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<chapter num="14" heading="Seafood Marketing" title_num="15" subtitle_num="01">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="True Blue Marketing Program.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Definition.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>In this chapter, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Term Defined. “True Blue” means a certification from the Department verifying that a food service establishment is selling blue crab product harvested or processed in Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Application.  Any food service establishment selling blue crab product harvested or processed in Maryland may apply to the Department to receive a True Blue certification by submitting the appropriate forms provided by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Approval.  Any approved food service establishment may market or advertise blue crab product that is harvested or processed in Maryland as True Blue certified.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Validation.  Any participating food service establishment shall provide any required documentation to the Department to show proof of the source of blue crab product.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Penalties. A food service establishment that violates the terms of the program may have its certification revoked.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Agriculture Article, §10-1002, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Transferred from Department of Natural Resources, COMAR 08.02.24</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: July 1, 2017</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>