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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-2104" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Plastic Products">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 9–2102(b) of this subtitle, on and after October 1, 2018, a person that distributes or sells a compostable food or beverage product intended for sale or distribution by a retailer in the State shall ensure that the compostable food or beverage product is labeled:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In a manner that is readily and easily identifiable from other food or beverage products;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a manner that is consistent with the federal Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>With a certification logo indicating the compostable food or beverage product meets the ASTM D6400 standard specification or ASTM D6868 standard specification; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>As compostable.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsection (a) of this section has effect only to the extent that the provision does not conflict with the federal Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims.</text>
  </level>
</section>
