Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 16-101 - Definitions(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Covered activity" has the meaning stated in 21 C.F.R. § 112.3, as amended.(c) "Covered farm" means a farm or a farm mixed-type facility for which, on a rolling basis, the average annual monetary value of produce sold during the previous 3-year period is more than $25,000, adjusted for inflation using 2011 as the baseline year for calculating the adjustment.(d) "Covered produce" has the meaning stated in 21 C.F.R. § 112.3, as amended.(e) "Farm" has the meaning stated in 21 C.F.R. § 112.3, as amended.(f) "Federal standards" means the federal standards established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under 21 C.F.R. Part 112 , as amended, for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding produce for human consumption.(g) "Mixed-type facility" has the meaning stated in 21 C.F.R. § 112.3, as amended.(h) "Program" means the Maryland Produce Safety Program.(i) "Qualified exemption" means a qualified exemption granted by the Secretary to a farm in accordance with 21 C.F.R. § 112.5, as amended.Added by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 131, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.