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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The director of health or any of the director's agents are authorized upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge, (1) to enter at all reasonable hours any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or after such introduction, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce; (2) to inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers and labeling therein to determine if this part is being violated; (3) to have access to and to copy all records of carriers in commerce showing the movement in commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof; provided that evidence obtained under this subsection shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained; and provided further that carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this part by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in the usual course of business as carriers; and (4) to secure samples or specimens of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for the sample. The director shall make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under this section to determine whether or not this part is being violated.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 328-23 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-328-23/
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