Informing the Legislature that on June 8, 2026, the Governor signed the following bill into law: SB3137 SD1 HD2 CD1 (ACT 108).

This bill reorganizes the Department of Health's legal authority to regulate food, drugs, and cosmetics by consolidating it into a single chapter of state law. The primary goal is to clarify the department's role in regulating both retail food safety and higher-volume food manufacturing to improve public health outcomes. It also establishes a new food safety consultative and education program to share information with handlers and creates a public monitoring system for reporting unsafe food practices. Additionally, the legislation provides specific exemptions for producers of hand-pounded poi selling directly to consumers and mandates priority processing for permit applications related to agricultural facilities on important agricultural lands.