1542                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 6

PRODUCT IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE PROCESSOR'S NAME AND
ADDRESS, AND THE POULTRY PRODUCTS ARE NOT OTHERWISE
MISBRANDED AND ARE SOUND, CLEAN, AND FIT FOR HUMAN
FOOD WHEN DISTRIBUTEE;

(7)     SMALL ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING ANY
POULTRY PRODUCER WHICH SLAUGHTERS OR CUTS UP POULTRY
FOR DISTRIBUTION IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE AS CARCASSES
OR PARTS OF CARCASSES, IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES
THAT THIS EXEMPTION DOES NOT IMPAIR THE PROTECTION OF
CONSUMERS FROM ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED POULTRY;

(8)     ANY OPERATION OF THE TYPE
TRADITIONALLY AND USUALLY CONDUCTED AT ANY RETAIL
STORE, RESTAURANT, OR SIMILAR RETAIL-TYPE
ESTABLISHMENT, IF IT IS CONDUCTED AT ONE OF THESE
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR SALE IN NORMAL RETAIL QUANTITIES OR
SERVICE OF THESE ARTICLES TO CONSUMERS AT THE
ESTABLISHMENT, AND IF POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCTS ARE
NOT PROCESSED AT THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN
INTERSTATE COMMERCE OR ARE NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION
UNDER THE FEDERAL POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT; AND

(9)    POULTRY RAISED BY A POULTRY PRODUCER
ON HIS OWN FARM IF (I) HE SLAUGHTERS NOT MORE THAN 250
TURKEYS, OR NOT MORE THAN AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF
BIRDS OF OTHER SPECIES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR
WHICH THIS EXEMPTION IS BEING DETERMINED (FOUR BIRDS
OF OTHER SPECIES BEING DEEMED THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE
TURKEY); (II) HE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN BUYING OR SELLING
POULTRY PRODUCTS OTHER THAN THOSE PRODUCED FROM
POULTRY RAISED ON HIS OWN FARM; AND (III) THE POULTRY
MOVES ONLY IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE.

(E) EXCEPTIONS.

THE EXEMPTIONS IN PARAGRAPHS (5) AND (6), DO NOT
APPLY IF THE PERSON, WHOSE OPERATION IS EXEMPTED IN
THE APPLICABLE PARAGRAPH, ENGAGES IN THE BUSINESS OF
BUYING AND SELLING POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCTS OTHER
THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THIS PARAGRAPH IN THE CURRENT
CALENDAR YEAR. THE EXEMPTIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (5), (6),
AND (7) ALSO DO NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO SLAUGHTERS
OR PROCESSES THE PRODUCTS OF MORE THAN 5,000 TURKEYS
OR 20,000 BIRD OF OTHER SPECIES IN THE CURRENT
CALENDAR YEAR.

(C) APPLICABILITY OF ADULTERATION AND
MISBRANDING PROVISION.

THE ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING PROVISIONS OF