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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-39

Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals

Known as the Hawaii Meat Inspection Act

The act spans §§ 159–159 (41 sections).

L 1969, c 214, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §10; am L 1991, c 88, §1

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.

Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.