§339-7 - Beverage container requirements. - Hawaii Statutes

     §339-7  Beverage container requirements.  (a)  No person in this State shall manufacture or import for sale in this State or offer for sale at wholesale in this State after July 1, 1979, or sell for retail in this State after October 1, 1979, any beverage in metal containers so designed and constructed that a part of the container is permanently detached in opening the container.  However, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the sale or offer for sale of a container the only detachable part of which is a piece of pressure sensitive tape.

     (b)  Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a violation and shall carry a fine of $250.  Each day of such failure shall constitute a separate violation. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 2, pt of §2; am L 1978, c 154, §1; am L 1979, c 70, §1; am L 1981, c 40, §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Plastic container requirements, see §342H-42.

 

Hawaii Legal Reporter Citations

 

  Ban on plastic beverage containers.  78-2 HLR 78-1478.