# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

### Subtitle 4. Milk Products

#### Section 21-430

(a) In this section, "milk emergency":

  (1) Means a general and acute shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms; and

  (2) Does not include a simple shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms that affects only a small number of distributors.

(b)

  (1) In a milk emergency, the Secretary may authorize the sale of a pasteurized milk product that has not been certified as Grade A pasteurized milk.

  (2) A person who sells a milk product under this subsection shall label the milk product as the Secretary requires.

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