to protect it. Hawaiian lawrequires that the packaging of locally grown coffee indicate both where in Hawai’i the coffee wasgrown and the percentage by weight of the contents of Hawaiian coffee. HRS §486-120.6. Inaddition, it is unlawful to label a Hawaiian region as a source of the product when the percent byweight is less than ten percent. Id.   The laws attempt to protect and preserve the industry’s reputation. 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Federal labelinglaw even states that a minor ingredient of a product is not allowed to be pushed deceptivelyinto the foreground of the label or product description.getting and from where it comes. The baseline requirement, ten percent, for labeling the coffee as ablend prevents dishonest coffee producers from claiming their product to be Hawaiian. But thequestion is whether these requirements are actually effective in preserving the prestige of Hawaiiancoffee.  The Kona Coffee Famers Association makes a pretty strong argument that these laws do noteffectively meet their goals. They claim that the labeling laws are used deceptively for promotingcoffee by including the minimal amount of Kona coffee. See Kona Coffee Facts, Kona Coffee FarmersAssociation, http://www.konacoffeefarmers.org/Kona_Coffee_Facts.asp (last visited Jan. 26, 2011).The Association is not opposed to the blending of coffee, they are concerned foreign coffeeproducers can use the Kona name to market their lower grade coffee. See id.  The institution of labeling requirements is undeniably a step in the right direction towardsnourishing the Hawaiian coffee industry. 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