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:

(1) Slaughter any animal or prepare any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such meat or meat products solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-25

  • Act: means the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Meat or meat products: means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
(2) Slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animal in any manner not in accordance with section 159-21(c).
(3) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce:

(A) Any meat or meat products which

(i) Are capable of use as human food, and
(ii) Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of the sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation.
(B) Any meat or meat products required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed.
(4) Do, with respect to any such meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing meat or meat products to be adulterated or misbranded.

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