Md. Code, Health - General § 21–430

(a) In this section, “milk emergency”:

(1) Means a general and acute shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms; and

(2) Does not include a simple shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms that affects only a small number of distributors.

(b) (1) In a milk emergency, the Secretary may authorize the sale of a pasteurized milk product that has not been certified as Grade A pasteurized milk.

(2) A person who sells a milk product under this subsection shall label the milk product as the Secretary requires.