Section 21-207 - Adulterated food - In general. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-207. Adulterated food - In general.
 

(a)  Application of sections.- In addition to any other ground that may be applicable under this title, a food is considered to be adulterated for purposes of this subtitle if the standards in this section or in § 21-208 or § 21-209 of this subtitle apply. 

(b)  When food is adulterated.- A food is adulterated if: 

(1) It contains any poisonous or otherwise deleterious substance that, in the quantity present, reasonably would be expected to make it injurious to health; 

(2) It contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance: 

(i) That is not a food or color additive; and 

(ii) The particular use of which has not been found safe as provided under § 21-239 of this subtitle; 

(3) It is or contains any food additive or color additive the particular use of which has not been found safe as provided under § 21-239 of this subtitle; 

(4) Any part of it is a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; 

(5) It was produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions that reasonably would be expected to have: 

(i) Contaminated it with filth; or 

(ii) Caused it to be diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; 

(6) Any part of its container is composed of any poisonous or otherwise deleterious substance that reasonably would be expected to have caused the food to be injurious to health; 

(7) It has been subjected intentionally to radiation, unless the use of the radiation conforms to that allowed by a rule or regulation under the federal act or under § 21-239 of this subtitle; 

(8) At any time after its manufacturing, processing, or packaging, it was refrozen after having been permitted to thaw from a prior freezing; or 

(9) It otherwise is unfit as food for human beings. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 188B; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 1987, ch. 306, §§ 2, 15; 1988, ch. 6, § 11.]