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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.15.01.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="01" heading="Labeling and Marking of Containers.">
  <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Canned food is conspicuously and prominently labeled or marked with the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The common name of the food;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The list of ingredients in descending order of prominence by weight;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The name and address of the manufacturer or distributor; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The net weight of the container;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For a container marked with the name of the distributor, the name of the distributor is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Preceded by the words “packed for” or “distributed by”; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Followed by the word “distributor”;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A container of canned low acid or acidified food is marked with a permanently visible identifying code that is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Embossed or inked on the container; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Perforated or otherwise marked on a label securely affixed to the product container, if the container does not allow embossing or inking;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The identifying code required in §C of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Specifies the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The establishment where the product was packed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The product contained in the container; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The year, day, and time period during which the product was packed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is changed:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Every 4 to 5 hours;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>With a personnel shift change;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>With each batch, as long as the containers that constitute a batch do not extend over a period of more than one personnel shift; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Otherwise often enough to enable ready identification of a lot during its sale and distribution;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A container of product that needs to be refrigerated after opening to provide safety, stability, or shelf life is prominently and conspicuously marked with the statement “refrigerate after opening” or an equivalent statement; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>False or misleading information is not placed on a container.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>