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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 15.01.09.01" title_num="15" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="09" heading="Purpose.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The purpose of this chapter is to require a person who advertises a particular agricultural product as local or locally grown to disclose certain information about the particular product. It applies to any person who, in advertising a particular agricultural product for sale in this State, represents the particular product to be local or locally grown, including, but not limited to, wholesalers, retail stores, farmers markets, and restaurants.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The purpose of the disclosure is to allow a consumer to make his or her own determination as to whether an agricultural product advertised as local conforms to the consumer’s own definition of local or locally grown.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>