§145-7 Credit for loss or dumping. No claim or credit in any payment, accounting, or settlement shall be made or taken against a producer by any commission merchant, dealer, processor, or retail merchant for any damage to, or loss, dumping, or disposal, of any farm produce unless such claim or credit has been agreed to in writing by the producer and the licensee has secured and is in possession of a certificate issued by an agent of the department of agriculture showing that the produce has no commercial value, or a certificate issued by a county or state health officer, or other duly authorized officer, stating that the produce has been destroyed or otherwise disposed of as unfit for human consumption. [L 1951, c 74, pt of §1; RL 1955, §23-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §145-7; am L 1972, c 39, §5]
Case Notes
Cited: 46 H. 292, 307, 380 P.2d 156.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 11. Agriculture and Animals
145. Regulation of Farm Produce
145-4 Bonding of commission merchant and broker.
145-5 Reports of consignment sales.
145-7 Credit for loss or dumping.
145-9 Complaints and investigations.
145-10 Administrative penalties.
145-11 Nuisance may be enjoined, abated.
145-13 Remedies and penalties not exclusive.
145-14 Disposition of fees and charges.
145-22 Agricultural commodities; ownership and movement certification.
145-23 Lack of proof of ownership as a violation.
145-24 Authorization to inspect.
145-25 Enforcement; criminal penalties.
145-27 Authorization to seize and hold commodities; disposition.
145-32 Covered farm; covered produce; exemptions.
145-33 Chairperson to have access to certain farms.
145-34 Authority to seize, condemn, or destroy covered produce.
145-35 Proceeding for condemnation or destruction of covered produce.
145-36 Judgment; appeal; proceeds.