§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:
"Board" means the board of agriculture and biosecurity of the State.
"Capable of use as human food" shall apply to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the board to deter its use as human food, or it is naturally inedible by humans.
"Certification" means the act of applying the official certificate or official mark by persons performing official functions under this chapter.
"Commercial carrier" means any person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vehicle, directly or indirectly, for public use in the transportation of goods or passengers for compensation over land or water, or by air.
"Department" means the department of agriculture and biosecurity of the State.
"Exotic animal" means any cloven-hoofed ruminant animal considered feral in nature, other than domestic cattle, sheep, goats, or equines. For the purposes of this chapter, bears and domestic rabbits shall be considered exotic animals.
"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the Act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), including any amendments thereto.
"Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the Act so entitled, approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260) as amended by the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 (81 Stat. 584), including any amendments thereto.
"Inspector" means any meat inspector of the State.
"Intrastate commerce" means commerce within the State.
"Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any meat or meat products, or other products.
"Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon any meat or meat products or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying the meat or meat products.
"Licensee" means a person issued a license under part III of this chapter.
"Meat broker" means any person who sells or offers to sell, or buys or offers to buy, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals on commission or who otherwise negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of the meat or meat products other than for the person's own account or as an employee of another person.
"Meat or meat products" means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. This term as applied to food products of equines shall have a meaning comparable to that provided in this definition with respect to cattle, sheep, swine, and goats.
"Meat or meat products derived from exotic animals" means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any exotic animal, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products.
"Misbranded" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat products under one or more of the following circumstances:
"Official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by the board for issuance by veterinarians, inspectors, or other persons performing official functions under this chapter.
"Official device" means any device described or authorized by the board for use in applying any official mark.
"Official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by the board showing that meat or meat products were inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter.
"Official mark" means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by the board to identify the status of any meat or meat products or animal under this chapter.
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not.
"Pesticide chemical", "food additive", "color additive", and "raw agricultural commodity" shall have the same meanings for purposes of this chapter as under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
"Prepared" or "processed" means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
"Reinspection" means the re-examination of meat and meat products previously inspected and the inspection of meat and meat products during processing.
"Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals, except rendering conducted under inspection under part IV.
"Secretary of Agriculture" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Veterinarian" means the state veterinarian or any of the veterinarian's duly authorized representatives.
"Wholesaler" means any person who buys or sells carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals in trade channels other than retail. For the purpose of this chapter, a wholesaler who also has retail operations will be deemed to be a wholesaler. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 206, §2; am L 1990, c 139, §2; am L 1991, c 88, §1; am L 1993, c 248, §1; am L 1995, c 90, §1; am L 2012, c 126, §1; am L 2025, c 236, §§17, 18]