(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:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-37

  • Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon any meat or meat products or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying the meat or meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Meat broker: means any person who sells or offers to sell, or buys or offers to buy, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals on commission or who otherwise negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of the meat or meat products other than for the person's own account or as an employee of another person. 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
  • Renderer: means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals, except rendering conducted under inspection under part IV. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Secretary of Agriculture: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Wholesaler: means any person who buys or sells carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals in trade channels other than retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
(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.

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