PART II.  EXPORTS:  FRUITS, VEGETABLES,

NUTS, COFFEE, AND HONEY

Note

  Part heading amended by L 1983, c 257, §5; L 2008, c 167, §4.

     §147-21  Definitions.  For the purposes of this part, unless otherwise required by the context:

     "Agricultural commodity" means fruits, [vegetables], nuts, coffee, and raw unprocessed honey.

     "Commercial exporter" means any person who is engaged in the business of exporting fresh or processed agricultural commodities to points outside the State.

     "Department" means the department of agriculture.

     "Processed" means canned, preserved, frozen, pickled, dried, or otherwise prepared with or without any ingredients added thereto.

     "Raw unprocessed honey" means honey that has not been heated above one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, or filtered through a fine screen of less than one-sixty-fourth inch mesh, or treated with diatomaceous earth, or in any other way that results in the loss of any natural constituent of honey, such as plant pollen and enzymes.

     "Style" means the kind or class of any particular processed agricultural commodity as determined by its physical characteristics, usually the size and shape thereof. [L 1955, c 258, §3; RL 1955, §22-21; am L 1959, c 267, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §147-21; am L 1983, c 257, pt of §5; am L 2008, c 167, §5]