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2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-213 - Registration of Certain Persons

A person shall register his name, the address of each place of business, and every trade name under which he conducts business, when required by the Secretary, if he engages in any of the following businesses in or for intrastate commerce:
(1)    Poultry products broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer;
(2)    Wholesaler of any poultry carcass or any part or product of it;
(3)    Public warehouseman storing any poultry carcass or any part or product of it in or for intrastate commerce; or
(4)    Buyer, seller, or transporter of dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or parts of any carcass of poultry, that died otherwise than by slaughter.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-214 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Dead, Disabled, or Diseased Poultry

No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or any part of the carcass of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, may buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce the poultry or part of the carcass, unless the transaction or transportation is made pursuant to the departmental rules and regulations.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-215 - Records; Access to Premises; Samples

(a)    Each person shall maintain records necessary to insure that adulterated or misbranded products are not distributed to consumers, for a period the Secretary prescribes which may not exceed two years unless the Secretary shows good cause, if the person engages in any of the following businesses in or for intrastate commerce:
(1)    Slaughter of poultry or processing, freezing, packaging, labeling any poultry carcass, or part or product of it, for use as human or animal food;
(2)    Poultry product broker, wholesaler, buyer, seller, or any person who transports or stores in or for intrastate commerce, any poultry carcass, or part or product of it; or
(3)    Renderer, buyer, seller, or transporter of any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or parts of carcasses of any poultry, that died otherwise than by slaughter.
(b)    Upon notification by the Secretary, any person subject to this section shall afford the Secretary access to his place of business at any reasonable time, the opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records, and to copy any record and take any reasonable sample of inventory upon payment of the fair market value.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-216 - Rules and Regulations Governing Storage and Handling of Poultry Products

The Secretary, by rule or regulation, may prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting in or for intrastate commerce.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-218 - Prohibited Acts

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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-219 - Detention of Poultry Products

(a)    The Secretary may detain, for no more than 20 days, any poultry product, any product exempted from the definition of poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry he finds on any premises where it is held for distribution, or during or after distribution, if the article is capable for use as human food and there is reason to suspect that it is adulterated or misbranded and if:
(1)    The article has not been inspected in violation of this subtitle or any other State or federal law; or
(2)    The article has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of this subtitle or any other State or federal law.
(b)    The article shall be detained pending condemnation proceedings or notification of any federal or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the article. No person may remove any detained article until the Department releases it.
(c)    The Secretary may require all official marks to be removed from the article before it is released unless the Department decides the article is eligible to retain the marks.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-220 - Seizure and Condemnation

(a)    Any poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, that is transported in intrastate commerce or is held for sale, or donation in the State after transportation, and that (1) is or has been processed, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this subtitle; (2) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded; or (3) in any other way violates this subtitle, shall be liable to be proceeded against, seized, and condemned, at any time, on a libel of information in any circuit court of any county within whose jurisdiction the article is found.
(b)    If poultry or poultry products are condemned because of disease, the reason for condemnation shall be supported by scientific fact, information, or criteria. Condemnation under this subtitle shall be achieved through uniform inspection standards and uniform application.
(c)    Upon condemnation and after entry of the decree, the article shall be destroyed or sold as the court directs and, if sold, the proceeds, less the court costs, fees, storage, and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the State Treasury. The article may not be sold contrary to the provisions of this subtitle, or federal law.
(d)    Upon execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond prohibiting the sale or any other disposal of the article contrary to this subtitle or federal law, the court may direct that the article be delivered to the owner subject to the supervision of the Secretary to insure compliance with the applicable laws.
(e)    When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article and it is released under bond or destroyed, court costs, fees, storage, and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person intervening as claimant of the article.
(f)    Proceedings in libel cases shall conform to proceedings in admiralty to the extent possible. However, either party may demand a jury trial of any issue of fact joined in any case. Every proceeding shall be at the suit of and in the name of the State.
(g)    This section does not derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this subtitle or other laws.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-221 - Investigation of Persons Engaged in Intrastate Commerce; Reports and Answers

(a)    The Secretary may investigate and gather, and compile information concerning the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person engaged in intrastate commerce, and his relation to other persons.
(b)    The Secretary, by general or special order, may require any person or class of persons engaged in intrastate commerce to file, on forms the Secretary prescribes, annual or special reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing to the Secretary information he requires concerning the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to any person filing. Every report and answer shall be made under oath, or otherwise as the Secretary prescribes, within a reasonable period set by him, unless additional time is granted.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-222 - Access to Documents; Subpoenas; Oaths; Deposition; Privilege Against Self-Incrimination

(a)    The Secretary, at all reasonable times, shall have access to any documentary evidence of any person being investigated or proceeded against and shall have the right to copy it for examination purposes. The Secretary may require, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of any witness and the production of any documentary evidence of any person relating to any matter under investigation. The Secretary may sign subpoenas, may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence.
(b)    Attendance of any witness and the production of documentary evidence may be required at any designated place of hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the Secretary may invoke the aid of any court designated in § 4–225 of this subtitle, to require the attendance and testimony of any witness and the production of documentary evidence.
(c)    The Secretary may order testimony to be taken by deposition, in any proceeding or investigation pending under this subtitle, at any stage of the proceeding or investigation. Any person designated by the Secretary and possessing the authority to administer oaths may take a deposition. The testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction, and shall be subscribed by the deponent. Any person may be compelled to appear, depose, and produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear, testify, and produce documentary evidence before the Secretary.
(d)    No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing any book, paper, schedule or charges, contract, agreement, or other documentary evidence before the Secretary or in obedience to the subpoena of the Secretary, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon or growing out of any alleged violation of this subtitle, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. After claiming a privilege against self–incrimination, no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for any matter which he is compelled to testify or produce evidence in obedience to a subpoena, except prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in testifying.
(e)    Any person taking a deposition in accordance with this subtitle shall be entitled to the same fees paid for similar services in State courts.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-223 - Responsibility of Business Unit for Acts of Agent or Employee

Unless otherwise provided, when construing or enforcing any provision of this subtitle, every act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by another person shall be deemed the act, omission, or failure of the individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit as well as of the person committing the act.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-224 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution

Before the Secretary reports any violation of this subtitle to any State’s Attorney of the political subdivision in which the violation occurred for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and an opportunity to present his views orally or in writing with regard to the contemplated proceeding. This subtitle does not require the Secretary to report for criminal prosecution violations of this subtitle if he believes that the public interest will be served adequately and compliance with the subtitle obtained by a suitable written warning notice.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-225 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Proceedings in Name of State

(a)    The circuit court of any county has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief to enforce or restrain violations of this subtitle.
(b)    Upon application of the State Attorney General at the request of the Secretary, the circuit court in any county has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus commanding any person to comply with this subtitle or any order of the Secretary.
(c)    In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a Department subpoena, the circuit court for any county within whose jurisdiction an inquiry is being conducted, may issue an order requiring appearance before the Secretary, production of documentary evidence, or testimony touching the matter in question. Any person who fails to obey the order of the court is guilty of contempt.
(d)    Every proceeding to enforce or restrain any violations of this subtitle shall be by and in the name of the State.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-226 - Violations of 4-206, 4-213, 4-214, 4-215, 4-216, or 4-218; Assault, Resistance or Interference With Enforcement

(a)    Any person who violates the provisions of § 4-206, § 4-213, § 4-214, § 4-215, § 4-216, or § 4-218 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, the person, upon conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. If a violation involves intent to defraud or any distribution or attempted distribution of an adulterated article, the person is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both. The court may impose costs in its discretion.
(b)    Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person, engaged in or on account of the performance of any official duty under this subtitle, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, the person, upon conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both. Whenever a person uses a deadly or dangerous weapon when committing a violation of this subsection, he is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding ten years, or both. The court may impose costs in its discretion.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-227 - Liability of Carrier

No carrier is subject to any of the penalties of this subtitle, except the penalties for a violation of § 4–206, § 4–213, § 4–214, or § 4–215 of this subtitle, if he receives, carries, holds, or delivers in the usual course of business as a carrier, poultry or poultry products owned by another person, unless:
(1)    The carrier has knowledge or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe any article was not inspected or marked pursuant to this subtitle, or the article is not eligible for transportation in intrastate commerce; or
(2)    The carrier refuses to furnish, on request of the Secretary, the name and address of the person from whom he received the article or a copy of any document pertaining to the delivery of the article to the carrier.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-228 - Penalties for False Entries in Reports or Records; Removing, Falsifying, etc., Documentary Evidence, and Refusing to Testify; Making Public Information Obtained by Secretary

(a)    (1)    Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he knowingly:
(i)    Makes or causes to be made a false entry or statement of fact in any report required under this subtitle;
(ii)    Makes or causes to be made a false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subject to this subtitle;
(iii)    Neglects or fails to make or cause to be made full, true, and correct entries in accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts and transactions pertaining to the business of any person subject to this subtitle;
(iv)    Removes out of the jurisdiction or intentionally mutilates, alters, or falsifies by other means any documentary evidence of any person subject to this subtitle; or
(v)    Refuses to submit to the Secretary, for the purposes of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any person subject to this subtitle if it is possessed by him or within his control.
(2)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon conviction of any of the above violations, a person is subject to a fine of not less than $1,000, nor more than $5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court.
(b)    Any person, who neglects or refuses to attend, testify, or answer any lawful inquiry or produce documentary evidence, when he has the power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the Secretary, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon conviction, he is subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court.
(c)    Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, any officer or employee of the State who makes public any information obtained by the Secretary without its authority, unless directed by a court, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-229 - Penalty for Failure to File Reports

(a)    Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, if any person required to file any annual or special report fails to do so within 30 days after receiving notice of default from the Secretary, he shall be fined $100 for each day he fails to file. The forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the State brought in the county where the person has his principal office or in any county in which he does business.
(b)    The State’s Attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, shall prosecute for the recovery of any forfeiture. All fines resulting are payable to the State Treasury. The costs and expenses of prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the State courts.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act › Section 4-230.1 - Application of Provisions to Rabbits and Rabbit Products; Inspections

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this title concerning poultry and poultry products shall apply also to rabbits and rabbit products.
(b)    (1)    Upon the request of any person, the Secretary may provide antemortem, postmortem, and processing inspection of rabbit and rabbit products to protect consumers from adulterated products.
(2)    Any person who requests inspection shall pay the Secretary the cost of the inspection.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-301 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Consumer” means any person who purchases or otherwise acquires shell eggs for household consumption.
(c)    (1)    “Distributor” means any person who:
(i)    Sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs;
(ii)    Purchases shell eggs for other than household consumption; or
(iii)    Distributes eggs to a retail outlet or food service facility owned by that person.
(2)    “Distributor” does not include any person who purchases shell eggs either exclusively as a retailer or exclusively for use in a food service facility or exclusively both as a retailer and as a food service facility.
(d)    “Food service facility” means any person who operates a facility where eggs are used in the preparation of food and who does not distribute eggs to a food service facility owned by that person.
(e)    “Packer” means any person who places shell eggs in the original case, carton, or container that is used to hold eggs for distribution or sale to a consumer.
(f)    “Poultry” means any living domesticated bird.
(g)    “Retailer” means any person who sells shell eggs to a consumer and who
does not distribute eggs to a retail outlet owned by that person.
(h)    “Shell eggs” means raw or treated poultry eggs that are still in the shell and intended for human consumption.
(i)    “Treated egg” means a poultry egg that has been subjected to a process that alters the egg while still in the shell.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-302 - Shell Eggs Required to Meet Standards of Subtitle

A person may not donate, sell, advertise, offer, or in any manner represent for sale shell eggs to any person unless the shell eggs meet the standards of this subtitle or any regulation adopted in accordance with this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-303 - Use of Terms for Sale or Advertising of Eggs

(a)    The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations limiting or requiring the use of any term used when shell eggs are offered or exposed for sale, sold, donated, or advertised.
(b)    A person may not donate, sell, offer for sale, or deliver any shell eggs that are not labeled according to regulations adopted by the Secretary.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-304 - Size or Weight Classification for Shell Eggs

(a)    (1)    The size or weight classification for domesticated chicken eggs in the State shall be the same as the official United States Department of Agriculture weight classes for domesticated chicken eggs for the following classifications: jumbo, extra large, large, medium, small, and pee wee.
(2)    Shell eggs produced from poultry other than domesticated chickens shall be sold by net quantity.
(3)    When sold by weight, the net weight of shell eggs does not include the weight of any container.
(b)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out the requirements under this subtitle for weights and net quantity.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-305 - Standards of Quality for Shell Eggs

(a)    The Secretary shall establish standards for quality of individual or grades of shell eggs.
(b)    The State standards for quality of individual or grades of shell eggs shall be the same as those of the United States Department of Agriculture, where applicable.
(c)    A person may not donate, sell, advertise, offer, or in any manner represent for sale shell eggs that do not meet the standards adopted by the Secretary.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-307 - Designation of Quality and Size; Presumption for Shell Eggs Not Designated u.s.d.a. Grade B

(a)    A person may not sell, offer to sell, or deliver any shell eggs not properly designated in respect to quality, size, and net quantity standards.
(b)    When shell eggs are sold or offered for sale, the designation shall be plainly and conspicuously shown on the container and in the offer to sell, and if the shell eggs are loose, by a sign placed on or near the eggs.
(c)    Any shell eggs not designated as to quality shall be presumed to meet the minimum standards for quality established by the Secretary by regulation.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-308 - Invoice Delivery Ticket

(a)    A person may not sell or deliver shell eggs to a distributor, retailer, or food service facility unless at the time of delivery the person provides an invoice delivery ticket accurately detailing the sale of the shell eggs in accordance with this section.
(b)    Each invoice delivery ticket shall contain on its face the following information:
(1)    Delivery date;
(2)    Name and address of the seller;
(3)    Name and address of the purchaser;
(4)    The registration number, if any, of the purchaser;
(5)    The quantity;
(6)    The grade and size of the shell eggs delivered; and
(7)    The inspection fee, if applicable.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-310 - Right of Entry; "Stop-Sale" Order

(a)    During the usual business hours, the Secretary may enter any warehouse, store, building, market, food service facility, production facility, packing facility, or any other place, carrier, conveyance, or vehicle where or from where shell eggs are produced, distributed, packed, donated, sold, or offered or exposed for sale, to enforce this subtitle.
(b)    The Secretary may examine, test, or sample any shell egg, layer house, pen, cooler, packing facility, washing facility, or any other place or item to determine whether the environment of the facility where shell eggs are produced, packed, or held is in compliance with this subtitle.
(c)    (1)    If the Secretary finds shell eggs are sold or offered or exposed for sale in violation of this subtitle, the Secretary may issue a written or printed “stop–sale” order to the person violating this section.
(2)    After receipt of an order issued under this subsection, the recipient of the order may not sell or offer or expose for sale any shell eggs subject to the order.
(3)    A person who has been issued a “stop–sale” order under this subsection may appeal to the Secretary.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311 - Disposition of Unfit or Adulterated Eggs

(a)    Shell eggs are adulterated if the shell eggs are:
(1)    Contaminated by a pathogen, poisonous substance, or other deleterious substance; or
(2)    Subjected to conditions likely to cause contamination that may render the shell eggs injurious to human health.
(b)    If the Secretary finds that any shell eggs are adulterated or unfit for human consumption, the Secretary shall:
(1)    Segregate the shell eggs; and
(2)    Mark the shell eggs in a permanent manner to permit ready identification.
(c)    (1)    If no appeal is taken from a determination of condemnation, the Secretary shall destroy the shell eggs in a manner prescribed by regulation.
(2)    If an appeal is taken, the condemned shell eggs shall be segregated and stored pending completion of an appeal inspection.
(3)    The shell eggs may be destroyed in accordance with this section if the appeal is sustained.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.2 - Registration of Packers and Distributors -- Applications; Exemptions; Fees

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant for registration shall:
(1)    Submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides;
(2)    Be in compliance with the federal standards established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under 21 C.F.R. Part 16 and Part 118 for the prevention of Salmonella enteritidis in shell eggs during production, storage, and transportation, as applicable;
(3)    Agree to allow the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee to enter the applicant’s premises to determine compliance in accordance with § 4–310(b) of this subtitle; and
(4)    Pay to the Secretary the appropriate registration fee established in subsection (c) of this section.
(b)    A packer or distributor who keeps 3,000 or fewer poultry and who sells or offers or exposes for sale shell eggs only from those poultry shall register with the Secretary, but is exempt from paying any fee required by this subtitle.
(c)    The following persons shall pay to the Secretary the registration fee indicated:
(1)    Packer…………………………………………………………...$30; and
(2)    Distributor…………..…….………………...……..…………..……$30.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.3 - Registration of Packers and Distributors -- Expiration; Renewal; Display; Relocation

(a)    Unless a registration for a packer or distributor of shell eggs is renewed for a 1-year term, the registration expires on January 1.
(b)    Before a registration expires, the registration may be renewed for an additional 1-year term, if the applicant:
(1)    Is a packer or distributor of shell eggs;
(2)    Pays the applicable fee as provided in § 4-311.2 of this subtitle; and
(3)    Submits to the Secretary a renewal application on a form that the Secretary provides.
(c)    The packer or distributor shall display the registration conspicuously at each place of business.
(d)    The packer or distributor shall notify the Secretary if the packer’s or distributor’s business is moved to a new location.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.4 - Registration of Packers and Distributors -- Denial; Suspension or Revocation

Subject to the hearing provisions adopted by the Secretary, the Secretary may deny, suspend, or revoke the registration for a packer or distributor if:
(1)    The packer or distributor does not meet the requirements of this title; or
(2)    The packer or distributor violates any provision of this subtitle or any regulation adopted by the Secretary.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.5 - Egg Law Fund

(a)    (1)    There is an “Egg Law Fund”.
(2)    All fees collected under the provisions of this subtitle shall be credited to the Fund.
(b)    The Fund shall be used to partially defray the expenses of administering this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.6 - Quarterly Reports and Inspection Fees

(a)    A packer or distributor who is required to pay a fee under this subtitle shall submit to the Secretary:
(1)    A quarterly report showing the number of dozens of shell eggs sold or delivered in Maryland to any retailer, food service facility, or consumer; and
(2)    At the time that the quarterly report is due, an inspection fee at a rate of 8 cents for each 30-dozen case of shell eggs sold or delivered in Maryland.
(b)    (1)    If the report is not filed and the required inspection fee is not paid within 30 days after the end of the quarterly period, a collection fee shall be assessed against the packer or distributor.
(2)    The amount of the collection fee shall be the greater of:
(i)    10 percent of the inspection fee due and unpaid; or
(ii)    $100.
(3)    The amount of collection fee due is a debt and may be the basis of a judgment in a civil action against the packer or distributor.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.7 - Records

(a)    A packer or distributor shall:
(1)    Keep accurate records showing the number of eggs sold or delivered to any person;
(2)    Keep required records at each place of business or at a central location within the State;
(3)    Keep required records for 1 year; and
(4)    Make required egg records available to the Secretary upon request.
(b)    A retailer or food service facility shall keep each invoice delivery ticket received in accordance with § 4–308 of this subtitle for 90 days.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs › Subtitle 3 - Maryland Egg Law › Section 4-311.8 - Penalties; Regulations

(a)    Instead of, or in addition to, issuing a stop–sale order or revocation of a registration under this subtitle, the Secretary may impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.
(b)    A penalty collected by the Secretary under this section shall be paid into the State General Fund.
(c)    The Secretary may adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-102 - Administration; Cooperation With State, Federal, and Private Agencies; Comprehensive Pesticide Data Program

(a)    The State Chemist shall administer the provisions of this subtitle subject to the supervision of the Secretary.
(b)    The Secretary may cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other agency of the State, any other state, the United States, or with the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials, Inc. to carry out the provisions of this subtitle and to secure uniform rules and regulations.
(c)    The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive pesticide data program that includes:
(1)    The number and types of enforcement actions taken; and
(2)    Figures for the number, types, and uses of pesticides in Maryland.
(d)    The Secretary shall issue a report on the comprehensive pesticide data program to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, by January 1, 1990 and by January 1 of each subsequent year.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-104 - Rules and Regulations; Determinations

(a)    The Secretary, after public hearing, may adopt appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle, including rules and regulations providing for the collection and examination of samples of pesticides.
(b)    The Secretary may:
(1)    Declare any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances to be a pest;
(2)    Determine whether any pesticide is highly toxic to humans; and
(3)    Subject pesticides to the requirements of § 5–105 of this subtitle.
(c)    Uniform pesticide requirements between the several states and the federal government are desirable to avoid confusion that endangers the public health and that results from diverse requirements, particularly relating to the labeling and coloring of pesticides, and to avoid increased costs to the people of the State due to the necessity of complying with diverse requirements for manufacturing and selling pesticides. Consequently, the Secretary, after public hearing, may adopt the rules and regulations of the appropriate agency of the United States government relating to pesticides, if the rules and regulations are applicable to and conform with the primary standards established by this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-105 - Registration of Pesticides

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, a distributor shall register with the Secretary each brand or product name of a pesticide before distributing it in the State. The registration for each pesticide expires December 31 each year.
(b)    Each applicant shall file with the Secretary a statement listing:
(1)    The name and address of each applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the registrant;
(2)    The name of the pesticide;
(3)    A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the pesticide and a statement of every claim to be made for it, including directions for use; and
(4)    A full description of every test conducted and the results upon which any claim is based, if requested by the Secretary.
(c)    A separate application shall be filed for each person whose name appears on the label. Upon renewal, a person shall file a statement listing any required new information that does not appear on the statement filed when the pesticide was registered or was last reregistered.
(d)    (1)    The applicant shall pay an annual fee of $110 to the Secretary for each product registered.
(2)    Unless the Secretary determines otherwise, each applicant also shall pay a terminal registration fee of $110 for each discontinued pesticide each year for two years.
(e)    In addition to the annual fee, any person filing a renewal application after January 31 for any product offered for sale shall pay a ten percent per month late registration fee for each pesticide, but not exceeding twice the annual registration fee per pesticide. Late fees apply retroactively to the January 1 filing date. Late fees are not applicable to new products which are registered before being distributed, sold, or offered for sale.
(f)    The Secretary may require the submission of toxicological, environmental, or health effects data that the Secretary considers appropriate, or the complete formula of any pesticide whenever he deems this action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subtitle. The Secretary shall register the pesticide if he determines that the pesticide, its labeling, and other material required to be submitted comply with the requirements of this subtitle.
(g)    Provided the product label has not been altered or changed, a distributor shall not be required to register the brand or trade name of a pesticide which has been registered by another person under this subtitle.
(h)    Before a pesticide may be registered by the Secretary, the pesticide shall comply with the provisions of federal pesticide laws and regulations.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-106 - Packaging and Labeling Requirements

(a)    A pesticide is subject to the requirements of this section if it is distributed, sold, offered for sale, delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points in the State through any point outside the State.
(b)    Any pesticide subject to this section shall be in the registrant’s or manufacturer’s unbroken, immediate container.
(c)    In addition to any other requirement of this section, any pesticide subject to this section shall have a label affixed to the unbroken, immediate container and to the outside container or wrapper of any retail package, if the label on the immediate container cannot be clearly read through the outside container or wrapper. The label shall bear the following information:
(1)    The name and address of the manufacturer, registrant, or person for whom the pesticide is manufactured;
(2)    The name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is sold; and
(3)    The net weight or measure of the content subject to any reasonable variations the Department permits.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-107 - Noncomplying Pesticides

(a)    If the Secretary determines that any pesticide does not warrant any proposed claim for it or that the pesticide, its labeling, or other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this subtitle, he shall notify the applicant of the manner in which the pesticide, labeling, or other required material fails to comply with the subtitle, to afford the applicant an opportunity to make any necessary correction. If the applicant does not make the correction upon receiving notice, the Secretary may refuse to register the pesticide.
(b)    The Secretary may suspend or cancel the registration of any pesticide, if he determines the pesticide, its labeling, or other material required to be submitted does not comply with the provisions of this subtitle.
(c)    If the Secretary refuses an application for registration or proposes to suspend or cancel a registration, notice of the proposed action shall be given to the applicant or registrant who may request a hearing within 30 days from the date of receipt. The Secretary shall conduct the hearing and shall prepare and serve upon the applicant or registrant a written statement containing its findings of fact and an appropriate order.
(d)    Any person adversely affected by an order may obtain a review of the decision by a civil action commenced within 30 days after the date notice of the decision is mailed to him. The action shall be brought in the circuit court of the county in which the person resides or has his principal place of business. As part of its answer, the Secretary shall file a certified copy of the transcript of the record on which the findings and order in question are based. The court may enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Secretary or may remand the case for a rehearing. Any finding of the board of review is conclusive as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence.
(e)    If good cause is shown, the court may order additional evidence to be taken before the Secretary at any time. After the case is remanded, and after hearing additional evidence, the Secretary may modify or affirm his findings of fact and his order, and shall file with the court any additional and modified findings of fact, and a transcript of the additional record upon which his action in modifying or affirming was based. Any additional or modified finding of fact and order is conclusive as to any fact if supported by substantial evidence.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-107.1 - Administrative Penalties

(a)    Instead of refusing or cancelling a registration, the Secretary may impose an administrative penalty on any person who violates any provision of this subtitle.
(b)    The penalty imposed under this section may not exceed $2,000.
(c)    All penalties collected under this section shall be paid into the State Chemist Fund under § 6–501 of this article.
(d)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Agriculture › Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control › Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law › Section 5-108 - Stop-Sale Orders

(a)    The Secretary may issue and enforce a written stop–sale order to the registrant, owner, custodian, or distributor of any pesticide that the Secretary finds is in violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation under this subtitle, or has been found by federal or State authorities to cause unreasonable adverse effects to humans, animals, or the environment, or is in violation of any provision of federal pesticide laws or regulations.
(b)    The order prohibits sale or distribution of the pesticide until the Secretary has evidence that the pesticide is in compliance with the law and until the Secretary provides a written release from the stop–sale order.