HRS §161-21
Checking poultry before slaughter for safety
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The board must have veterinarians and poultry inspectors examine all poultry before the birds enter any slaughtering or processing plant that only sells within Hawaii. Birds showing signs of disease must be separated and killed or disposed of according to rules. The carcasses are then inspected too.
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The statute, as written — Ante-mortem inspection
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce of poultry or poultry products which are adulterated, the board shall cause to be made, by veterinarians and poultry inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all poultry, before they are allowed to enter into any poultry slaughtering, packing, poultry-canning, or similar establishment in this State in which slaughtering and processing of poultry or poultry products are conducted solely for intrastate commerce; and all poultry found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart from all other poultry and slaughtered or otherwise disposed of as provided in the rules and regulations, and when so slaughtered, the carcasses of the poultry shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the board.
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