Section 21-341 - Misrepresentations and sale or possession of unfit crab meat prohibited. - Maryland Statutes

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

(a)  Misrepresentations.- A person may not process, sell, or keep for sale, as crab meat, anything that is not crab meat. 

(b)  Sale of unfit crab meat.- 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)  Possession of unfit crab meat by licensee prohibited; presumptive evidence.-  

(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. 
 

[1987, ch. 297.]