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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) If any person manufacturing, keeping for sale, exhibiting for sale, or offering for sale any food, drug, device, or cosmetic included in this part refuses to furnish the duly appointed director of health or any of the director's agents, upon demand, either personal or in writing, a sample sufficient for the analysis of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic, which is in the person's possession, such refusal shall be prima facie evidence that the food, drug, device, or cosmetic so manufactured, kept for sale, exhibited for sale, or offered for sale is adulterated within the meaning of this part.
(b) A sample of any product covered under this section that is known to be or suspected of being contaminated shall be furnished upon request to the director or any of the director's agents at no cost to the department.
The director or agent securing a sample under this section from any retailer or wholesaler or any person other than the manufacturer shall, prior to leaving the premises, provide the establishment with a receipt describing the sample obtained. The receipt may be used for reimbursement from the appropriate supplier or manufacturer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 328-24 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-328-24/
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