656                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 474

That Sections 217, 218, 223, 224, 225, 226 and 227 of Article 43 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Health",
sub-title "Crab Meat", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

217.  (a) The following definitions shall apply to the interpretation
and enforcement of this sub-title:

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

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

[(d)] (c) 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 crab meat or crab-meat prod-
ucts are sold at retail or for consumption on the premises],

[(e) The term "processing plant" shall mean any place where crab
meat or crab-meat products are prepared, packaged or cooked, except
those places where crab meat or crab-meat products are sold at
retail or for consumption on the premises.]

(d) The term "pasteurization plant" shall mean a plant where
crab meat is heat treated, without complete sterilization, to improve
the keeping qualities of the meat.

[(f)] (e) The term "person" shall mean any individual, partner-
ship, corporation, or association.

[(g)] (f) 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 con-
sumption, (3) or if it has been prepared, packed or held under in-
sanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with
filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. [As
applied to crab-meat products "adulteration" shall mean (1) that
the product contains an unwholesome substance or (2) if it has been
prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may
become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been ren-
dered injurious to health or (3) that it does not conform to the
definition of" the product if that product be herein defined.]

218.  Every person operating a crab-meat picking or pasteurization
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 crab-meat products for con-
sumption on the premises or for sale at retail will not be required to
apply for or obtain a license for a processing plant.] All licenses
referred to in this section shall be obtained at the time and in the
manner set forth in Section 220. The State Board of Health shall