Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act

Section 4-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 4-202 - Legislative Declarations - Poultry and poultry products are an important source of the...

Section 4-203 - Applicability of Subtitle - This subtitle applies to any person, establishment, poultry, poultry product,...

Section 4-204 - Cooperation With United States Secretary of Agriculture; Acceptance of Federal Assistance - (a) The Secretary shall cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture...

Section 4-205 - Inspection of Official Poultry Processing Establishments; Condemnation - (a) At any official establishment, the Secretary may perform the...

Section 4-206 - Inspection and Identification of Poultry Not Intended for Use as Human Food; Transportation and Sale - (a) The Secretary may not inspect any establishment that slaughters...

Section 4-207 - Payment of Cost of Inspection - The State shall bear the cost of inspection rendered under...

Section 4-208 - Sanitary Practices at Official Establishments - (a) Each official establishment shall have its premises, facilities, equipment,...

Section 4-209 - Labeling, Marking, and Container - (a) Every poultry product, inspected at an official establishment and...

Section 4-210 - Entry of Products Into Official Establishment - The Secretary may prescribe conditions limiting the entry of poultry...

Section 4-211 - False or Misleading Name, Marking, or Labeling; Misleading Container - (a) No person may sell, offer for sale, or donate...

Section 4-212 - Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection - (a) For the purpose of this section, a person is...

Section 4-213 - Registration of Certain Persons - A person shall register his name, the address of each...

Section 4-214 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Dead, Disabled, or Diseased Poultry - No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or...

Section 4-215 - Records; Access to Premises; Samples - (a) Each person shall maintain records necessary to insure that...

Section 4-216 - Rules and Regulations Governing Storage and Handling of Poultry Products - The Secretary, by rule or regulation, may prescribe conditions under...

Section 4-217 - Exemptions From Subtitle - (a) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations exempting the...

Section 4-218 - Prohibited Acts - No person may: (1) Slaughter any poultry or process any...

Section 4-219 - Detention of Poultry Products - (a) The Secretary may detain, for no more than 20...

Section 4-220 - Seizure and Condemnation - (a) Any poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or...

Section 4-221 - Investigation of Persons Engaged in Intrastate Commerce; Reports and Answers - (a) The Secretary may investigate and gather, and compile information...

Section 4-222 - Access to Documents; Subpoenas; Oaths; Deposition; Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - (a) The Secretary, at all reasonable times, shall have access...

Section 4-223 - Responsibility of Business Unit for Acts of Agent or Employee - Unless otherwise provided, when construing or enforcing any provision of...

Section 4-224 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution - Before the Secretary reports any violation of this subtitle to...

Section 4-225 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Proceedings in Name of State - (a) The circuit court of any county has jurisdiction to...

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,...

Section 4-227 - Liability of Carrier - No carrier is subject to any of the penalties of...

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...

Section 4-229 - Penalty for Failure to File Reports - (a) Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, if...

Section 4-230 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Poultry Products...

Section 4-230.1 - Application of Provisions to Rabbits and Rabbit Products; Inspections - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...