Maryland Health - General Section 21-341
§ 21-341.
  (a)   A person may not process, sell, or keep for sale, as crab meat, anything that is not crab meat.
  (b)   A person may not process or sell for human consumption crab meat that:
    (1)   Contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for human consumption;
    (2)   Has been packed or pasteurized in violation of this subtitle; or
    (3)   Has been packed, prepared, or held under conditions that may have allowed the crab meat to become:
      (i)   Contaminated with filth; or
      (ii)   Injurious to health.
  (c)   (1)   A licensee may not possess, with intent to sell for human consumption, any crab meat, the processing or sale of which would be a violation of this section.
    (2)   Possession by a licensee of any crab meat, the processing or selling of which would be a violation of this section, is presumptive evidence of intent to sell the crab meat for human consumption.