Regulation .04 Licenses.

In order to operate a crab meat plant, a person shall obtain a food processing license pursuant to the provisions of:

(1)

Health-General Article, §21-305, Annotated Code of Maryland;

(2)

COMAR 10.15.04; and

(3)

This chapter.

The Department shall specify on a food processing license it issues to a person operating a crab meat plant that the licensee is approved to process:

(1)

Fresh crab meat;

(2)

Pasteurized crab meat;

(3)

Repacked crab meat; or

(4)

Any combination of the above types of crab meat.

The person-in-charge shall ensure that:

(1)

Crab meat is not processed without the license required by Health-General Article, §21-305, Annotated Code of Maryland;

(2)

The required food processing license is conspicuously posted in the plant; and

(3)

The operations in the plant are limited to the type of crab meat operation specified on the license pursuant to §B of this regulation.