Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1589

Act to pay such share of the estimated total cost of the cooperative
program as may be agreed upon by the Board and the Secretary.

197-6.

(a)    This section is to provide for the broadened representation
in policy determinations with regard to poultry inspection in the
State.

(b)    For this purpose there is created for a period of three
years the Wholesome Poultry Advisory Council of Maryland, which
has the duty of advising the State Board of Agriculture in the mak-
ing of rules and regulations for poultry inspection under this sub-
title, establishing production standards and making changes in same
from time to time for the advancement of the poultry processing
industry.

(c)    The Council shall consist of eleven persons, ten of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor of Maryland for terms of three
years each. One member of the Council shall be a representative of
the State Department of Health, one member a representative of the
Maryland Farm Bureau, one member a representative of the Agri-
cultural Advisory Board COMMISSION, one member a representa-
tive of the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General of
Maryland, one member shall be a representative of the Maryland State
Veterinary Medical Association; and five members shall represent
the slaughtering and processing industry, one of whom shall be ap-
pointed from the State at large, two of whom shall be appointed from
Baltimore City, and two of whom shall be producer processors. The
eleventh member of the Council shall be an ex-officio member, who
shall be designated by the State Board of Agriculture, and who shall
have all the rights and privileges of the other members of the
Council, except that he shall not have the right to vote.

(d)    The Chairman of the Council shall be selected by the mem-
bers from among their number. The Council shall also appoint a
secretary and such other clerks and clerical help with the salaries
provided in the annual State Budget. The Council shall meet at the
call of the chairman. The members of the Council shall receive no
salary as members, but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
incurred in attending meetings and other business of the Council.

(e)    The Council shall submit its recommendations in writing, to
the State Board of Agriculture, through its executive officer. The
executive officer shall notify the Council of the action of the State
Board of Agriculture on the recommendations.

197-7.

(a)    For the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or
movement in intrastate commerce of any poultry product which is
capable of use as human food and is adulterated, the Board [shall,]
where and to the extent considered by it necessary, shall have in-
spectors make ante-mortem inspection of poultry in each official
establishment engaged in processing poultry or poultry products
solely for intrastate commerce.

(b)    The Board, whenever processing operations are being con-
ducted, shall have inspectors make post-mortem inspection of the
carcass of each bird processed, and such quarantine, segregation
and reinspection as it deems necessary of poultry and poultry prod-
ucts capable of use as human food in each official establishment
engaged in processing such poultry or poultry products solely for
intrastate commerce.