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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A person may not process, sell, or keep for sale, as crab meat, anything that is not 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.
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Health-General § 21-341 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/health-general/md-code-health-gen-sect-21-341/
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