Maryland § 4-218

Full text of Maryland Maryland Code § 4-218, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 4-218.

    No person may:

        (1)    Slaughter any poultry or process any poultry products capable of use as human food at any establishment processing any articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this subtitle;

        (2)    Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (i) any poultry product capable of use as human food which is adulterated or misbranded at the time of sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (ii) any poultry product required to be inspected under this subtitle unless it has been inspected and passed;

        (3)    Do any act that is intended to cause or has the effect of causing any poultry product capable of use as human food to be adulterated or misbranded while the article is transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation;

        (4)    Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce or from an official establishment any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with departmental rules and regulations;

        (5)    Use to his own advantage or reveal, except to an authorized representative of the State or any other government acting in its official capacity, or as ordered by a court in any judicial proceedings, any information acquired under the authority of this subtitle concerning any matter entitled to protection as a trade secret;

        (6)    Cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation, or any label bearing any mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation of it, except as authorized by the Secretary;

        (7)    Forge any official device, mark, or certificate;

        (8)    Use any official device, mark, certificate, or simulation of any of them, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, or certificate without the authorization of the Secretary;

        (9)    Fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate in violation of the departmental rules and regulations;

        (10)    Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Secretary, (i) any official device, (ii) any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate, or (iii) any device, label, poultry carcass, or part or product of it, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark;

        (11)    Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided by the departmental rules and regulations; or

        (12)    Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted under this subtitle.

Frequently Asked Questions About Maryland § 4-218

What does Maryland Code § 4-218 cover?

Section 4-218 is part of the Maryland Code, the codified statutory law of Maryland. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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