Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 21-424
Labeling of processed milk products
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added as Health-Environmental § 4-424 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-424 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 530, § 1.State of Maryland
(a) After the milk product has been processed, each milk product shall be labeled with:
- (1) The description of that milk product under this subtitle or the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle; and
- (2) Any other information that the Secretary requires by rule or regulation.
(b)
- (1) This subsection does not apply to human breast milk.
- (2) A person may not state on a label of a food product that the product is milk unless the product meets the definition of “milk” established in § 21-401 of this subtitle.
- (c) The Department shall establish and implement a plan to enforce the prohibition in subsection (b) of this section, including notice of the Department's intent to implement a ban on all products that do not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, including plant-based products mislabeled as milk.
<Section effective upon contingency specified in Acts 2019, c. 530, § 3. See, also, section 21-424 effective until contingency specified in Acts 2019, c. 530, § 3.>
Added as Health-Environmental § 4-424 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-424 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 530, § 1.
Formerly Art. 43, § 570.