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MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 9 - Transporting Horses|Section 3-902 - Requirements

    (a)    A person may not transport a horse in a vehicle that is not designed and constructed in a manner that at all times protects the health and well-being of the horse being transported.    (b)    To meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, at a minimum, a vehicle used to transport a horse shall:        (1)    Be limited to one level throughout the vehicle where animals are confined;        (2)    Have an interior height sufficient to allow each horse being transported to stand with its head extended to the fullest normal upright position without making contact with the roof or an overhead structure;        (3)    Have doorway heights and widths that allow a horse to pass through without touching the sides of the openings;        (4)    Be equipped with ramps if the vertical distance from the floor to the compartment containing the horse is greater than 15 inches;        (5)    If the vehicle is equipped with ramps that sit at greater than a 25 degree angle, have ramps equipped with antiskid flooring and rails; and        (6)    Contain adequate space to ensure that no horse is crowded in a way that is likely to cause injury.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 9 - Transporting Horses|Section 3-903 - Civil Penalties

    Instead of any other penalty authorized under this article, a person who violates this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty of:         (1)    For a first violation, $500 for each horse being transported; and        (2)    For a second or subsequent violation, $1,000 for each horse being transported.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-1002 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 10 - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs|Section 3-1002 - Applicability

    Except as otherwise provided in federal law or regulation, this subtitle does not apply to antimicrobial use in:        (1)    Cattle on a farm operation that sells fewer than 200 cattle per year;        (2)    Dairy cattle on a farm operation with a herd size of fewer than 300 dairy cattle;        (3)    Swine on a farm operation that sells fewer than 200 swine per year; or        (4)    Poultry on a farm operation that sells fewer than 60,000 birds per year.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-1004 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 10 - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs|Section 3-1004 - Reports

    (a)    Each year the Department shall collect publicly available data on the use in the State of medically important antimicrobial drugs in cattle, swine, and poultry from:        (1)    The U.S. Department of Agriculture;        (2)    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;        (3)    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and        (4)    Appropriate national and State trade associations, organizations, and councils.    (b)    On or before February 1, 2021, and each February 1 thereafter, a licensed veterinarian shall submit to the Department, in a manner determined by the Department:        (1)    A copy of the record prescribing the medically important antimicrobial drug or a copy of the veterinary feed directive for each medically important antimicrobial drug, as listed in Appendix A of the federal Food and Drug Administration’s Guidance for Industry #152, administered in feed or water to cattle, swine, or poultry during the previous calendar year; and        (2)    An accounting, as provided by the owner, of the total number of animals raised during the previous calendar year, categorized by species and production class.    (c)    (1)    On or before February 1, 2020, and each February 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the data collected under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.        (2)    On or before February 1, 2021, the report shall include the following information for the previous calendar year:            (i)    The total number of animals raised on farm operations covered by this subtitle, categorized by species and production class;            (ii)    The specific antimicrobial active ingredients and classes of antimicrobial active ingredients used;            (iii)    The total weight of antimicrobial active ingredients used;            (iv)    Indications for which veterinarians prescribed medically important antimicrobial drugs; and            (v)    Patterns of use for medically important antimicrobial drugs, including duration and seasonal variation.        (3)    (i)    Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the information required under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be disaggregated by county.            (ii)    If there are two or fewer reporting farm operations in a particular county for any of the categories described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Department may report the information for that category on a regional or statewide basis.    (d)    The Department shall maintain all records and information relating to the administration of medically important antimicrobial drugs submitted to the Department under this section:        (1)    In a manner that protects the identity of the owner, operator, and veterinarian for whom the information was submitted; and        (2)    For at least 5 years.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-1005 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 10 - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs|Section 3-1005 - Administrative Penalty

    The Secretary may impose an administrative penalty, not exceeding $2,000 per violation, on a person that violates this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  3-1006 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 3 - Regulation of Livestock and Poultry|Subtitle 10 - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs|Section 3-1006 - Regulations

    The Department may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-102 - Declaration of Policy; Federal Matching Funds

    (a)    Meat, meat by-products, and meat food products are an important source of the supply of human food in the State and legislation assuring these food supplies are not adulterated or misbranded is in the public interest. Therefore, it is the policy of the State to provide, at certain establishments, for the inspection of slaughtered livestock, carcasses, parts of them, meat and meat food products prepared for human food and to impose other requirements to prevent the distribution in intrastate commerce of livestock carcasses, parts of them, meat and meat food products which are adulterated or misbranded and are capable of use as human food.    (b)    The Secretary may accept from the United States Secretary of Agriculture (i) advisory assistance planning and otherwise developing the State program; and (ii) technical and financial and other aid for administration of the program. The Secretary may spend public funds of the State, appropriated for administration of this subtitle, to pay the share of the estimated total cost of the cooperative program as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the United States Secretary of Agriculture. It is the intent of the General Assembly that, whenever possible, all State expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle shall be matched by the federal government on an equal or greater basis.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-103 - Applicability of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not apply to any act or transaction subject to exclusive regulation under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. This subtitle does not affect game mammals or wild birds or the slaughtering or inspection of them.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-104 - Cooperation With Other Governmental Units

    To carry out the provisions of this subtitle or the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Secretary may cooperate with the federal government, including acceptance of federal financial, training, and other assistance. The Secretary may cooperate with any other federal, State, or local unit having responsibilities with respect to matters relating to human or animal health.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-106 - Administration

    The Secretary may enforce the provisions of this subtitle through meat inspectors, agents, and other employees designated or appointed consistently with the provisions of this subtitle. Except as provided in § 4-104 of this subtitle or otherwise by law, all inspectors shall be employed in accordance with the provision of the State Personnel Management System.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-107 - Rules and Regulations; Reports

    In addition to rules and regulations specifically authorized by this subtitle, the Secretary may adopt rules and regulations, and require reports from persons subject to this subtitle to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-108 - Required Inspections; Condemnation

    (a)    In each official establishment, the Secretary may perform the following acts:        (1)    Antemortem inspection;        (2)    Postmortem inspection; and        (3)    Quarantine, segregation, or reinspection.    (b)    Every livestock carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product found by an inspector to be adulterated in any official establishment shall be retained for condemnation. If no appeal is taken from the determination of condemnation, the adulterated article shall be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of the inspector in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations. However, any article which may be reprocessed so that it is not adulterated need not be condemned and destroyed if it is reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and found to be not adulterated.    (c)    If an appeal to the Secretary is taken from a determination of condemnation, the article shall be marked appropriately and segregated pending completion of an appeal inspection. If the Secretary determines that the appeal is frivolous, the appellant shall bear any cost of the appeal inspection. If the determination of condemnation is sustained, every article shall be destroyed for human food purposes in accordance with this section.    (d)    Veterinary inspectors or inspectors supervised by veterinary inspectors shall conduct the inspections required by this section. For the purposes of this subsection, “veterinary inspector” means a veterinarian who has graduated from a college recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-109 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-109 - Exemptions From Inspection

    (a)    The provisions of this subtitle requiring inspection of the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of the carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product at any establishment conducting these operations do not apply to the following:        (1)    Slaughter by any person of livestock he raises, preparation by him and transportation in intrastate commerce of any carcass, part of it, or meat or meat food product of livestock, if used exclusively by the owner, his household, or any nonpaying guest or employee;        (2)    Custom slaughter or custom processing by any person of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats delivered by the owner for slaughter or custom processing if used exclusively by the owner, his household, nonpaying guests, or employees, and the meat food product of livestock is plainly marked “not for sale”;        (3)    Any operation traditionally and usually conducted at a retail store and restaurant when conducted at the retail store, restaurant, or retail-type establishment for sale in normal retail quantities or for service of the articles to consumers at the establishment;        (4)    Any individual or service or charitable organization that kills, dresses, and sells fresh beef, pork, or lamb within 24 hours on his or its property if a veterinary antemortem and postmortem inspection certificate is issued for each animal slaughtered; and        (5)    Slaughter by any person of livestock or preparation of any livestock carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product that is not intended for use as human food if any article not naturally inedible by humans is denatured or otherwise identified to deter its use as human food pursuant to the departmental rules and regulations.    (b)    The slaughter of animals and preparation of articles referred to in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, shall be conducted under sanitary conditions the Secretary adopts by rule or regulation.    (c)    The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this subtitle, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, apply to any article which is not required to be inspected under this section.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-110 - Payment of Cost of Inspection

    The State shall bear the cost of inspection rendered under this subtitle, except as provided in § 4–104 of this subtitle. However, each establishment subject to this subtitle shall pay the cost of overtime and holiday inspection work at rates the Secretary determines. Sums received by the Secretary in reimbursement of sums paid out for premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitations to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-111 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-111 - Slaughterhouse Premises, Facilities, and Sanitary Practices

    Each official establishment shall have the premises, facilities, and equipment required by departmental rule or regulation. In addition, each official establishment shall be operated in accordance with sanitary practices required by the departmental rules and regulations.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-112 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-112 - Labeling, Marking, and Container

    (a)    Every livestock carcass, part of it, or meat food product inspected at an official establishment and found to be not adulterated shall be labeled to comply with the requirements of § 4–101(p) of this subtitle and the departmental rules and regulations in distinctly legible form directly on the article or its container when it leaves the establishment.    (b)    The Secretary may prescribe: (1) the styles and sizes of type to be used in marking and labeling any article subject to this subtitle; and (2) the definitions and standards of identity or composition and fill of container for any article subject to this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-113 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-113 - Entry of Article Into Inspected Establishments

    (a)    No livestock carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product may be admitted into any official establishment unless it has been prepared only under inspection pursuant to this subtitle or the Federal Meat Inspection Act or imported in compliance with the federal act.    (b)    The Secretary by rule or regulation may prescribe the conditions under which any carcass, part of it, any meat food product, meat, wildlife, and any other material is allowed to enter any official establishment to assure that these articles enter inspected establishments pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-114 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-114 - Separate Establishments for Equine Carcasses

    The Secretary, by rule or regulation, may require an equine or its carcass to be prepared in an establishment separate from an establishment where cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, their carcasses, parts of them, meat, or their meat food products are prepared.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-115 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-115 - False or Misleading Name, Marking, or Labeling; Misleading Container

    (a)    No person may sell, offer for sale, or donate in intrastate commerce any article, subject to this subtitle, under any false or misleading name, other marking, or labeling or in any container of a misleading form or size. In addition to any other provision of this subsection, established trade names approved by the Secretary are permitted.    (b)    If the Secretary believes that any marking, labeling, or size, or form of any container, in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this subtitle, is false or misleading in any particular, he may direct that the use be withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in a manner as may be prescribed so that it is not false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the marking, labeling, or container does not accept the determination of the Secretary, he may request a hearing before the Secretary. The Secretary may withhold use of the marking, labeling, or container pending hearing and final determination by the Secretary. The determination of the Secretary is conclusive unless, within 30 days after receipt of notice of the final determination, the person adversely affected appeals in accordance with the procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-116 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-116 - Products Prepared Without Supervision of Inspector

    Any carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product which is prepared, wholly or partially, in any official establishment, without supervision of an inspector as required by the Secretary, shall be handled or disposed of as the rules and regulations prescribe.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-117 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-117 - Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection

    (a)    For the purposes of this section, a person is responsibly connected with a business if he is a partner, officer, director, holder or owner of at least 10 percent of its voting stock, or an employee in a managerial or executive capacity in the business.    (b)    After an applicant for or recipient of inspection services is accorded an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary may refuse or withdraw inspection services for any period of time for any establishment, if he determines that:        (1)    The applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because:            (i)    The applicant or recipient, or in case the applicant or recipient is a partnership, any general partner, or in case the applicant or recipient is a corporation, any officer, director, holder, or owner of more than 10 percent of the voting stock, is or has been responsibly connected with any business or person who has committed any offense under this subtitle or has been convicted in any federal, State, or local court of any felony or of any violation of law designed to protect the public from unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded food or from fraud, in connection with transactions in food; or            (ii)    The applicant or recipient, or any person, conducting a business with which the applicant or recipient was responsibly connected, had inspection services refused or withdrawn for a period which has not expired; or        (2)    The application for inspection contains a materially false or misleading statement made by the applicant or recipient, or its representative on its behalf, or any fact required by the application form has been concealed or withheld.    (c)    After notice to the operator of the establishment, the Secretary may refuse or withdraw inspection services for any establishment for any failure of the operator to (1) maintain the establishment premises and facilities in a sanitary condition, (2) destroy any condemned carcass, part of it, or meat food product as required, or (3) conduct operations at the establishment in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle. After the cause for refusal or withdrawal is corrected, refusal or withdrawal shall terminate and inspection service shall be provided as soon as possible. The Secretary may stay any order of refusal or withdrawal of services pending determination of an appeal to the board of review.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-118 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-118 - License Required; Fee

    Subject to the exemptions of this subtitle, no person may engage in the business of slaughtering any livestock, or preparing or labeling any livestock carcass, or part of it, for use as human or animal food, or transporting, buying, or selling any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock without obtaining an annual license. The Secretary shall issue the license for an annual license fee of $25.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  4-119 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs|Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act|Section 4-119 - Registration

    (a)    A person shall register his name, the address of each place of business, and all trade names under which he conducts business, when required by the Secretary, if he engages in any of the following businesses relating to livestock:        (1)    Custom slaughterer, custom processor, meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer;        (2)    Wholesaler of any livestock carcass, or part or product of it;        (3)    Public warehouseman storing any livestock carcass, or part or product of it;        (4)    Buyer, seller, or transporter of any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or any part of any carcass of livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter.    (b)    A person who is required to register under this section shall pay an annual registration fee of $25.