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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.15.01.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="01" heading="Licenses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In order to operate a cannery or acidified food processing plant, a person shall obtain a food processing license pursuant to the provisions of Health-General Article, §21-305, Annotated Code of Maryland, COMAR 10.15.04, and this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department shall specify on a food processing license issued to a cannery or acidified food processing plant the following type or types of food the licensee is approved to produce:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Low-acid canned foods;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Acidified foods;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Acid canned foods; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A combination of these types.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Foods are not canned and acidified foods are not manufactured in the plant without the license required by Health-General Article, §21-305, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The required food processing license is conspicuously posted in the plant during operations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The food canned or manufactured is limited to the type or types of foods stated on the license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>