# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

### Subtitle 4. Milk Products

#### Section 21-410

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall obtain a permit with a Grade A or a manufactured grade classification from the Secretary before that person may:

  (1) Bring, send, or receive a milk product into this State for sale;

  (2) Offer a milk product for sale;

  (3) Give a milk product away;

  (4) Store a milk product; or

  (5) Transport a milk product.

(b) A permit is required to:

  (1) Be a bobtailer;

  (2) Be a bulk milk hauler/sampler;

  (3) Be a certified industry dairy farm inspector;

  (4) Be a milk processor;

  (5) Be a milk processor - farmstead cheese producer;

  (6) Be a milk producer;

  (7) Operate a distribution station;

  (8) Operate a milk transportation company;

  (9) Operate a receiving station; or

  (10) Operate a transfer station.

(c) A permit is not required for:

  (1) A milk producer who is outside the departmental inspection area if the raw milk from that milk producer is processed by a milk processor who holds a permit issued under this subtitle;

  (2) A bulk milk hauler/sampler who receives raw milk from outside the departmental inspection area;

  (3) A grocery store, restaurant, soda fountain, or similar establishment where milk products are served or sold at retail if:

    (i) The establishment complies with all applicable provisions of this subtitle and all applicable rules or regulations adopted under this subtitle; and

    (ii) The milk product is received from a permit holder; or

  (4) A bulk milk hauler/sampler who is transporting a sealed tanker and not producers' samples.

(d) The Secretary shall designate all permits with one of the following classifications, as required by rules and regulations:

  (1) Grade A milk; or

  (2) Manufactured milk.

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