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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1702" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of a micro market may not be required to have a person in charge present during the hours of operation of the micro market if the micro market meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Food sold at a micro market shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be commercially prepackaged food or ready–to–eat food;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be prepackaged in tamper–evident packaging; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contain the following information on the packaging label:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>nutrition information required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a freshness or expiration date; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other information required under Title 21, Subtitle 2 of the Health – General Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Refrigerated or frozen food sold at a micro market shall be stored and displayed in a refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>maintains an internal temperature:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>of 41 degrees Fahrenheit or lower; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for food safety determined by the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has self–closing doors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has doors that allow the food on display to be viewed without opening the door to the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>has an automated self–locking feature that prevents a consumer from accessing the food on the occurrence of any condition that results in the failure of the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer to maintain the internal temperature required under item (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner or operator of a micro market shall post a sign that is clearly visible to the consumer near the micro market entryway or while using the electronic payment device that includes the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the owner or operator of the micro market to whom complaints and comments regarding the micro market may be addressed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the business mailing address of the owner or operator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the business telephone number of the owner or operator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the e–mail address and website address of the owner or operator, if applicable.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sign posted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in English and, at the discretion of the owner or operator of the micro market, in any other language of the consumers of the micro market.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
