§ 21-341

Maryland § 21-341

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article ghg: Health - General
• Title: 21

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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.