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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="10-804" title_number="10" title_name="Promotion and Identification of Agricultural Products" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Apple Grade Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>No person may pack, sell, offer to sell, possess, or transport any apples in closed packages not properly designated with respect to the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A grade standard, as provided in this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The variety;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The minimum size;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A count or quantity declaration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The name and address of the packer or distributor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The designation shall be shown plainly and conspicuously on each package. However, in any transparent consumer pack, a stuffer may be used for markings and placed inside the package in a manner that is plainly readable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When apples are packed in a used package, any marking pertaining to the previous contents of the package not applicable to the new contents shall be obliterated and the required declarations under this subtitle shall be made.</text>
  </level>
</section>
