Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-39
This is the official text of Haw. Rev. Stat. § 159-39, part of Hawaii’s Rev. Stat — part of the compiled statutory law of Hawaii, published by the state as "Rev. Stat." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.
Official statutory text
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.
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