Exports: Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Coffee,

HRS div. 1, tit. 11, ch. 147, pt. II

in effect

HRS §147-21 Definitions

147-21. Definitions For the purposes of this part, unless otherwise required by the context: "Agricultural commodity" means fruits, [vegetables], nuts, coffee, and raw unprocessed honey. "Commercial exporter" means any person who is engaged in the business of exporting fresh or processed agricultural commodities to points outside the State. "Department" means the department of agriculture and biosecurity. "Processed" means canned, preserved, frozen, pickled, dried, or otherwise prepared with or without any ingredients added thereto. "Raw unprocessed honey" means honey that has not been heated above one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, or filtered through a fine screen of less than one-sixty-fourth inch mesh, or treated with diatomaceous earth, or in any other way that results in the loss of any natural constituent of honey, such as plant pollen and enzymes. "Style" means the kind or class of any particular processed agricultural commodity as determined by its physical characteristics, usually the size and shape thereof. [L 1955, c 258, §3; RL 1955, §22-21; am L 1959, c 267, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-21; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5; am L 2008, c 167, §5; am L 2025, c 236, §17]

HRS §147-22 Rules

147-22. Rules The department shall have the necessary powers to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this part, including the following: To establish, prescribe, modify, or alter, by rules, such grades, standards, grade labels, and classifications as shall be the minimum requirements for fresh and processed agricultural commodities destined for shipment by commercial exporters to points outside the State; provided that the provisions of such grades, standards, grade labels, and classifications shall not excuse failure to comply with the provisions of the federal and state food, drug, and cosmetic acts. The department in establishing such rules shall consult with appropriate state and federal agencies and with any appropriate industry or trade organization. The standards, grades, grade labels, and classifications so established shall be on the basis of what the department may deem best suited to the agricultural, horticultural, or other interests of the State; provided that the minimum requirements for the grades, standards, grade labels, and classifications so established for processed agricultural commodities shall not be higher than that of any standardized product which is sanitary and which has been demonstrated to be a commercially-acceptable product of the class to which it belongs and for which a market has been established; provided further that different minimum requirements may be applied to different styles of processed agricultural commodities; and provided further that any processed pineapple product, in which the fruit ingredient is at least ninety-five per cent pineapple in compliance with the provisions of the federal and state food, drug, and cosmetic acts, may be exported from the State. [L 1955, c 258, §4; RL 1955, §22-22; am L 1959, c 267, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-22; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5; am L 1985, c 5, §1]

HRS §147-23 Prohibited acts

147-23. Prohibited acts (a) No commercial exporter shall ship any fresh or processed agricultural commodities to points outside the State unless such products meet the quality, condition, and labeling requirements of the rules adopted under this part. (b) No Hawaii-grown coffee beans shall be shipped outside the area of their geographic origin to any point within the State or outside the State unless the coffee bean package containing the beans has been marked with or contains documentation of geographic origin approved by the department. [L 1955, c 258, §5; RL 1955, §22-23; am L 1959, c 267, §1; HRS §147-23; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5; am L 1985, c 5, §2; am L 1997, c 345, §4; am L 2012, c 328, §5]

HRS §147-24 Inspection

147-24. Inspection The board of agriculture may designate any employee or agent of the department to inspect or classify fresh and processed agricultural commodities. [L 1955, c 258, §6; RL 1955, §22-24; am L 1959, c 267, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-24; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5]

HRS §147-25 Duties of department; violations; proceedings; penalties

147-25. Duties of department; violations; proceedings; penalties (a) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this part and rules adopted thereunder. (b) In respect of violations or complaints of violation of this part or rules adopted by the department pursuant thereto, the department shall have all the rights and powers conferred upon it by section 147-2, with respect to violations or complaints of violation of part I or rules adopted by the department pursuant thereto; and all remedies, procedures, or actions contained in section 147-2 for violations or complaints of violation of part I or rules adopted by the department thereunder, shall be severally and respectively conferred, granted, practiced, and exercised for violations or complaints of violation of the provisions of this part or rules adopted by the department pursuant thereto. [L 1955, c 258, §7; RL 1955, §22-25; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-25; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5]

Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0147/HRS_0147-.htmFetched: 11/10/2026