Ch. 377 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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:

(I) ON THE PACKAGE LABEL; OR

(II) IF THE PRODUCT IS NOT PACKAGED, ON A SIGN PROMINENTLY
DISPLAYED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRODUCT.

[14-905.

(a) A person may not prepare for sale, whether for consumption in his place of
business or elsewhere, any food that he falsely represents to be kosher or kosher for
Passover.

(b) A person may not falsely represent to the public that any food sold or offered
for sale, whether for consumption in his place of business or elsewhere, is or will be
prepared and served as kosher or otherwise in accordance with orthodox Jewish religious
rules and requirements.

(c) A person may not prepare or serve, as kosher, any food, whether for
consumption in his place of business or elsewhere, if, in the same place of business, he
also prepares or serves nonkosher food, unless he:

(1) Keeps and uses separate and distinctly labeled or marked dishes and
utensils for each type of food; and

(2) Includes on each sign and display advertisement in or about his premises
in block letters at least 4 inches high the words "kosher and nonkosher food prepared and
sold here".]

[14-906.] 14-903.

A person may not advertise any food for sale or any place of business as being under
rabbinical or other kosher supervision unless the advertisement identifies the name of the
rabbi or other person that supervises or otherwise certifies the product or place of
business as kosher.

[14-907.] 14-904.

(a) In this section, "packaged food product" means a food product that:

(1) In advance of sale, is put up or packaged, in any manner, in units
suitable for retail sale; and

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