THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                       15

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 215A to 215L be and they are hereby added to
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Health", said new sections to follow immediately after Section 215
of said Article 43 and to be under the new sub-title "Crab Meat",
and all to read as follows:

Crab Meat

215A. (a) The following definitions shall apply to the interpre-
tation and enforcement of this sub-title:

(b)  Crabmeat. The term "crabmeat" shall mean the edible meat
of steamed or cooked crabs, without other processing than picking,
packing and chilling.

(c)  Crabmeat Products. The term "crabmeat products" shall
mean any and all products made from crabmeat, with or without
seasoning, bread, cracker crumbs, and other wholesome and edible
products, which are prepared, packaged, cooked or otherwise proc-
essed in preparing a product for distribution and sale for human
consumption.

(d)  Picking Plant. The term "picking plant" shall mean any
(place where crabs are steamed or cooked and edible meat is picked
and packed therefrom, except those places where crabmeat or crab-
meat products are sold at retail or for consumption on the premises.

(e)  Processing Plant. The term "processing plant" shall mean
any place where crabmeat or crabmeat products are prepared, pack-
aged or cooked, except those places where crabmeat or crabmeat
products are sold at retail or for consumption on the premises.

(f)  Person. The term "person" shall mean any individual, part-
nership, corporation, or association.

(g)  Adulteration. The term "adulteration" as applied to crab-
meat shall mean (1) if any substance has been substituted wholly
or in part for the article, (2) if it consists in whole or in part of
any. filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise
unfit for human consumption, (3) or if it has been prepared, packed
or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become
contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered
injurious to health. As applied to crabmeat products "adulteration"
shall mean (1) that the product contains an unwholesome substance
or (2) if it has been prepared, packed or held under insanitary con-
ditions whereby it may become contaminated with filth, or whereby
it may have been rendered injurious to health or (3) that it does
not conform to the definition of the product if that product be
herein defined.

215B. Every person operating a crabmeat picking plant in the
State of Maryland is hereby required to obtain a license for each
such plant. Each owner or operator is hereby required to hold a
license for each processing plant operated; provided, however, that
persons or places which prepare crabmeat products for consump-
tion on the premises or for sale at retail will not be required to
apply for or obtain a license for a processing plant. Alt licenses
referred to in this section shall be obtained at the time and in the
manner set forth in Section 215D. The State Board of Health shall