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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 756

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

4-110.

(a)  The floors, walls, ceilings, sidewalks, furniture,
receptacles, implements, and machinery of or in any establishment
or place where food is manufactured, prepared, packed, canned,
frozen, stored, sold, or distributed shall be kept in clean and
sanitary condition at all times.

(b)  Any vehicle that is used to transport food OR FROM
WHICH ANY FOOD IS SOLD shall be kept in clean and sanitary
condition at all times.

(c)  A condition that is unclean and unsanitary exists
whenever any of the following occurs:

(1)  Any food in the process of manufacture,
preparation, packing, canning, freezing, storing, sale,
distribution, or transportation is not protected as far as
practicable from flies, filth, and any foreign or injurious
contamination.

(2)  Refuse, dirt, or waste products subject to
decomposition and fermentation that are incident to the
manufacture, preparation, packing, canning, freezing, storing,
sale, distribution, or transportation of food are not removed
daily.

(3)  Any receptacle, chute, platform, rack, table,
shelf, utensil, or machinery used in moving, handling, cutting,
chopping, mixing, canning, freezing, or processing food is not
kept clean at all times.

(4)  The clothing or body of any individual employed
in the establishment, place, or vehicle is not kept as clean as
the nature of the employment permits.

4-110.1.

(A) (1) ANY VEHICLE THAT IS USED TO TRANSPORT, STORE, OR
SELL SHELLFISH FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR PROCESSED CRABS FOR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES SHALL BE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING THE SHELLFISH
OR PROCESSED CRABS AT A TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.

(2) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A LICENSED
HARVESTER OF SHELLFISH WHO DELIVERS THE SHELLFISH IN A VEHICLE TO
A PROCESSOR, RETAILER, OR WHOLESALER.