§ 21-341. Misrepresentations and sale or possession of unfit crab meat prohibited

MD Health-Gen Code § 21-341 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.