Maryland Statutes
Title 21 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Subtitle 4 - Milk Products

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 21-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 21-402 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds that statewide laws, rules, and regulations...

Section 21-403 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle applies only to milk products that are intended...

Section 21-404 - State Preemption - (a) A political subdivision may not regulate any milk product...

Section 21-405 - Subtitle to Be Interpreted in Accordance With Grade a Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and Processing: Recommended Requirements - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or by...

Section 21-406 - Secretary to Adopt Rules and Regulations - The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out...

Section 21-407 - Disposition of Funds - The Secretary shall pay all funds collected under this subtitle...

Part II - Permit Process

Section 21-410 - Permit Required; Exceptions; Classifications of Permits - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...

Section 21-411 - Qualifications of Applicants - (a) To qualify for a permit, a person shall comply...

Section 21-412 - Applications for Permits - An applicant for a permit shall: (1) Submit an application...

Section 21-413 - Required Inspections - (a) If the property of the applicant is in the...

Section 21-414 - Certified Industry Dairy Farm Inspectors - (a) The Secretary shall certify industry personnel as certified industry...

Section 21-415 - Issuance of Permit - (a) The Secretary shall issue the appropriate permit to any...

Section 21-416 - Scope of Permits - (a) While it is effective, a bobtailer permit authorizes the...

Section 21-416.1 - Farmstead Cheese Program - (a) The Secretary may establish a farmstead cheese program after...

Section 21-417 - Term, Renewal, and Nontransferability of Permits - (a) (1) Except for a milk producer permit, a permit...

Section 21-418 - Suspension and Revocation of Permits - (a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 21-419 of...

Section 21-419 - Hearings - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle and in...

Part III - Standards and Handling Requirements for Milk Products

Section 21-422 - Standards for Milk - (a) The raw milk that a milk producer sells shall...

Section 21-424 - Labeling of Milk Products Generally - (a) After the milk product has been processed, each milk...

Section 21-425 - Standards for and Labeling of Condensed Milk, Condensed Skimmed Milk, and Dry Milk Solids - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 21-426 - Grade a Milk Product Dating - (a) In this section, “sell-by period” means the length of...

Section 21-427 - Handling of Milk Products - (a) Unless the transfer occurs on a dairy farm or...

Section 21-428 - Impoundment of Mishandled Milk Products; Order to Stop Sale - (a) (1) The Secretary shall impound a milk product that...

Section 21-429 - Sale of Grade a Milk Products From Outside Departmental Inspection Area - (a) If a Grade A milk product is from a...

Section 21-430 - Milk Emergency; Sale of Milk Products Not Certified Grade A - (a) In this section, “milk emergency”: (1) Means a general...

Part IV - Prohibited Acts

Section 21-433 - Violation of Subtitle or Rules and Regulations Adopted Under Subtitle - A person may not violate any provision of this subtitle...

Section 21-434 - Sale of Raw Milk or Farmstead Cheese - Except for sale of raw milk by a holder of...

Section 21-435 - Handling Milk by Individuals With Disease, Cuts, or Lesions Prohibited - (a) (1) An individual who has a communicable disease or...

Section 21-436 - Milk Cans - (a) In this section, “labeled milk can” means any milk...