Meat Processors and Related Industries

HRS div. 1, tit. 11, ch. 159, pt. V

in effect

HRS §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]

HRS §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]

HRS §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]

HRS §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]

Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0159/HRS_0159-.htmFetched: 11/10/2026