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Maryland Department of Agriculture

Produce Safety Rule

Eligibility and Exemption Flow Chart

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Part I

Does your farm grow, harvest, pack, or hold produce?

(fruits, vegetables, microgreens, mushrooms, sprouts, nuts, and herbs)

Sections  112.1 and  112.3(c)

Complete the Produce Safety Rule

Registration Form

STOP

You are not covered by the Produce Safety Rule

NO

Is any of the produce you grow and sell usually consumed raw?

Produce that is rarely consumed raw, as listed on the exhaustive list in Section 112.2 is not covered by the Produce Safety Rule (e.g., asparagus, beets, corn, eggplant, okra, potatoes, pumpkins, winter squash)

Complete the Non-Covered Commodities Exemption if you are only growing produce that is on the exhaustive list. Reassess eligibility if new crops are grown.

You are exempt from the Produce Safety Rule.

Complete the Sales Value Exemption form annually as it applies

Proceed to Part II

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