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§ 21-341. Possession or sale of unfit crab meat prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Food Establishments (Refs & Annos)
Part VI. Crab Meat
MD Code, Health - General, § 21-341
§ 21-341. Possession or sale of unfit crab meat prohibited
Currentness
In general
(a) A person may not process, sell, or keep for sale, as crab meat, anything that is not crab meat.
Contaminated or unfit crab meat
(b) A person may not process or sell for human consumption crab meat that:
(1) Contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for human consumption;
(2) Has been packed or pasteurized in violation of this subtitle; or
(3) Has been packed, prepared, or held under conditions that may have allowed the crab meat to become:
(i) Contaminated with filth; or
(ii) Injurious to health.
Possession as evidence of intent to sell
(c)(1) A licensee may not possess, with intent to sell for human consumption, any crab meat, the processing or sale of which would be a violation of this section.
(2) Possession by a licensee of any crab meat, the processing or selling of which would be a violation of this section, is presumptive evidence of intent to sell the crab meat for human consumption.

Credits

Added as Health-Environmental § 4-341 by Acts 1987, c. 297, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. Transferred to Health-General § 21-341 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987.
MD Code, Health - General, § 21-341, MD HEALTH GEN § 21-341
Current through legislation effective through July 1, 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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