Maryland Health - General Section 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.