Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-1
Short title
This chapter shall be known as the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act".
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 159 — Hawaii Meat Inspection Act
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Provisions
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-2
Findings and declaration of necessity
It is hereby declared that the meat industry is a paramount agricultural industry of this State and the production and marketing of meat is an enterprise that is of significant importance to the economy of this State and to the health of the consuming public. It is essential to the public health and welfare of consumer…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-3
Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: "Act" means the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act". "Adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat products under one or more of the following circumstances: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-6
Administration
The department shall administer this chapter subject to the supervision of the board. The board may delegate any of its powers except the power to make rules and regulations or may direct any of its duties to be performed by any appropriate agents, officers, or employees of the board. The board may employ on a full or…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-7
General powers
The department, through its board, may: (1) Regulate, supervise, inspect, and control the slaughtering of animals and the manufacture, processing, transportation, packaging, labeling, and disposal of meat or meat products involved in intrastate commerce; (2) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules as are necessary to implement…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-8
Information, investigation, hearings
For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the board may: (1) Gather and compile information which relates to the business operations of persons being regulated under this chapter and such other information necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Confidential information shall not be disclosed by the boar…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-11
Certificate of sanitation
(a) The board may issue certificates of sanitation to slaughterhouses and meat processors which are subject to this chapter and which meet minimum sanitary specifications required for: (1) The slaughtering of animals for use of the meat or meat products in intrastate commerce. (2) The processing, rendering, transportin…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-12
License required
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines or manufacturing or processing of meat or meat products without a license as required by this part.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-13
Application for a license
The board may issue licenses to slaughterhouses and meat processing establishments having certificates of sanitation issued under section 159-11. An applicant for an original or renewal license to operate as a slaughterhouse operator or meat processor shall file an application upon a form prepared by the board, contain…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-14
License fees
An annual fee of $25 shall be assessed. The license fees collected shall be deposited in the state general fund.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-15
Bonding
Upon a person being granted a license to slaughter animals for the purpose of using the meat or meat products thereof in intrastate commerce, the board shall exact from the licensee a bond, or other form of surety acceptable to the board or an appropriate agent, officer, or employee designated by the board, in the pena…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-16
Granting, suspending and revoking licenses
(a) The action of the board in refusing to grant or renew a license, or in revoking or suspending a license, may be judicially reviewed in the manner provided by chapter 91. (b) No license shall be denied unless the board finds after due notice and an opportunity of hearing in accordance with chapter 91, to the applica…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-17
Records of licensees
The board may require licensees to keep the records and information as it deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-21
Ante-mortem inspection
(a) For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce of meat or meat products which are adulterated, the board shall cause to be made, by a veterinarian or inspector appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all animals before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing,…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-22
Post-mortem inspection; reinspection
The board shall cause to be made post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in this S…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-23
Labeling, marking, and branding
(a) When any meat or meat products prepared for intrastate commerce which has been inspected and marked "Hawaii Inspected and Passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under this chapter is maintained, the person preparing the p…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-24
Sanitation
The board shall cause to be made by veterinarian or meat inspector, the inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and the meat or meat products thereof are prepared solely fo…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-25
Slaughter, transportation, and selling
No person shall, with respect to cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of animals: (1) Slaughter any animal or prepare any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such meat or meat produc…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-26
Forgery of mark, brand, or label
(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark, any label bearing any such mark, any form of official certificate, or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the board. (b) No person, firm, or corporation shall: (1) Forge…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-27
Inspector
Veterinarians and inspectors shall examine and inspect all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and all carcasses and parts thereof, and all meat or meat products thereof, and the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which the meat or meat…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-28
Bribery
Any person or employee of any person, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, or any other officer or employee of the State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules of the board, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence the in…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-29
Exemptions
(a) This chapter requiring inspection of the slaughtering of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, and meat or meat products at establishments conducting such operations shall not apply: (1) To the slaughtering by any person of animals of the person's own raising, and the preparation and transpor…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-30
Storing, handling and transporting
The board may prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transport…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-31
Inspection of exotic animals
Persons desiring certification as to wholesomeness and unadulteration for meat and meat products derived from exotic animals may request the department to conduct an inspection under this chapter.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-32
Reimbursement for inspection
The department may perform inspection of meat and meat products derived from exotic animals when requested by persons desiring such inspection. Persons requesting and receiving inspection service under this part shall reimburse the State for all costs incurred by the State in the provision of the service. All such reim…
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