1964 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 667

diate surroundings, or stored or destroyed, without con-
stituting a nuisance or objectionable sanitary condition.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new and addi-
tional section be added to Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 edition), title
"Health", sub-title "Food Products", to be known as Sec-
tion 208-A, to follow immediately after Section 208, and
to read as follows:

208-A. The words "frozen foods processing plant" as
used in this act shall mean any place or establishment
where food products, except ice cream or related dairy
products, are prepared and frozen and placed in containers
for commercial purposes.

No person, firm or corporation shall conduct or operate
a frozen food processing plant without first obtaining a
license from the State Board of Health; said license shall
expire on the thirty-first day of January of each year un-
less sooner revoked and a new license shall be applied for
each year. A license may be denied if the establishment
of the applicant is known to be in an unsanitary condition
or if the water supply is known to be dangerously polluted.
After June 1, 1951 no new frozen food processing plant
shall be licensed unless so located or constructed that the
waste, liquids, drainage and inedible products can be
readily removed from the premises and immediate sur-
roundings, or stored or destroyed, without constituting a
nuisance or objectionable sanitary condition.

209. The State Board of Health shall have the power
to revoke or suspend any license issued under the provi-
sions of this [Act] sub-title, provided before revoking or
suspending any license the State Board of Health shall
have given written notice to the licensee affected, stating
that it contemplates the revocation or suspension of the
same and giving its reasons therefor. Such notice shall ap-
point a time of hearing before said State Board of Health
and shall be sent by registered mail to the licensee. On
the date of the hearing the licensee may present such evi-
dence to the said State Board of Health as he deems fit, and
after hearing all the evidence the State Board of Health
shall decide the question in such a manner as to it appears
just and right [Any licensee whose license is revoked or
suspended may appeal within ten days after such hearing
before the said State Board of Health to the circuit court
for the county in which said cannery is situated or to the
Baltimore City Court, if said cannery is situated in Balti-
more City, and the decision of such court shall be final.