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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-339" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Food Establishments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “repack crab meat” means to take or remove crab meat from any container or package, when the crab meat has been picked from a crab at another location, and place that crab meat in another container or package.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each container of crab meat shall be marked plainly with the information required by this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each container of crab meat shall be marked by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Embossing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Imprinting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Lithography; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, any other method that the Department approves.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless approved by the Secretary, a container of crab meat may not be stamped with ink.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each container of crab meat shall be marked with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A description of the product in the container;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Subject to the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the name and address of the picking plant or the distributor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If a chemical is added to the crab meat, a statement to that effect;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The license number of the crab meat plant preceded by the State abbreviation applicable to the picking plant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The net weight of the contents of the container; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Any other information that the Department requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a container of crab meat is marked with the name of the distributor, the name of the distributor shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Preceded by the words “packed for” or “distributed by”; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Followed by the word “distributor”.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person may not put any false or misleading statement on a container of crab meat.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not repack crab meat or change crab meat containers or container lids with the intent to sell the crab meat except as provided by the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A person may not possess more than 12 empty crab meat containers or container lids unless the person:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is a manufacturer of containers or lids;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is a licensed crab meat packer and the containers or lids are the same as used by the packer in the ordinary course of business;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Has removed the crab meat from the containers and lids for consumption on the premises; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Is in possession of the containers or lids as provided for by the Department.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Possession of empty containers or crab meat container lids in violation of this section shall be presumptive evidence of intent to repack crab meat in violation of this Part VI of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Possession of crab meat containers or crab meat container lids from which the crab meat has been consumed or cooked for consumption and which have been properly disposed of may not constitute presumptive evidence of intent to repack or change crab meat containers for sale.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each container of crab meat sold in the State containing crab meat picked from a crab, packed, repacked, or processed outside of the United States shall be marked with the words “This product contains crab meat from (name of country of origin)”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The marking required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be prominently displayed in letters not smaller than 12-point type on the principal display panel of the container so as to be easily read by the consumer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
