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HI Rev Stat § 159-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-25 Slaughter, transportation, and selling.

  §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 products solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.  (2) Slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animal in any manner not in accordance with section 159-21(c).  (3) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce:  (A) Any meat or meat products which  (i) Are capable of use as human food, and  (ii) Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of the sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation.  (B) Any meat or meat products required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed.  (4) Do, with respect to any such meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing meat or meat products to be adulterated or misbranded. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 7, §1; am L 1980, c 178, §2] Cross References  Further regulation, see chapter 146, pt. II.
HI Rev Stat § 159-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-26 Forgery of mark, brand, or label.

  §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 any official device, mark, or certificate.  (2) Use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate without authorization from the board.  (3) Fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate contrary to the regulations prescribed by the board.  (4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the board or its representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark.  (5) Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the board.  (6) Knowingly represent that any meat or meat products have been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.  (c) No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as prescribed by the board to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the board with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this chapter, the animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats or meat products are prepared. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-27 Inspector.

  §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 products are prepared; veterinarians and inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat products therefrom, prepared in any establishment, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be unadulterated; and veterinarians and inspectors shall perform other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules adopted by the board and the board, from time to time, shall adopt such rules in accordance with chapter 91 which are necessary for the efficient execution of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter shall be made in a manner as described in the rules adopted by the board not inconsistent with this chapter. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §5; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-28 Bribery.

  §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 inspector, or other officer or employee of this State, in the discharge of any duty shall be guilty of a class C felony; provided the minimum sentence shall be a $5,000 fine and a three-year term of imprisonment. Any inspector, or other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter, who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce subject to this chapter any gift, money, or other thing of value given with or without intent to influence the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official actions, shall be discharged from office and shall be guilty of a class C felony, provided the minimum fine shall be $1,000. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 139, §6; am L 1991, c 88, §1] Cross References  Classification of offense and authorized punishment, see § §701-107, 706-610(2), 640, 660.
HI Rev Stat § 159-30 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-30 Storing, handling and transporting.

  §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 transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such meat or meat products, whenever the board deems action necessary to assure that such meat or meat products will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. The violation of any regulation is prohibited. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-31 Inspection of exotic animals.

  §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. [L 1990, c 139, pt of §1; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-32 Reimbursement for inspection.

  §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 reimbursements shall be deposited into the general fund. [L 1990, c 139, pt of §1; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-33 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-33 Conduct of exotic animal inspection.

  §159-33 Conduct of exotic animal inspection. Inspection of exotic animals, their carcasses, and meat and meat products derived therefrom, shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. Persons requesting and receiving inspection service under this part, and the meat and meat products derived from exotic animals that are inspected by the department under this part, shall be subject to all requirements and penalties of this chapter and of the rules adopted under this chapter. [L 1990, c 139, pt of §1; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-34 Prohibitions.

  §159-34 Prohibitions. (a) The preparation, sale, offering for sale, or transportation or receipt for transportation in intrastate commerce of meat and meat products derived from exotic animals, unless inspected and passed as provided for under this part, is prohibited. Violators shall be subject to all requirements and penalties of this chapter.  (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall buy, sell, transport, deliver, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in commerce, any bear gallbladders or bile, or any product, item, or substance containing, labeled, or advertised as containing bear gallbladders or bile. The possession of any bear gallbladders or bile, or any product, item, or substance containing, labeled, or advertised as containing bear gallbladders or bile is prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection. The exemptions set forth in section 159-29 shall not apply to violations of this subsection. [L 1990, c 139, pt of §1; am L 1991, c 88, §1; am L 2012, c 126, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 159-36 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-36 Articles not intended for human food.

  §159-36 Articles not intended for human food. Inspection is not provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of animals, which are not intended for use as human food. All meat or meat products, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, shall be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by the board to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, or meat or meat products of any animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules adopted by the board or are naturally inedible by humans. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §8; am L 1991, c 88, §1; am L 1993, c 248, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 159-37 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-37 Records; subject to examination.

  §159-37 Records; subject to examination. (a) For the enforcement of this chapter, the following classes of persons shall keep records as the board may prescribe and all persons subject to the requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the board, afford the representative or any duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all of those records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor:  (1) Any person who engages, in or for intrastate commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any animals, for use as human food or animal food.  (2) Any person who engages in the business of buying or selling as meat broker, wholesaler or otherwise, or transporting in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for commerce, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any animals.  (3) Any person who engages in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of the animals that died otherwise than by slaughter.  (4) Any person who engages in the business of custom slaughtering or preparing any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, or other equines for use as human food or animal food.  (b) Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for the period of time as the board may prescribe. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §9; am L 1991, c 88, §1; am L 1993, c 248, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 159-38 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-38 Registration.

  §159-38 Registration. No person shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, (1) as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or (2) as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or (3) as a public warehouse worker storing any meat or meat products in or for commerce, or (4) in buying, selling, or transporting any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless the person has registered with the board the person's name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, the person conducts such business. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; gen ch 1985, 1993]
HI Rev Stat § 159-39 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-39 Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.

  §159-39 Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals. No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with the rules that the board may adopt to assure that the animals, or the parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §10; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-46 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-46 Inspection; overtime compensation.

  §159-46 Inspection; overtime compensation. All animals slaughtered by any slaughterhouse duly licensed under this part shall be inspected by an inspector duly authorized by the department, both before and after slaughtering, and no animal shall be slaughtered, or after slaughter be sold, transported, offered for sale or transportation, or received for transportation in commerce unless the slaughtering thereof or the use thereof in commerce, after slaughtering, is approved by an inspector.  The management of any processing establishment, slaughterhouse, or the owner of any animal to be slaughtered requiring the services of an inspector in excess of eight consecutive hours on any workday, or in excess of forty hours in any workweek, or on legal holidays, shall pay to the department for overtime inspection services, the current state overtime rate for each hour of work performed by the inspector.  The department shall pay the inspector for all overtime inspection services performed; provided that the party requesting or requiring the overtime inspection services shall sufficiently in advance of the overtime period arrange with the department for the services. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §11; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-47 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-47 REPEALED.

  §159-47 REPEALED. L 1986, c 206, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 159-48 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-48 Refusal and withdrawal of inspection.

  §159-48 Refusal and withdrawal of inspection. The board, for the period, or indefinitely, as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment if it determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for or a recipient of the service, that the applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under this chapter because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, of (1) any felony, or (2) more than one violation of any law, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect, in any way, the other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts thereof, or meat or meat products.  For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if the person was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten per cent or more of its voting stock or an employee in a managerial or executive capacity. The determination and order of the board with respect thereto under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in part VII. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 139, §12; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-51 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-51 Interstate and federal compacts.

  §159-51 Interstate and federal compacts. (a) The board is hereby designated as the state agency which is responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture under section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the board is directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in administering the meat inspection program of this State under this chapter to assure that its requirements remain at least equal to those imposed under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and in administering the program of this State under this chapter in a manner that will effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and rules and regulations adopted thereunder.  (b) In cooperative efforts, the board may accept from the Secretary of Agriculture advisory assistance in administering the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training, including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment, and financial and other aid for administration of the program.  (c) The board may recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture, the officials or employees of this State as the board shall designate for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act; and the board shall serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture under paragraph (c) of section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act unless the governor shall select another representative. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §13; am L 1991, c 88, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-53 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-53 Construction.

  §159-53 Construction. The licenses required by this chapter shall be in addition to any other licenses required by law.  The requirements of this chapter shall apply to persons, establishments, animals, and meat or meat products regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in section 408 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act.  The operation and effect of this chapter conferring a general power shall not be impaired or qualified by the granting of a specific power or powers. Each provision of this chapter is intended to be construed liberally in light of the declaration set forth in section 159-2.  If any of the foregoing provisions are in conflict with any existing statute, ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-54 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-54 Enforcement.

  §159-54 Enforcement. (a) Inspectors shall enforce this chapter and related rules adopted by the department.  (b) Inspectors shall be provided with suitable badges or insignia of office by the department, and shall have power to detain or impound meat or meat product that is in violation of this chapter. The division head of the division of animal industry of the department or the division head's designees shall have the power to serve and execute warrants in all matters relating to the meat inspection laws and to issue a citation for any violation of this chapter or related rules. [L 1986, c 206, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 159-55 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|159. Hawaii Meat Inspection Act|159-55 Citation and summons.

  §159-55 Citation and summons. (a) There shall be printed a form of citation and summons for use in citing violators warning the person to appear and answer the charge against the person at a certain place and at a time within seven days after the citation. The citation and summons shall be so designed to include all necessary information to make it valid and legal within the laws and rules of the State. The form and contents of the citation and summons shall be adopted or prescribed by the district courts.  (b) In every case when a citation and summons is issued, the original of the same shall be given to the accused; provided that the district courts may prescribe the issuance to the accused of a carbon copy of the citation and summons and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies.  (c) Every citation and summons shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its original. [L 1986, c 206, pt of §1]