§ 10-201. Discrimination against producers of agricultural products due to membership in marketing association prohibited

MD Agric Code § 10-201 (2019) (N/A)
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No buyer, handler, distributor, dealer, or agent, who purchases or contracts to purchase, from a producer field and livestock products produced on a farm may:

(1)    Use duress against, coerce, or boycott any producer of raw agricultural products in the exercise of his right to join and belong to a cooperative agricultural marketing association; or

(2)    Discriminate against a producer of raw agricultural products, solely by reason of the producer’s membership in or marketing contract with a cooperative agricultural marketing association.