Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
AGRICULTURE |
TITLE 10. PROMOTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
SUBTITLE 2. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS |
§ 10-201. Discrimination against producers of agricultural products due to membership in marketing association prohibited
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No buyer, handler, distributor, dealer, or agent, who purchases or contracts to purchase, from a producer field and livestock products produced on a farm may:
(1) Use duress against, coerce, or boycott any producer of raw agricultural products in the exercise of his right to join and belong to a cooperative agricultural marketing association; or
(2) Discriminate against a producer of raw agricultural products, solely by reason of the producer's membership in or marketing contract with a cooperative agricultural marketing association.