- A. The purpose of this chapter is to require a person who advertises a particular agricultural product as local or locally grown to disclose certain information about the particular product. It applies to any person who, in advertising a particular agricultural product for sale in this State, represents the particular product to be local or locally grown, including, but not limited to, wholesalers, retail stores, farmers markets, and restaurants.
- B. The purpose of the disclosure is to allow a consumer to make his or her own determination as to whether an agricultural product advertised as local conforms to the consumer’s own definition of local or locally grown.
Authority: Agriculture Article §10-1701, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: June 27, 2011 (38:13 Md. R. 757)