HRS §328-29
Fines and jail for breaking food and drug rules, with some exceptions
This section sets the penalty for violating section 328-6: a fine up to $500, jail up to one year, or both. It also explains two situations where a person is not penalized: if they can prove they got the item in good faith from someone in Hawaii who guaranteed it was safe, and for publishers or ad platforms that did not know the ad was false and cooperated with the health department.
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The statute, as written — Penalty; exceptions
(a) Any person who violates section 328-6 shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section, for having violated section 328-6(1) or (3) if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the State from whom he received in good faith the article, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this part, designating this part. (c) No publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination by him of such false advertisement, unless he has refused on the request of the department of health to furnish the department the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the State who caused him to disseminate such advertisement.
Sections this one refers to
§328-6 Banned actions involving food, drugs, and other products
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