§ 14-3602. Halal foods; disclosure statements
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCommercial LawEffective: October 1, 2008
Effective: October 1, 2008
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3602
§ 14-3602. Halal foods; disclosure statements
(b) A person may not sell or offer for sale any food represented to the public as halal, whether for consumption in the person's place of business or elsewhere, if, in the same place of business, the person also offers for sale any food, not represented to the public as halal, unless the person includes on each window sign and display advertisement in block letters at least 4 inches high the words “halal and nonhalal food sold here” or, as to the sale of meat alone, “halal and nonhalal meat sold here”.
(e) A person may not display for sale, with intent to defraud, any food represented to the public as halal, whether for consumption in the person's place of business or elsewhere, if, in the same show window or other location on or in the place of business, the person also displays any food not represented to the public as halal, unless the person displays over the halal and nonhalal food signs that read, in block letters at least 4 inches high, “halal food” and “nonhalal food”, respectively, or, as to the display of meat alone, “halal meat” and “nonhalal meat”, respectively.
(2) In connection with any place of business that sells or offers for sale any food, a person may not display, whether in a window, door, or other location on or in the place of business, in any handbill or other printed matter distributed in or outside of the place of business, or otherwise in any advertisement, any Arabic characters, or any other representation to the public that the place of business sells or offers for sale halal food or meat, unless the person also displays in conjunction with the Arabic characters or other representation, in English, letters of at least the same size as the Arabic characters, the words “we sell halal meat and food only”, “we sell nonhalal meat and food only”, or “we sell both halal and nonhalal meat and food”, as appropriate.
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Added by Acts 2008, c. 112, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3602, MD COML § 14-3602
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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