§ 4-123. Prohibited acts
West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgriculture
MD Code, Agriculture, § 4-123
§ 4-123. Prohibited acts
No person may commit or cause the commission of any of the following acts:
(i) Any livestock carcass, part of it, or meat food product, unless the article has been inspected to assure it is not adulterated or misbranded pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle or the Federal Meat Inspection Act;1 or
(4) Selling, donating, transporting, or offering or receiving for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce any equine carcass, part of it, or meat or meat food products of any equine, unless it is plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled, or otherwise identified, as required by departmental rules and regulations, to show the kind of animals from which the article is derived;
(5) Buying, selling, transporting, or offering or receiving for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce any livestock carcass, part of it, meat or meat food product not intended for use as human food unless it is denatured, naturally inedible by humans, or otherwise identified to deter its use as human food as required by regulation;
(10) Using any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation of any of them, or altering, detaching, defacing, or destroying any official device, mark, or certificate without the Secretary's authorization; failing to use, detach, deface, or destroy, any official device, mark, or certificate in violation of the departmental rules and regulations;
(17) Refusing to permit the Secretary access at any reasonable time, to the premises, facilities, inventory, or records of any establishment at which livestock are slaughtered, or the carcasses, parts of them, or meat food products are prepared, or refusing to permit the Secretary to copy any records required by § 4-120 of this subtitle;
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 5, § 1; Acts 1994, c. 3, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1994.
Formerly Art. 66C, §§ 470-I, 470J.
Footnotes
Pub.L. 90-201, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, codified at 21 U.S.C.A. § 601 et seq.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 4-123, MD AGRIC § 4-123
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 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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