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§ 14-3603. Misrepresentations regarding Halal food prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCommercial LawEffective: October 1, 2008

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Commercial Law
Title 14. Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions
Subtitle 36. Halal Food Products (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2008
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3603
§ 14-3603. Misrepresentations regarding Halal food prohibited
Currentness
A person may not:
(1) Willfully mark, stamp, tag, brand, label, or in any other way or by any other means of identification represent, or cause to be marked, stamped, tagged, branded, labeled, or represented, as halal a food product that is not halal;
(2) Willfully remove, deface, obliterate, cover, alter, or destroy, or cause to be removed, defaced, obliterated, covered, altered, or destroyed, the original slaughterhouse plumba or any other mark, stamp, tag, brand, label, or any other means of identification affixed to food products to indicate that those food products are halal; or
(3) Knowingly sell, dispose of, or have in the person's possession, for the purpose of resale to another person as halal:
(i) Any food product not having affixed to the food product the original slaughterhouse plumba or any other mark, stamp, tag, brand, label, or other means of identification employed to indicate that the food product is halal; or
(ii) Any food product to which the slaughterhouse plumba, mark, stamp, tag, brand, label, or other means of identification has been fraudulently affixed.

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Added by Acts 2008, c. 112, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3603, MD COML § 14-3603
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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