Title 11, Agriculture And Animals

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS [§159-1] Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act". [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]

PART III. LICENSING §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: (b) Notwithstanding any other law or rul…

[§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. [L 1969, c 21…

§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 pro…

[§159-14] License fees. An annual fee of $25 shall be assessed. The license fees collected shall be deposited in the state general fund. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]

§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, …

[§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 find…

[§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. [L 1969, c 214, pt of §1]

§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…

PART IV. INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS §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 examin…

[§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 sla…

[§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 establis…

[§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 slaughtere…

§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:

[§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, exce…

§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…

§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…

§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: (b) The custom slaughter of animals and preparatio…

§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…

[§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…

[PART IVA.] EXOTIC ANIMALS; REIMBURSABLE INSPECTION [§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 …

[§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 fo…

[§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 s…

§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 …

PART V. MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES §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 o…

§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 representa…

[§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, mule…

§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 …

PART VI. INSPECTION SERVICE, WITHDRAWAL AND 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…

§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…

PART VII. VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, PROSECUTION, COMPACTS, CONSTRUCTION §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 Inspec…

§159-52 Penalties; prosecution. (a) Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, or meat or meat product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines or any product exempted from the definition of a meat or meat product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cat…

[§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 on…

[§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 v…

[§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 summ…

[§159-56] Administration of oath. When a complaint is made to any prosecuting officer of the violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant thereto, the division head or the division head's designee who issued the citation and summons shall subscribe to the complaint und…

[§159-57] Failure to obey summons. (a) Any person who fails to appear at the place and time specified in the citation and summons issued to that person by the division head or the division head's designee upon the person's citation for violation of the meat inspection laws or rul…

PART II. ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES [§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 …

§159-7 General powers. The department, through its board, may:

[§159-8] Information, investigation, hearings. For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the board may: