MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1529

(AA) "SHIPPING CONTAINER" MEANS ANY CONTAINED
USED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN PACKAGING THE PRODUCT
PACKED IN AN IMMEDIATE CONTAINER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 43, §197-4(z) of the Code. The
only changes made are in style.

SEC. 4-202. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS ARE AN IMPORTANT
SOURCE OF THE NATION'S TOTAL FOOD SUPPLY. IT IS IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF
CONSUMERS BE PROTECTED BY ASSURING THAT SLAUGHTERED
POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED TO THEM ARE
WHOLESOME, NOT ADULTERATED, AND PROPERLY MARKED,
LABELED, AND PACKAGED. UNWHOLESOME, ADULTERATED, OR
MISBRANDED POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCTS ARE INJURIOUS
TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE, DESTROY MARKETS FOR WHOLESOME,
NOT ADULTERATED, AND PROPERLY LABELED AND PACKAGED
POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS, AND RESULT IN SUNDRY
LOSSES TO PRODUCERS AND PROCESSORS OF POULTRY AND
POULTRY PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS INJURY TO CONSUMERS.
UNWHOLESOME, ADULTERATED, MISLABELED, OR DECEPTIVELY
PACKAGED ARTICLES CAN BE SOLD AT LOWER PRICES AND
COMPETE UNFAIRLY WITH WHOLESOME, NOT ADULTERATED, AND
PROPERLY LABELED AND PACKAGED ARTICLES, TO THE
DETRIMENT OF CONSUMERS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
REGULATION BY THE SECRETARY AND COOPERATION BY THE
STATE AND THE UNITED STATES ARE APPROPRIATE TO PROTECT
THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF CONSUMERS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 43, §197-2 of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

SEC. 4-203. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE.

THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES TO ANY PERSON,
ESTABLISHMENT, POULTRY, POULTRY PRODUCT, AND ANY OTHER
ARTICLE REGULATED UNDER THE FEDERAL POULTRY PRODUCTS
INSPECTION ACT ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL ACT. THIS SUBTITLE DOES
NOT APPLY TO ANY ACT OR TRANSACTION SUBJECT TO
EXCLUSIVE REGULATION UNDER THE FEDERAL POULTRY
PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT. THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT
AFFECT WILD BIRDS OR GAME MAMMALS OR THE SLAUGHTERING,
CLEANING, PICKING, PROCESSING, OR INSPECTION OF THEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: The first sentence of this
section presently appears as Art. 43,