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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-901" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Kosher Products">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Advertisement” has the meaning stated in § 13-101(b) of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Disclosure statement” means the form provided by the Attorney General for the purpose of disclosing to consumers practices relating to the preparation, handling, and sale of any unpackaged food represented to be kosher, kosher for Passover, or prepared or maintained under rabbinical or other kosher supervision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Division” means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Food” or “food product” means any food, food product, or food preparation, whether:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Raw, solid or liquid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Prepared for human consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Food” or “food product” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any meat, meat product, or meat preparation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any milk, milk product, or milk preparation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any poultry or poultry product; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Kosher” includes foods prepared for the festival of Passover and termed as “kosher for Passover”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Meat” includes any meat product or meat preparation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Mezuzah” means the Jewish religious article that, according to Jewish law, is designed to be attached to the doorpost of a room in a home.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Mezuzah” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The parchment or other material on which passages from the Bible are to be written; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The writing on that parchment or other material.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Poultry” includes any poultry product or poultry preparation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Represents to the public” means any direct or indirect statement, orally or written, and any letter, word, sign, emblem, insignia, or mark which could reasonably lead a consumer to believe that a representation is being made that the final food product sold to the consumer is kosher, kosher for Passover, or prepared or maintained under rabbinical or other kosher supervision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Represents to the public” includes any advertisement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Tefillin” means the Jewish religious article, also known as “phylacteries”, that, according to Jewish law, is designed to be worn on the upper arm and head during morning prayers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Tefillin” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The parchment or other material on which passages from the Bible are to be written;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The writing on that parchment or other material;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The capsules in which the parchment or other material is contained; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The straps attached to the capsules.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
