Upon a person being granted a license to slaughter animals for the purpose of using the meat or meat products thereof in intrastate commerce, the board shall exact from the licensee a bond, or other form of surety acceptable to the board or an appropriate agent, officer, or employee designated by the board, in the penal sum of $5,000, the bond or other form of surety to be obtained from a surety company or financial institution authorized to do business in the State and to be so conditioned that the licensee shall be required to keep a full and accurate record concerning every animal which the licensee may purchase, kill, or sell; and that the licensee will at all times during regular business hours keep the record open for the inspection by representatives of the board who may desire to examine the same. The record shall contain:

(1) The sex of the animal.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-15

  • Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Department: means the department of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Licensee: means a person issued a license under part III of this chapter. 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
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
(2) A full description of each and every brand on the animal, stating the position of each brand on the animal. If any of the described brands on the animal appear to be obliterated, as described in section 142-47, or to be felonious, as described in section 142-48, the person shall make a report of the obliterated or felonious brand to the appropriate law enforcement agency pursuant to rules adopted by the department of agriculture.
(3) Ear tag number or other mark of identification.
(4) The principal color of the animal.
(5) The name of the person who sold the animal to the licensee.
(6) The date when the animal was sold to the licensee.
(7) The date when the animal was delivered to the licensee.
(8) The date when the animal was killed.

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