Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 21-424

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
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.

§21-424. ** CONTINGENCY – NOT IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 530 OF 2019 **

(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.