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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="4-311" title_number="4" title_name="Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Egg Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Shell eggs are adulterated if the shell eggs are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Contaminated by a pathogen, poisonous substance, or other deleterious substance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subjected to conditions likely to cause contamination that may render the shell eggs injurious to human health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Secretary finds that any shell eggs are adulterated or unfit for human consumption, the Secretary shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Segregate the shell eggs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Mark the shell eggs in a permanent manner to permit ready identification.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If no appeal is taken from a determination of condemnation, the Secretary shall destroy the shell eggs in a manner prescribed by regulation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an appeal is taken, the condemned shell eggs shall be segregated and stored pending completion of an appeal inspection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The shell eggs may be destroyed in accordance with this section if the appeal is sustained.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
