| | | A.__Is removed at the establishment named in the license | | immediately before and for the purpose of being served to | | customers; and |
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| | | B.__Comes from legal-sized lobsters. |
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| | | 4.__Hotels and restaurants; customers.__A customer served a | | lobster at a hotel or restaurant may remove lobster meat and tail | | meat from the shell for consumption at that hotel or restaurant. |
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| | | 5.__Personal use.__A person may remove lobster meat and tail | | meat from the shell and cut up tail sections of lobster at that | | person's home for the purpose of personal use. |
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| | | 6.__Exceptions.__ This section does not apply to: |
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| | | A.__Hermetically sealed containers; and |
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| | | B.__Frozen or canned lobster meat if the person possessing | | it: |
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| | | (1)__Is not the first person offering it for sale in | | this State and maintains records indicating from whom | | the lobster meat was purchased; and |
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| | | (2)__Did not pack the container or know that it | | contained lobster meat in violation of this section. |
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| | | 7.__Rules.__The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | | section.__The commissioner shall specify by rule the legal size | | for a lobster meat tail section to conform with the minimum legal | | lobster size in effect.__Rules adopted pursuant to this | | subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | 8.__Prima facie evidence.__The following prima facie evidence | | conditions apply: |
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| | | A.__If any lobster meat that has been removed from the shell | | is found on the premises of any establishment that is | | engaged in the selling, serving, processing or transporting | | of food in any form for human consumption, it is prima facie | | evidence that the meat was removed for sale; |
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| | | B.__If cut-up tail sections of lobster meat are found under | | refrigeration in a hotel or restaurant, and they are unmixed | | with any other food, it is prima facie evidence that the | | tail sections were not immediately to be served to customers | | as provided in this section; and |
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