(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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Section 4-302 - Shell Eggs Required to Meet Standards of Subtitle
Section 4-303 - Use of Terms for Sale or Advertising of Eggs
Section 4-304 - Size or Weight Classification for Shell Eggs
Section 4-305 - Standards of Quality for Shell Eggs
Section 4-305.1 - Refrigeration Required
Section 4-306 - Secretary May Establish Voluntary Standards for Eggs Exceeding Required Standards
Section 4-308 - Invoice Delivery Ticket
Section 4-309 - Failure to Make Reports; False Reports
Section 4-310 - Right of Entry; "Stop-Sale" Order
Section 4-311 - Disposition of Unfit or Adulterated Eggs
Section 4-311.1 - Registration of Packers and Distributors Required
Section 4-311.2 - Registration of Packers and Distributors -- Applications; Exemptions; Fees
Section 4-311.4 - Registration of Packers and Distributors -- Denial; Suspension or Revocation
Section 4-311.5 - Egg Law Fund
Section 4-311.6 - Quarterly Reports and Inspection Fees