# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 21-102

(a) The provisions of this title that relate to the sale of a consumer commodity also apply to:

  (1) Manufacturing, producing, processing, packing, exposing, offering, possessing, or holding the consumer commodity for sale;

  (2) Dispensing or giving the consumer commodity; and

  (3) Supplying or applying the consumer commodity in the operation of any food, drug, or cosmetic establishment.

(b) If a substance is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, there shall be taken into account:

  (1) The representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, symbol, or sound, alone or in combination; and

  (2) The extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal consequences that may result from use of the substance.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)