Ch. 376 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND
window sign and each display advertisement in block letters at least 4 inches high the
words "kosher and nonkosher food sold here" or, as to the sale of meat alone, "kosher
and nonkosher meat AND POULTRY sold here".
[(b)](C) A person may not display for sale[, as kosher,] any [unpackaged] food
REPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AS KOSHER, whether for consumption in [his] THE
PERSON'S place of business or elsewhere, if, in the same show window or other location
on or in [his] THE place of business, [he] THE PERSON also displays any unpackaged
[nonkosher] food NOT REPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AS KOSHER, unless [he] THE
PERSON displays over the kosher and nonkosher food signs that read, in block letters at
least 4 inches high, "kosher food" and "nonkosher food", respectively, or, as to the display
of meat alone, "kosher meat" and "nonkosher meat", OR "KOSHER POULTRY" OR
"NONKOSHER POULTRY", respectively.
(D) A PERSON MAY NOT PREPARE OR SERVE ANY FOOD REPRESENTED TO
THE PUBLIC AS KOSHER, WHETHER FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE PERSON'S PLACE OF
BUSINESS OR ELSEWHERE, IF, IN THE SAME PLACE OF BUSINESS, THE PERSON ALSO
PREPARES OR SERVES FOOD NOT REPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AS KOSHER,
UNLESS THE PERSON INCLUDES ON EACH SIGN AND DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT IN
OR ABOUT THE DEALER'S PERSON'S PREMISES IN BLOCK LETTERS AT LEAST 4
INCHES HIGH THE WORDS "KOSHER AND NONKOSHER FOOD PREPARED AND SOLD
HERE".
(E) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "HEBREW" SYMBOL MEANS:
(I) ANY HEBREW WORD OR LETTER; OR
(II) ANY SYMBOL, EMBLEM, SIGN, INSIGNIA OR OTHER MARK
THAT SIMULATES A HEBREW WORD OR LETTER.
(2) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PLACE OF BUSINESS THAT SELLS OR
OFFERS FOR SALE ANY FOOD, A PERSON MAY NOT DISPLAY, WHETHER IN A
WINDOW, DOOR, OR OTHER LOCATION ON OR IN THE PLACE OF BUSINESS, IN ANY
HANDBILL OR OTHER PRINTED MATTER DISTRIBUTED IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE
PLACE OF BUSINESS, OR OTHERWISE IN ANY ADVERTISEMENT, ANY HEBREW
SYMBOL, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE PLACE OF
BUSINESS IS KOSHER, KOSHER FOR PASSOVER, OR UNDER RABBINICAL OR OTHER
KOSHER SUPERVISON SUPERVISION, UNLESS THE PERSON ALSO DISPLAYS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEBREW SYMBOL OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATION, IN
ENGLISH LETTERS OF AT LEAST THE SAME SIZE AS THE CHARACTERS USED IN THE
HEBREW SYMBOL, THE WORDS "WE SELL KOSHER MEAT AND FOOD ONLY", "WE
SELL NONKOSHER MEAT AND FOOD ONLY", OR "WE SELL BOTH KOSHER AND
NONKOSHER MEAT AND FOOD", AS THE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION MAY BE
(F) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "FRESH" MEANS UNPROCESSED OTHER THAN
BY SALTING OR SOAKING.
(2) A PERSON MAY NOT SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE, AS KOSHER, ANY
FRESH MEAT OR POULTRY UNLESS THE WORDS "SOAKED AND SALTED" OR "NOT
SOAKED AND SALTED", AS THE APPROPRIATE CASE MAY BE, IS MARKED:
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