2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 11. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
147. Grades and Standards
§147-75 Notice of grade and size; designation of origin of imported eggs.

§147-75 Notice of grade and size; designation of origin of imported eggs. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer to sell, or expose for sale to a consumer, any eggs, other than those of the person's own production at the place of production, intended for human consumption, without notifying, by suitable sign or label, the person purchasing or intending to purchase the same whether the same are imported from the mainland United States or foreign countries or of island production, and the exact grade or quality and the size or weight of the eggs, according to the standards prescribed by the department of agriculture.

The word "island" shall be used to designate the geographic origin of eggs produced in this State.

Eggs imported from the mainland United States or foreign countries shall be individually marked as to origin. Imported eggs shall not be removed from any dock or landing without permission of the department of agriculture and shall not be processed, sold, or offered for sale until the consignee thereof has been furnished with a certificate from the department of agriculture certifying that the eggs contained in the shipment in which the eggs arrived are marked as provided in this section and rules of the department of agriculture; provided that eggs which are intended for hatching or sale as balut and eggs which are preserved with an outer covering of ashes and salt need not be marked as herein provided. [L 1931, c 70, §5; RL 1935, §1077; am L 1935, c 164, §1; am L 1939, c 175, §1; RL 1945, §1308; am L 1953, c 242, §1; am L 1955, c 167, §§2, 4; RL 1955, §22-74; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-75; am L 1983, c 177, §3; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 55, §1]

Case Notes

Cited: 41 H. 565, 571; 47 H. 652, 660, 394 P.2d 618.