§161-3 Definitions.
"Adulterated" includes any poultry or poultry product in one or more of the following circumstances:
"Board" means the board of agriculture and biosecurity or its designated representative.
"Capable of use as human food" refers to any poultry carcass, poultry part, or poultry product unless it is denatured or identified by rule to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.
"Commercial carrier" means any person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vehicle, directly or indirectly, for public use in the transportation by land, water, or air of goods or passengers for compensation.
"Department" means the department of agriculture and biosecurity.
"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the federal Act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (Public Law 75-717; 52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C.A. section 301 et seq.), and all amendments to that Act.
"Intrastate commerce" means commerce within this State.
"Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container, not including package liners, of any poultry or poultry product.
"Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any poultry or poultry product or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying any poultry or poultry product.
"Licensee" means a person issued a license under part III of this chapter.
"Misbranded" includes any poultry or poultry product in 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 prescribed or authorized by the board for use in applying any official mark.
"Official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by the board showing that poultry or poultry 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 poultry or poultry product under this chapter.
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, 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.
"Poultry" means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead.
"Poultry broker" means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry or poultry products on commission, or who otherwise negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of poultry or poultry products other than for the person's own account or as an employee of another person, firm, or corporation.
"Poultry product" means any poultry carcass or part thereof, or any food product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part thereof, excepting products which contain poultry ingredients only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the poultry food industry, and which are exempted by the board from definition as poultry food product under conditions as the board may prescribe to assure that the poultry ingredients in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as poultry products.
"Poultry Products Inspection Act" means the federal Act so entitled, approved August 28, 1957 (Public Law 85-172; 71 Stat. 441; 21 U.S.C.A. section 451 et seq.), as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act (Public Law 90-492; 82 Stat. 791; 21 U.S.C.A. section 451 et seq.), and all amendments to those Acts.
"Prepared" or "processed" includes, but is not limited to, slaughtered, canned, boned, salted, stuffed, rendered, cut up, or otherwise manufactured.
"Reinspection" means the re-examination of poultry and poultry products previously inspected and the inspection of poultry and poultry products during processing.
"Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, parts, or products of the carcasses of poultry, except rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under this chapter.
"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 poultry or poultry products 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 212, §3; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 207, §2; am L 1993, c 92, §2; am L 1995, c 89, §1; am L 2024, c 178, §4; am L 2025, c 236, §§17, 18]