Assume that Virginia enacted a law prohibiting, until further notice, all grocery stores in Virginia from selling all powdered spices manufactured in, or shipped from, Maryland. This law was enacted because it was discovered that the spices recently manufactured in Maryland were infected with bacteria. Determine the constitutionality of the Maryland statute. The statute is:

 

A. Unconstitutional; it violates grocery store owners’ substantive and procedural due process rights under the 5 th and 14 th Amendments because they are private businesses.

B. Unconstitutional; the statute imposes an undue burden on interstate commerce.

C. Constitutional; it is a valid exercise of Maryland’s police power.

D. Constitutional; the statute imposes an undue burden on intrastate and interstate commerce.