§ 14-904. Identification of packaged food products

   (a) "Packaged food product" defined. -- In this section, "packaged food product" means a food product that:

   (1) In advance of sale, is put up or packaged, in any manner, in units suitable for retail sale; and

   (2) Is not intended for consumption at its point of manufacture.

(b) In general. -- A person may not sell or offer for sale, as kosher, kosher for Passover, or as being under rabbinical or other kosher supervision any packaged food product unless:

   (1) It has a kosher identification securely attached to the outside of the package; and

   (2) This identification was attached to the package by the producer or packer of the product at his place of business.

(c) Applicability. -- Subsection (b) of this section applies to any packaged food product that is marked or identified with:

   (1) In any language, the words "kosher", "parve", "glatt", or "rabbinical supervision";

   (2) Any other word or symbol representing to the public that the product is kosher, kosher for Passover, or under rabbinical or other kosher supervision; or

   (3) The English letters "K", "KP", "KD", "KM", "KF", "KOS", or "RS", except as part of a registered trademark.

HISTORY: 1979, ch. 536; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; 1989, ch. 5, § 1; 1997, chs. 376, 377; 2000, ch. 61, § 1.