Hawaii Revised Statutes 161. Poultry Inspection

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • 161-1 Short Title.
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hawaii Poultry Inspection Act". [L 1969, c 212, ยง1]
  • 161-2 Findings and Declaration of Necessity.
    It is hereby declared that the poultry industry is a paramount agricultural industry of this State and the production and marketing of poultry is...
  • 161-3 Definitions.
    "Adulterated" includes any poultry or poultry product in one or more of the following circumstances: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious...

PART II. ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES

  • 161-6 Division of Animal Industry.
    The division of animal industry of the department of agriculture shall administer this chapter subject to the supervision of the board. The board may...
  • 161-7 General Powers.
    The department, through its board, may: (1) Regulate, supervise, inspect, and control the slaughtering of poultry and the manufacture, processing, transportation, packaging, labeling, and...
  • 161-8 Information, Investigations, Hearings.
    For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the board may: (a) Gather and compile information which relates to the business operations...

PART III. LICENSING

  • 161-11 Certificate of Sanitation.
    The board may issue certificates of sanitation to poultry slaughterhouses and poultry processors which are subject to this chapter and which meet minimum sanitary...
  • 161-12 License Required.
    It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of slaughtering poultry or manufacturing or processing of poultry or poultry products...
  • 161-13 Application for a License.
    The board may issue licenses to poultry slaughterhouses and poultry processing establishments having certificates of sanitation issued under section 161-11. An applicant for an...
  • 161-14 License Fees.
    A fee of $25 per license year shall be assessed. The license fees collected shall be deposited with the state general fund. [L 1969,...
  • 161-15 Granting, Suspending, and Revoking Licenses.
    The action of the board in refusing to grant or renew a license, or in revoking or suspending a license, may be reviewed in...
  • 161-16 Records of Licensees.
    The board may, by regulations, require licensees to keep such records and information as it deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter....

PART IV. INSPECTION, LABELING, SANITATION, AND EXEMPTIONS

  • 161-21 Ante-Mortem Inspection.
    For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce of poultry or poultry products which are adulterated, the board shall cause to be...
  • 161-22 Post-Mortem Inspection; Reinspection.
    A post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all poultry capable of use as human food, to be processed at...
  • 161-23 Labeling, Marking, and Branding.
    (a) When any poultry or poultry products processed for intrastate commerce which has been inspected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Hawaii Inspected and Passed"...
  • 161-24 Sanitation.
    The board shall cause to be made by veterinarians or poultry inspectors, an inspection of the sanitary conditions of all poultry slaughtering, poultry-canning, packing,...
  • 161-25 Slaughter, Processing, Transportation, and Selling.
    No person shall, with respect to any poultry or poultry product: (1) Slaughter any such poultry or process any such poultry or poultry products...
  • 161-26 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 or simulation thereof,...
  • 161-27 Inspectors.
    Veterinarians and poultry inspectors shall examine and inspect all poultry, all carcasses and parts thereof, and all poultry products, and the sanitary conditions of...
  • 161-28 Bribery.
    (a) Any person or employee of any person, who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, or to any other officer...
  • 161-29 Exemptions.
    (a) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughtering of poultry and the processing of carcasses, parts thereof, and poultry products at...
  • 161-30 Storing, Handling, and Transporting.
    The board may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry or poultry products, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise...

PART V. POULTRY PROCESSORS AND RELATED
INDUSTRIES

PART VI. INSPECTION SERVICE, WITHDRAWAL,
AND COMPENSATION

  • 161-41 Inspection; Compensation.
    All poultry slaughtered by any slaughterhouse licensed under this part shall be inspected by inspectors authorized by the department, both before and after slaughtering,...
  • 161-42 Refusal and Withdrawal of Inspection.
    The board may, for such period, or indefinitely, as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw,...

PART VII. VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, PROSECUTION, COMPACTS,
CONSTRUCTION

  • 161-46 Interstate and Federal Compacts.
    (a) The board is designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the United States Secretary of Agriculture under section...
  • 161-47 Penalties; Prosecution.
    (a) Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, poultry, or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a poultry product is...
  • 161-48 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...
  • 161-49 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...
  • 161-50 Citation and Summons.
    (a) There shall be a printed form of citation and summons for use in citing violators warning the person to appear and answer the...
  • 161-51 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...
  • 161-52 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...

Last modified: October 27, 2016