(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.
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