Section 10-801 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Closed package” means any bag, box, barrel, basket, carton, cellpack, hamper, or traypack, or any other container covered with burlap, tarlatan, slat, or any other cover or closure, constructed so that the contents of the package cannot be seen nor inspected when the package is […]
Section 10-602 – Powers Generally
When requested by any person financially interested in any farm product, the Secretary may: (1) Examine the product and practices used in its production to determine its quality, condition, grade, or other classification, either on the basis of the standards established by the Secretary, or the standards announced from time to time by the United States […]
Section 10-802 – Right of Entry; “Stop-Sale” Order
(a) In order to carry out this subtitle, the Secretary may enter during the usual hours of business, any packing shed, warehouse, cold storage, store, building, market, or any other place, carrier, conveyance, or vehicle at, in, or from which any apples are packed or sold, offered or exposed for sale to determine whether the provisions […]
Section 10-603 – Cooperation With United States Government
(a) The Secretary shall cooperate with the United States government and any federal agency and may designate any competent person who has been licensed, commissioned, or credentialed for work by the United States Department of Agriculture or the United States Food and Drug Administration, to inspect, examine, classify, and certify any farm product or farm production […]
Section 10-803 – Standards of Grades
The Maryland standards of grades for apples shall be the current United States standards for apples, as provided by federal statute and rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, unless otherwise provided by the departmental rules and regulations.
Section 10-604 – Commodity Quality Grading Fund
There is a Commodity Quality Grading Fund. All money levied and collected under this subtitle constitutes a special fund to defray partially the expenses incurred in administration of this subtitle. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any money unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and does not revert […]
Section 10-605 – Appeal of Assigned Grade Classification
Any person pecuniarily interested in any farm product may appeal the assigned grade classification to the Secretary, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary. When filing the appeal, the appellant shall deposit a sum double the fee charged by the Secretary, which shall be refunded to the appellant, if the assigned […]
Section 10-606 – Official Certificates as Evidence
If not superseded by an appeal or issued pursuant to an appeal, an official certificate issued under this subtitle shall be accepted in any court of the State as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it.
Section 10-607 – Confidentiality of Information
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall deny access to any business–related information concerning any person who applies for a certificate or is certified under this subtitle. (b) If the Secretary determines that disclosure is necessary to protect the public health, the Secretary may disclose any business–related information concerning any person […]
Section 10-608 – Revocation or Suspension of Certificate
After an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary may revoke or suspend a certificate issued under this subtitle to any person for failing to comply with any regulation adopted under this subtitle.