Sec. 21a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-178). Renovated or process butter. No person,
by himself or agent, or otherwise, shall sell, expose for sale or have in his possession
with intent to sell, any article which is produced by taking original packing stock or
other butter, or both, melting the same so that the butter fat can be drawn off, and mixing
such butter fat with skim milk, cream or other milk product, and rechurning the mixture,
or by any similar process, and which is commonly known as process butter, unless he
has the words "Renovated Butter" conspicuously stamped, labeled or marked, in a
straight line in printed letters, not less than one-half inch in length of plain Gothic type,
so that said words cannot be easily defaced, upon the top, side and bottom of every tub,
firkin, box or package containing such article or compound. The seller at retail of such
article or compound, which is not in the original package, shall, himself or by his agent,
attach to each package sold and deliver therewith to the purchaser a label or wrapper
bearing in a conspicuous place upon the outside of the package, the words "Renovated
Butter" in printed letters not less than one-half inch in length in a straight line of plain
Gothic type. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. The manufacture, sale and use
of renovated butter shall be regulated by the use of such signs as are prescribed for the
use and sale of oleomargarine in sections 21a-16 and 21a-17, but the words "Renovated
Butter" shall be substituted for the word "Oleomargarine".
(1949 Rev., S. 3891.)
History: Sec. 19-178 transferred to Sec. 21a-20 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-179). Print butter. No person shall, by himself,
his servant or agent, sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with
intent to sell, any print butter unless the package or wrapper containing the same has
conspicuously printed thereon, in letters or figures not less than one-half inch in height,
in plain Gothic type, the net weight of the butter contained therein. Any person who
violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3892.)
History: Sec. 19-179 transferred to Sec. 21a-21 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). Sale of equine meat in public eating
places. No person, firm or corporation conducting a public eating place shall sell or
offer for sale for human consumption any food containing equine meat or equine meat
products, in whole or in part, without indicating such contents on each item thereof, or
after each item thereof on the menu or bill of fare, in the same size print or writing as
the largest size print or writing used in naming or describing such food. The provisions of
this section shall be under the control and supervision of the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection. Any person, or the responsible agent of any firm or corporation, who violates
any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 3924; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-180
transferred to Sec. 21a-22 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-181). Adulteration of molasses. Section 21a-23
is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 3895; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
Sec. 21a-24. (Formerly Sec. 19-181a). Misuse of the word "honey" in labels
and brand names. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, "honey" means the natural
product of the honey bee taken from the nectar of flowers, transformed by such bee,
taken from the honeycomb and marketed in a liquid, candied or granulated condition.
(b) No person who sells, exposes or offers for sale any product or article which does
not contain honey as an ingredient, shall use the word honey or any combination of
words including the word honey on the label or in the brand name of such product or
article. No person who sells, exposes or offers for sale any product or article which is
made from honey and any other substance, compound or mixture shall use the word
honey or any combination of words including the word honey on the label or in the
brand name of such product or article except when said word is printed in the same size
type as are the other ingredients of such product or article.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be imprisoned not
more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars or both.
(P.A. 74-116, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 19-181a transferred to Sec. 21a-24 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-24a. Sale of jams, jellies and preserves. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Jam" means a food, with a pH value of 4.6 or less, made by cooking fruit with
sugar to a thick mixture.
(2) "Jelly" means a food, with a pH value of 4.6 or less, made by cooking fruit juice
that has been boiled with sugar.
(3) "Preserves" means a food, with a pH value of 4.6 or less, consisting of fruit
preserved whole by cooking with sugar.
(4) "Residential farm" means property (A) being utilized as a farm, as defined in
subsection (q) of section 1-1, and (B) serving as the primary residence of the owner of
such property.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and
section 19-13-B40 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the preparation and
sale of jams, jellies or preserves on a residential farm shall be allowed in a room used
as living quarters and exempt from inspection by any state or local agency, provided
such jams, jellies or preserves are prepared with fruit grown on such farm. Each container
of jam, jelly or preserves offered for sale on such farm shall have on its label, in ten-point type: "Not prepared in a government inspected kitchen".
(P.A. 94-23.)
Sec. 21a-24b. Sale of maple syrup. (a) As used in this section, "residential farm"
means property (1) being utilized as a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, and (2) serving as the primary residence of the owner of such property.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and
any regulations adopted thereunder, the preparation and sale of maple syrup on a residential farm shall be allowed in a room used as living quarters and shall be exempt from
inspection by any state or local agency. Each container of maple syrup offered for sale
on such farm shall have on its label, in ten-point type: "Not prepared in a government-inspected kitchen."
(P.A. 95-319.)
Sec. 21a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-182). Impure vinegar. No person shall make,
sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or
delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state,
of: (1) Any vinegar, as cider vinegar, not wholly produced from the juice of apples; (2)
any vinegar or article sold or to be sold as vinegar, to which has been added any drug,
or any hurtful or foreign substance, or any coloring matter, or any acid, or (3) any vinegar
not having an acetic acidity equivalent therein of not less than four per cent by weight
of absolute acetic acid and, in case of cider vinegar, not less than one and six-tenths per
cent by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full evaporation over boiling water. Any
person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty
dollars for a first offense, and for a subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. The delivery of any
of the above-mentioned articles upon an order solicited or received within the state shall
be conclusive evidence that the order upon which such delivery was made was for such
articles.
(1949 Rev., S. 3896.)
History: Sec. 19-182 transferred to Sec. 21a-25 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-26. (Formerly Sec. 19-183). Sale of vinegar regulated. No person shall
make and sell, or make and offer for sale, any vinegar without conspicuously branding,
stenciling or painting, upon the head of the barrel, cask, keg or package containing the
same, the name of the maker, his residence, the place of manufacture and the true name
of the kind of vinegar contained therein as "cider vinegar", "wine vinegar", "malt vinegar" or "wood acid vinegar". The provisions of this section shall not apply to retail sales
at the place of manufacture in quantities of less than five gallons and in open packages.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty
dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not more than one hundred
dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3897.)
History: Sec. 19-183 transferred to Sec. 21a-26 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-27. (Formerly Sec. 19-183a). Definitions. For purposes of sections 21a-27 to 21a-30, inclusive:
(1) "Flour" means any (A) flour, white flour, wheat flour, plain flour, (B) bromated
flour, (C) self-rising flour, self-rising white flour, self-rising wheat flour, and (D) phosphated flour, phosphated white flour and phosphated wheat flour, but excludes whole
wheat flour and also excludes special flours not used for bread, rolls, bun or biscuit
baking, such as specialty cake, pancake and pastry flours.
(2) "White bread" means any bread, whether baked in a pan or in a hearth or screen
which is commonly known or usually represented and sold as white bread, including,
but not restricted to, Vienna bread, French bread and Italian bread.
(3) "Rolls" means plain white rolls and buns of the semi-bread-dough type, such
as soft rolls, hamburger, hot dog and other soft rolls and hard rolls, such as Vienna or
Kaiser rolls, but shall not include yeast-raised sweet rolls or sweet buns made with
fillings or coatings such as cinnamon rolls or buns and butterfly rolls.
(4) "Corn meal" means that product formed by grinding and sifting corn but does
not include that product unbolted, stone ground and unsifted.
(5) "Corn grits" means the food prepared by grinding and sifting corn with removal
of bran and germ.
(6) "Rice" means all types of milled rice, parboiled rice, converted rice, precooked
rice and broken rice.
(7) "Macaroni" means macaroni or macaroni products as defined in 21 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 139, as amended.
(8) "Commissioner" means the state Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(1972, P.A. 72, S. 1; P.A. 73-377, S. 1; P.A. 80-31; P.A. 81-472, S. 48, 159; P.A. 84-546, S. 63, 173; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-377 redefined "corn meal" to specifically exclude meal "stone ground by water power and unsifted",
defined "macaroni" in new Subsec. (g) and redesignated former Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (h); P.A. 80-31 redefined "corn
meal" excluding meal "unbolted, stone ground and unsifted" rather than meal "stone ground by water power and unsifted";
P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; Sec. 19-183a transferred to Sec. 21a-27 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators
replaced with numeric Subdiv. indicators and numeric Subpara. indicators revised accordingly for consistency with general
use elsewhere in general statutes; P.A. 84-546 made technical correction in Subdiv. (7); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced
Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-28. (Formerly Sec. 19-183b). Enrichment requirements. (a) Flour. It
shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell or offer for sale
in this state for human consumption any flour unless such flour is enriched, before
retail sale, in conformance with federal standards enumerated in 21 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 137, as may be amended from time to time and unless such person
provides evidence of compliance as required by regulations issued by the commissioner
under the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) Bread and rolls. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell or offer for sale in this state for human consumption any white bread or rolls
unless such bread and rolls are enriched, before retail sale, in conformance with federal
standards enumerated in 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 136, as may be amended
from time to time and unless such person provides evidence of compliance as required
by regulations issued by the commissioner under the provisions of chapter 54.
(c) Corn meal and grits. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix,
compound, sell or offer for sale in this state for human consumption any corn meals or
corn grits unless such products are enriched, before retail sale, in conformance with
federal standards enumerated in 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137, as may be
amended from time to time and unless such person provides evidence of compliance as
required by regulations issued by the commissioner under the provisions of chapter 54.
(d) Rice. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell
or offer for sale in this state for human consumption any rice unless such rice is enriched,
before retail sale, in conformance with federal standards enumerated in 21 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 137, as may be amended from time to time and unless such
person provides evidence of compliance as required by regulations issued by the commissioner under the provisions of chapter 54.
(e) Macaroni. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound,
sell or offer for sale in this state for human consumption any macaroni unless such
macaroni is enriched, before retail sale, in conformance with federal standards enumerated in 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139, as may be amended from time to time
and unless such person provides evidence of compliance as required by regulations
issued by the commissioner under the provisions of chapter 54.
(1972, P.A. 72, S. 2-5; P.A. 73-377, S. 2-6; P.A. 74-338, S. 22, 94; P.A. 84-546, S. 64, 173.)
History: P.A. 73-377 amended Subsecs. (a) to (d) to specify enrichment "before retail sale" and to require evidence of
compliance as required by regulations issued under provisions of chapter 54 and added Subsec. (e) re macaroni; P.A. 74-338 specified Part 16, rather than Part 15, of federal regulations in Subsec. (e); Sec. 19-183b transferred to Sec. 21a-28 in
1983; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes.
Sec. 21a-29. (Formerly Sec. 19-183c). Analyses, examinations and investigations. Regulations. (a) The commissioner is authorized to take samples for analysis
and to conduct examinations and investigations, and to enter at reasonable times, any
factory, mill, bakery, warehouse, shop or establishment where flour, white bread, rolls,
corn meal, corn grits, macaroni or rice are manufactured, processed, packed, sold or
held or any vehicle being used for the transportation thereof, and to inspect any such
place or vehicle and any flour, white bread, rolls, corn meal, corn grits or rice therein
and all pertinent equipment, materials, containers and labeling.
(b) The commissioner shall authorize such regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of sections 21a-27 to 21a-30, inclusive.
(1972, P.A. 72, S. 6; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 2; P.A. 73-377, S. 7.)
History: 1972 act made grammatical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 73-377 included inspections re macaroni; Sec. 19-183c transferred to Sec. 21a-29 in 1983.
See chapter 54 re uniform administrative procedure.
Sec. 21a-30. (Formerly Sec. 19-183d). Penalty. Any person who violates any of
the provisions of sections 21a-27 to 21a-29, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each
succeeding offense and imprisoned not more than three months for the first offense and
not more than one year for each succeeding offense or both.
(1972, P.A. 72, S. 7.)
History: Sec. 19-183d transferred to Sec. 21a-30 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-31. (Formerly Sec. 19-184). Adulteration of turpentine. Section 21a-31 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 3900; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
Sec. 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). Sale and use of articles containing wood
alcohol. Any person who sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or delivers to
another any wood alcohol, known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container
holding the same a label bearing the words, "wood alcohol, poison", printed or written
thereon in letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height. No person shall sell,
exchange, offer for sale or exchange or deliver, or have in his possession with intent to
sell, exchange or deliver, any article of food or drink, or any drug intended for external
or internal use on or within the human body, or any perfume or toilet article, containing
any wood alcohol known as methyl alcohol. Any person who violates any provision of
this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than six months or both. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall cause a prosecution to be instigated for any violation of the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4170; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-185
transferred to Sec. 21a-32 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-186). Penalty for sale of adulterated liquors.
Any person who sells or exposes for sale any ale, beer or other fermented liquors, knowing the same to be adulterated, or adulterates for the purpose of sale any ale, beer or
other fermented liquors, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than six months.
(1949 Rev., S. 3902.)
History: Sec. 19-186 transferred to Sec. 21a-33 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-193a). Vending machines. Definitions. As used
in sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection;
(2) "Vending machine" means any self-service device offered for public use upon
public or private property which, upon insertion of a coin, coins or token, or by other
means, dispenses unit servings of food or beverage, either in bulk or in package, without
the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation;
(3) "Food" means any raw, cooked or processed edible substance, cough drops of
a nonmedicinal type, beverage or ingredient used or intended for use in the whole, or
in part, for human consumption;
(4) "Readily perishable foods" means any food or beverage or ingredients consisting in whole or in part of milk, milk products, eggs, meat, fish, poultry or other food
capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of microorganisms which can cause
food infections or food intoxication, except products in hermetically sealed containers
processed by heat to prevent spoilage, and dehydrated, dry or powdered products so
low in moisture content as to preclude development of microorganisms;
(5) "Hot liquid food or beverage" means liquid food or beverage, the temperature
of which at the time of service to the consumer is at least one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit;
(6) "Single service articles" means any utensil, container, implement or wrapper
intended for use only once in the preparation, storage, display, service or consumption
of food or beverage;
(7) "Product contact surface" means any surface of the vending machine, appurtenances or containers which comes into direct contact with any food, beverage or ingredient;
(8) A food is "adulterated" (A) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious
substance which may be injurious to health; (B) if it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance for which no safe tolerance has been established by regulation, or in excess of such tolerance if one has been established; (C) if it consists in whole
or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for
human consumption; (D) if it has been prepared, packed or stored under unsanitary
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious
to health; or (E) if the container is composed in whole or in part of a poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;
(9) "Misbranding" means the use of any written, printed or graphic matter upon or
accompanying products or containers dispensed from vending machines, including
signs or placards displayed in relation to such products so dispensed, which is false or
misleading or which violates any applicable local, state or federal labeling requirements;
(10) "Operator" means any person who owns or operates or who, on his own behalf
or through an agent or employee, prepares or transports any food or beverage dispensed
in any vending machine or who supplies or replenishes the contents of any such machine;
(11) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association;
(12) "Employee" means any supplier or any person employed by him who handles
any food, beverage or ingredient to be dispensed through vending machines, or who
comes into contact with food contact surfaces of containers, equipment, utensils or
packaging materials used in connection with vending machine operations, or who otherwise services or maintains one or more such machines.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 345; 576; 1971, P.A. 380; P.A. 95-79, S. 74, 189; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S.
146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1963 acts added "cough drops" to definition of food and changed definition of operator to refer to more than
three rather than one vending machine; 1971 act divided section into alphabetically designated Subdivs. and redefined
"operator" to add phrase "who owns or operates" and made definition applicable to single vending machines rather than
to "more than three" vending machines; Sec. 19-193a transferred to Sec. 21a-34 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators
replaced with numeric Subdiv. indicators and numeric Subpara. indicators revised accordingly to achieve conformity with
general use elsewhere in general statutes; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person" to include a limited liability company, effective
May 31, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby
reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-193b). Vending machine operator's license. (a)
No person shall, by himself or through any agent or employee, engage as a vending
machine operator without a vending machine operator's license issued in accordance
with the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive.
(b) Any person desiring to obtain a vending machine operator's license shall apply
to the commissioner, on forms which the commissioner shall provide, stating (1) his
name and address or the name and address of each partner, in case of a partnership, or
of each principal officer and director, in case of a corporation; (2) the address of his
principal place of business; (3) the location of each commissary and other establishment,
if any, where supplies are kept and where food or beverages are prepared; (4) the identity
and form of the food or beverage to be sold or offered for sale in or supplied for vending
machines; (5) the number and type of each vending machine which the applicant operates, replenishes or services; (6) a description of each motor vehicle in which the applicant transports food, beverages or supplies from a commissary to vending machines,
and (7) such other information as the commissioner may require.
(c) Upon receipt of an application for a vending machine operator's license, the
commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the applicant's commissary,
servicing and transport facilities. Upon determining that the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and the regulations adopted thereunder and all applicable municipal health ordinances and state and federal laws and regulations have been complied
with, the commissioner shall issue an operator's license.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 596, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act deleted provision establishing twenty-five dollar fee for license; Sec. 19-193b transferred to Sec.
21a-35 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). Vending machine operator's license
fees. (a) The applicant for a vending machine operator's license shall pay a license fee
according to the following schedule: For machines vending products at one penny; a
fee of ten dollars for the first three machines; a fee of twenty dollars for four but not
more than fifty machines; a fee of forty dollars for fifty-one but not more than one
hundred machines; and for operators of more than one hundred machines, a fee of forty
dollars for each one hundred machines or fraction thereof. For machines vending products at five cents or more; a fee of twenty dollars for the first three machines; a fee of
fifty dollars for four but not more than fifty machines; a fee of one hundred dollars for
fifty-one but not more than one hundred machines; and for operators of more than one
hundred machines, a fee of one hundred dollars for each one hundred machines or fraction thereof. An operator may place machines in operation in excess of the number
permitted by the fee schedule for his license, during the period covered by such license,
provided he shall pay the higher fee required by the fee schedule for the applicable
number of machines, less the fee previously paid for such period.
(b) An applicant who operates machines in both vending price categories shall pay
the sum of the fees in each appropriate category.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any religious association or
society, any department or agency of the United States, the state or any political subdivision of this state, or to any person exempted under the provisions of section 10-303.
The commissioner may exempt from the provisions of this section any amateur athletic
group composed principally of minors, any association of youths sponsored by the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety or a municipal police department or the members thereof, and any charitable or philanthropic organization registered
with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection under the provisions of section 21a-190b or exempted from such registration under the provisions of section 21a-190d upon
finding that the application of this section to any such group, association or organization
would not materially aid in its administration and that such exception would not be
inimical to public health and safety.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 27; 1969, P.A. 596, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 428; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610;
P.A. 93-55, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act substituted references to Secs. 17-21g and 17-21h for obsolete reference to Sec. 53-345; 1969 act
deleted former Subsecs. (a) to (c) re licensing procedure, inserted new Subsecs. (a) and (b) re licensing fees and redesignated
former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c); 1971 act deleted the word "annual" with regard to license fees and allowed person to
operate machines in excess of number permitted by fee schedule for his license upon payment of the difference between
the applicable higher fee and the fee previously paid; P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the
department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-193c transferred to Sec. 21a-36 in 1983; P.A. 93-55 made
technical changes, substituting references to Secs. 21a-190b and 21a-190d for references to Secs. 21a-177 and 21a-178,
respectively; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby
reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-37. (Formerly Sec. 19-193d). Display of license. Expiration. Change
in location. Conversion of machine. (a) Vending machine operators' licenses shall be
of such size and style as the commissioner prescribes and shall be numbered. Each
operator's license shall be displayed conspicuously at the operator's principal place of
business in this state. No license shall be transferable from person to person. Each vending machine shall also bear in a conspicuous manner the name and address of the operator
thereof and a telephone number which may be called for service at any hour of the
day, provided, if two or more vending machines are displayed in a common area, such
disclosure may be on a sign or placard conspicuously displayed in such area.
(b) Each license shall expire annually and may be renewed upon application and
upon payment of the fee prescribed by section 21a-36.
(c) Each operator shall notify the commissioner promptly of any change in the location of and of the establishment of a commissary or service or transport facility.
(d) Every owner and operator shall maintain at his principal place of business in
this state a current list of all vending machines which he owns and has in operation,
which list shall be made available, upon request, to the commissioner and any authorized
inspector.
(e) Every owner shall notify the commissioner promptly upon converting any vending machine to dispense any food or beverage other than that for which such machine
originally was designed or constructed.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 70, S. 2; 596, S. 3; P.A. 94-36, S. 25, 42.)
History: 1969 acts removed references to vending machine licenses, removed requirement that licenses be "serially"
numbered, clarified nontransferability of licenses by adding phrase "from person to person" and added provisions re display
of operator's name and address and service telephone number on machines in Subsec. (a), deleted reference to Sec. 19-193b in Subsec. (b) and replaced "owns or operates" with "owns and has in operation" in Subsec. (d); Sec. 19-193d
transferred to Sec. 21a-37 in 1983; P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate the reference to the "last day of June"
license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
See Sec. 21a-47 re penalty for violation of provisions of this section.
Sec. 21a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-193e). Suspension or revocation of license. (a)
The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of
section 21a-35 or 21a-36 for violation of the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45,
inclusive, or any regulation adopted thereunder or for violation of any applicable municipal health ordinance or state or federal law or regulation. No such suspension or revocation shall take effect except upon notice to the licensee and hearing thereon. Notice shall
be in writing, given by registered or certified mail, and shall state: (1) The condition or
violation found; (2) the corrective action, if any, to be taken and the period of time within
which such action must be taken, and (3) that an opportunity for hearing will be provided
upon written request filed within ten days after receipt of such notice.
(b) Whenever the commissioner finds any grossly unsanitary condition or any other
condition which constitutes a substantial hazard to public health or safety involving the
preparation or transportation of any food or beverage or the use of any vending machine
he may, without notice or hearing, issue a written order to the licensee citing the existence
of such condition and specifying the corrective action to be taken, and, if he deems it
necessary, require that use of such facility or machine be discontinued. Any licensee to
whom such order is issued may petition for a hearing, which shall be granted, but no
such petition shall stay the execution or effectiveness of any order pending hearing.
Each such order shall continue in effect until it is rescinded by the commissioner or
until the condition cited is corrected.
(c) The commissioner shall cause a seal or a tag or appropriate marking prohibiting
its use to be placed upon every vending machine supplied by a person whose operator's
license has been suspended or revoked and upon every vending machine the use of
which is so prohibited.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 596, S. 4.)
History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (c) to remove reference to machine licenses as separate from operator's license and
replaced "supplier's license" with "operator's license" for consistency with other statutes; Sec. 19-193e transferred to Sec.
21a-38 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-193f). Adulteration or misbranding. (a) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in any vending machine, or have in his possession
with intent to sell therefrom, any food, beverage or ingredient which is adulterated or
misbranded.
(b) The commissioner may cause samples of any food, beverage or ingredient so
sold, offered, exposed or possessed to be taken and examined as often as may be necessary to determine freedom from adulteration or misbranding. Upon written notice to the
operator the commissioner may impound and forbid the sale of any food or beverage
which is adulterated or misbranded and, after hearing, cause any such food or beverage
to be destroyed, provided, in the case of misbranding which may be corrected by proper
labeling, the commissioner may release such food or beverage to the operator upon
corrective action being taken.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 6.)
History: Sec. 19-193f transferred to Sec. 21a-39 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-193g). Inspections. (a) The commissioner shall
cause to be inspected regularly all commissaries and storage, service and transport facilities which handle readily perishable food. Any such commissary or facility which handles food not readily perishable may be inspected as often as the commissioner deems
necessary, but in no event less than once every six months.
(b) After proper identification, any inspector may enter at any reasonable time during regular business hours upon any public or private premises where any commissary,
storage, service or transport facility or vending machine is located. The owner or person
in possession of each vending machine shall give such inspectors free access to the
interior of such machine for inspection purposes.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 7.)
History: Sec. 19-193g transferred to Sec. 21a-40 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-193h). Sanitary provisions. (a) Any food, beverage or ingredient sold or offered or exhibited for sale in a vending machine shall be
obtained only from sources which comply with municipal health ordinances and applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Such products shall be clean and wholesome
and free from spoilage and shall be processed, prepared, handled and stored in such
manner as to be protected against contamination and adulteration. All product contact
surfaces of containers and equipment shall be protected from contamination.
(b) The machine location shall be such as to minimize the potential for contamination of the product, shall be easy to clean, and shall be kept clean.
(c) The exterior construction of the vending machine shall be such as to facilitate
cleaning and to minimize entrance of insects and rodents, and the exterior of the machine
shall be kept clean. Service connections shall be such as to protect against unintentional
or accidental interruption of service to the machine.
(d) All interior surfaces and component parts of the vending machine shall be so
designed and constructed as to permit easy cleaning, and shall be kept clean. All product
contact surfaces of the machine shall be of smooth, nontoxic, corrosion-resistant and
relatively nonabsorbent material, and shall be capable of withstanding repeated cleaning
and bactericidal treatment by normal procedures. Such surfaces shall be protected
against contamination.
(e) Water used in vending machines shall be from an approved source and shall be
of a safe and sanitary quality.
(f) All wastes shall be properly disposed of and, pending disposition, shall be kept
in suitable containers so as to prevent creating a nuisance.
(g) Foods, beverages and ingredients, and product contact surfaces of containers,
equipment and supplies, shall be protected from contamination while in transit to the
machine location. Readily perishable foods and beverages while in transit shall be maintained at a temperature not higher than fifty degrees Fahrenheit or not lower than one
hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
(h) Employees shall keep their hands clean, and shall wear clean outer garments,
while engaged in handling foods or beverages or product contact surfaces of utensils
or equipment.
(i) No employee with any disease in a communicable form, or who is a carrier of
such disease, shall work in any commissary or in vending machine operations in any
capacity which brings him into contact with the production, handling, storage or transportation of foods, beverages, ingredients or equipment used in vending machine operations; and no operator shall employ in any such capacity and such person, or any person
suspected of having any disease in a communicable form or of being a carrier of such
disease. Any employee who has a discharging or infected wound, sore or lesion on
hands, arms or any exposed portion of the body shall be excluded from those operations
which will bring him into contact with foods, beverages, utensils or equipment used in
vending machine operations. Any operator among whose employees there occurs a
communicable disease or who suspects that any employee has contracted any disease
in a communicable form or has become a carrier of such disease shall notify the commissioner immediately.
(j) When suspicion arises as to the possibility of transmission of infection from any
employee, the commissioner is authorized to require any or all of the following measures: (1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from all commissaries and vending
machine operations; (2) the immediate closing of the commissaries and operations concerned until, in the opinion of the commissioner, no further danger of disease outbreak
exists; (3) adequate medical examinations of the employee and of his associates, with
such laboratory examinations as may be indicated.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 8.)
History: Sec. 19-193h transferred to Sec. 21a-41 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-193i). Food from out-of-state commissaries.
Foods, beverages and ingredients from commissaries outside the jurisdiction of the state
may be sold within the state if such commissaries conform to the provisions of the food
establishment sanitation regulations of this state or to substantially equivalent provisions. To determine the extent of compliance with such provisions, the commissioner
may accept reports from the responsible authority in the jurisdiction where the commissary or commissaries are located.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 9.)
History: Sec. 19-193i transferred to Sec. 21a-42 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-193j). Regulations. Municipal ordinances. (a)
The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as he finds necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and he shall
adopt such rules and regulations respecting suppliers and vending machines as he finds
necessary for public health and safety.
(b) Any municipality may, by agreement with the commissioner, adopt and enforce
such health ordinances and regulations, not inconsistent with the purpose or policy of
said sections or the regulations adopted by the commissioner thereunder, as it finds
necessary for public health and safety.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 10.)
History: Sec. 19-193j transferred to Sec. 21a-43 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-193k). Exemptions. The provisions of sections
21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, shall not apply to any person who manufactures packaged
candy or chewing gum or to any vending machine, or the owner or operator thereof,
which dispenses (1) premixed carbonated beverages sealed in individual or bulk containers; (2) milk, as defined in section 22-127, which is dispensed in sealed containers; (3)
any food or beverage in a hermetically sealed container, or (4) shell eggs as defined by
and regulated under sections 22-40 to 22-45, inclusive.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 11; 1963, P.A. 294.)
History: 1963 act added Subdiv. (4); Sec. 19-193k transferred to Sec. 21a-44 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-193l). Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-44, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred
dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 12.)
History: Sec. 19-193l transferred to Sec. 21a-45 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-193m). Information on vending machines.
Each vending machine used in dispensing merchandise or performing service in this
state and not included under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 12-289 or subsection (a) of section 21a-37 shall bear in a conspicuous manner the name and address of
the owner or operator thereof, and a telephone number which may be called for service
at any hour of the day.
(1969, P.A. 70, S. 3.)
History: Sec. 19-193m transferred to Sec. 21a-46 in 1983.
See Sec. 21a-47 re penalty for violation of this section.
Sec. 21a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-193n). Penalty. Any person who violates any
provision of subsection (b) of section 12-289, subsection (a) of section 21a-37 or section
21a-46 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars for each machine which is the subject
of such violation.
(1969, P.A. 70, S. 4.)
History: Sec. 19-193n transferred to Sec. 21a-47 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). Frozen desserts; definitions. When used
in sections 21a-49 to 21a-59, inclusive, the following terms shall have the meanings
hereinafter specified:
(1) "Frozen dessert plant" means any place, premises or establishment and any
part thereof where frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes are assembled, processed,
manufactured or converted into form for distribution or sale, and rooms and premises
where frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix manufacturing equipment is washed, sterilized or kept.
(2) "Wholesale manufacturer" means a person who manufactures frozen desserts
or frozen dessert mixes for sale or distribution, otherwise than for retail sale directly to
the consumer on the premises where manufactured.
(3) "Retail manufacturer" means a person who manufactures frozen desserts for
retail sale directly to the consumer on the premises where manufactured.
(4) "Frozen desserts" means ice cream, French ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk,
frozen dietary dairy dessert, including special dietary dairy desserts containing nutritive
sweeteners, fruit sherbet, water ices, quiescently frozen confection, quiescently frozen
dairy confection, quiescently frozen whipped cream confection, frozen whipped cream,
freezer made milk shakes, French custard ice cream, nonfruit sherbet, nonfruit water
ices, manufactured dessert mix, frozen confection, mellorine frozen dessert, parevine,
frozen yogurt, freezer made shakes, lo-mel, and dietary frozen desserts as all such products are commonly known, together with any mix used in such frozen desserts and any
products which are similar in appearance, odor or taste to such products, or are prepared
or frozen as frozen desserts are customarily prepared or frozen, whether made with dairy
products or nondairy products.
(5) "Frozen dessert mix" means any unfrozen mixture to be used in the manufacture
of frozen desserts or milk shakes offered for sale or resale.
(6) "Quiescently frozen confection", "quiescently frozen dairy confection", "quiescently frozen whipped cream confection", and "frozen whipped cream" and standards
of identity for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes, shall be defined by regulations
promulgated under authority of section 21a-58.
(1961, P.A. 154, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 121; 1967, P.A. 876, S. 1; P.A. 73-46; P.A. 76-240, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act changed definition of wholesale manufacturer from "a person who manufactures frozen desserts or
frozen dessert mixes any of which is sold to another for resale or manufacturing purposes" and retail manufacturer from
"any manufacturer of frozen desserts who is not defined as a wholesale manufacturer"; 1967 act added "frozen dietary
dairy dessert" to Subsec. (4); P.A. 73-46 redefined "frozen desserts" to include special dietary dairy desserts, containing
nutritive sweeteners and freezer made milk shakes; P.A. 76-240 deleted reference to "imitation ice cream" in definitions
of "frozen desserts" and "quiescently frozen confection" and included as frozen desserts "French custard ice cream, nonfruit
sherbet, nonfruit water ices ... whether made with dairy products or nondairy products"; Sec. 19-194a transferred to Sec.
21a-48 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-195). Records. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix shall keep, in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of
Consumer Protection, for each frozen dessert and frozen dessert mix plant operated by
him, a true and correct record showing milk and milk products received and frozen
dessert and frozen dessert mix manufactured. Such record shall show, among other
things, (1) as to milk products received, (A) the date of receipt, (B) the weight or volume,
(C) the kind of milk product or mixture containing a milk product, (D) the percentage
of milk fat contained therein and (E) the name and address of the person from whom
purchased or obtained; (2) as to frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix manufactured,
(A) the date, (B) the volume, (C) the class of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix and
(D) the average percentage of milk fat contained therein. Not later than the tenth day
of each month, an inventory shall be prepared showing the amount of each kind of milk
product, mixture containing a milk product and frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix
on hand, as of the last day of the preceding month. The records required by this section
shall be legibly written in English, shall be preserved at the frozen dessert or frozen
dessert mix plant for a period of six months and shall be open at all times for inspection
by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his representatives.
(1949 Rev., S. 3911; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-195
transferred to Sec. 21a-49 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-50. (Formerly Sec. 19-196). Statistical reports. Each manufacturer of
frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of
Consumer Protection, upon a form prescribed by him, not later than the tenth day of
each month, a statement for the preceding month showing the amount of each class
of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix manufactured, the ingredients used in the
manufacture of such frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix and such other statistical
information as the commissioner requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 3912; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-196
transferred to Sec. 21a-50 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-197). Application for license by manufacturer
of frozen desserts and mixes. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert
mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection an application
for a license, upon a form prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall show
the location of each plant at which frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix are to be
manufactured and the name of the brand or brands, if any, under which the same are to
be sold. The license period shall be for twelve months.
(1949 Rev., S. 3913; 1959, P.A. 375, S. 1; 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 94-36, S. 1, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c);
P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection and deleted
provision that license fee be based on number of gallons manufactured during the previous calendar year, but see Sec. 19-198 (21a-52); Sec. 19-197 transferred to Sec. 21a-51 in 1983; P.A. 94-36 eliminated reference to specific license renewal
date, effective January 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
Annotation to former section 19-197:
Cited. 178 C. 493, 495.
Sec. 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198). License fees. The license fee for a retail
manufacturer of frozen desserts shall be twenty-five dollars for each plant. The license
fee for a wholesale manufacturer to manufacture frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix
within Connecticut or to sell within Connecticut, as the case may be, shall be fifty dollars
for the first twenty-five thousand gallons or fraction thereof and an additional seventy-five cents per thousand gallons or fraction thereof above twenty-five thousand gallons
manufactured or sold in Connecticut during the previous calendar year, provided such
fee shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars. In any case where dessert mix is manufactured by a particular manufacturer and such mix is subsequently converted by the
same manufacturer into frozen dessert, either in the same plant or in another owned by
such manufacturer, the license fee payable by such manufacturer on account of all of
the processes wherein such mix is concerned shall be computed on the basis of the total
number of gallons of finished frozen desserts so manufactured using such mix, and no
license fee shall be due or payable on any such frozen mix so manufactured and used.
The fee shall be tendered to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection with the application and, upon the issuance of the license, shall be remitted by the commissioner to the
State Treasurer.
(1949 Rev., S. 3914; 1959, P.A. 375, S. 2; 412, S. 38, 42; 1969, P.A. 96; P.A. 76-205, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A.
03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection, changed fee
for retail manufacturer from one dollar for each one thousand gallons or less to fifteen dollars for each plant and raised
fee for wholesale manufacturer from twenty-five cents for first twenty-five thousand gallons or fraction thereof and an
additional sixty-five cents for each thousand gallons or fraction thereof above twenty-five thousand gallons, adding provision gallonage be for previous calendar year; 1969 act added proviso setting maximum fee at twenty-five hundred dollars;
P.A. 76-205 raised per plant license fee from fifteen to twenty-five dollars; Sec. 19-198 transferred to Sec. 21a-52 in
1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing
the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199). Issuance of license. The Commissioner of
Consumer Protection, if satisfied that the plant or plants named in the application are
maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation, and that only pure and wholesome ingredients produced under sanitary conditions are used as prescribed in the regulations promulgated under the authority of section 21a-58, shall issue a license for the
manufacture of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix. No license shall be issued if any
statement in the application is false or misleading, or if the brand name or label or
advertisement of the frozen dessert and frozen dessert mix involved in the application
gives a false indication of origin, character, composition or place of manufacture, or is
otherwise false or misleading in any particular.
(1949 Rev., S. 3915; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-199
transferred to Sec. 21a-53 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200). Revocation or suspension of license. Any
license may be revoked by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection after notice to
the licensee by mail or otherwise and opportunity to be heard if it appears that any
statement upon which it was issued was false or misleading or that any frozen dessert
and frozen dessert mix manufactured by the licensee is adulterated or misbranded, or was
manufactured in a plant not maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation
prescribed in the regulations promulgated under the authority of section 21a-58, or that
the brand name or any label or advertising of any frozen dessert and frozen dessert mix
manufactured by the licensee gives a false indication of origin, character, composition
or place of manufacture, or is otherwise false or misleading in any particular. A license
may also, after such notice and hearing, be suspended for any of the foregoing reasons
until the licensee complies with the conditions prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for its reinstatement.
(1949 Rev., S. 3916; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-200
transferred to Sec. 21a-54 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201). Appeal. The action of the Commissioner
of Consumer Protection in refusing to grant a license or in revoking or suspending a
license shall be subject to appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183,
except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.
(1949 Rev., S. 3917; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 77-603, S. 50, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12;
P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S.
146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 77-603
replaced appeal provision with statement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183 but retained venue in Hartford
county; P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; Sec. 19-201 transferred to
Sec. 21a-55 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford",
effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September
1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective
June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998,
effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective
June 29, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby
reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202). Prohibition as to sale. No person shall sell,
advertise or offer or expose for sale any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix unless the
manufacturer thereof is a licensee under the provisions of section 21a-53. No person
shall sell, offer for sale or advertise for sale any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix if
the brand name of the frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix or the label upon it or the
advertising accompanying it gives a false indication of the origin, character, composition
or place of manufacture, or is otherwise false or misleading in any particular.
(1949 Rev., S. 3918; 1949, S. 2083d; 1961, P.A. 154, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 876, S. 2; P.A. 76-240, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act updated statute to refer to Sec. 19-204a instead of 19-204 and substituted "special dietary frozen
desserts" for "special dietary ice cream"; 1967 act removed exception of "special dietary frozen desserts"; P.A. 76-240
deleted provision prohibiting sale, advertisements or offer for sale of any imitation ice cream; Sec. 19-202 transferred to
Sec. 21a-56 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use
of equipment. (1) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale frozen desserts or
frozen dessert mix which is falsely labeled as to the name of the manufacturer or place
of manufacture, or in any other respect.
(2) No person shall misrepresent in any manner the name of the manufacturer or
the place of manufacture of frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix.
(3) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used, for the purpose of preserving
or holding frozen desserts, any cabinet, can, container or other equipment owned by
any other person without the written consent of such owner, and all such equipment
shall be labeled with the wholesale manufacturer's name and address.
(4) No person shall place any frozen dessert of one manufacturer in the cabinet,
can, container or other equipment belonging to another manufacturer.
(5) No person other than the owner shall remove, erase, obliterate, cover or conceal
the owner's name or any distinguishing mark or device on any cabinet, can, container
or other equipment. Each wholesaler shall declare on invoices the brand name of all ice
cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix delivered by him to retailers, and each
retailer shall retain such invoice for inspection by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for a period of thirty days. Each package or container of ice cream or frozen
dessert shall bear the name and address of the manufacturer or, in lieu of such name and
address, the name and address of the packer or distributor, together with the Connecticut
license number of such manufacturer, or the name and home address of the manufacturer,
together with the Connecticut license number of such manufacturer.
(1949 Rev., S. 3920; 1949, S. 2085d; 1959, P.A. 311; 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts deleted provision that package could bear only manufacturer's Connecticut license number, adding
requirement for also including name and address of packer, distributor or manufacturer and replaced commissioner of food
and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-203 transferred to Sec. 21a-57 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection,
effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the
Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 21a-48 to 21a-57,
inclusive. Such regulations, among other things, shall establish sanitary regulations
pertaining to the manufacture, sale and distribution of frozen desserts and frozen dessert
mixes, including the sanitary conditions of buildings, grounds, equipment and containers
where such products are manufactured, sold or stored. To promote honesty and fair
dealing in the interest of the consumer, the commissioner shall adopt regulations fixing
and establishing definitions and standards of identity and quality and reasonable standards of fill of containers for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes. Any wholesale
or retail manufacturer desiring a temporary permit to deviate from an existing frozen
dessert standard may file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection a written
application containing such information as the commissioner may by regulation require.
Such permit shall be in effect not more than one year. Said commissioner may adopt
regulations concerning the manufacture and sale of frozen desserts containing an artificial sweetening agent or other agents for special dietary purposes, the labeling and size
of containers to be used and provisions requiring special permits for the manufacture
of said products. In prescribing a definition of standards of identity for frozen desserts
and frozen dessert mixes in which optional ingredients are permitted the commissioner
shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of the consumer, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definition and standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practical to the definitions
and standards promulgated by the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(1961, P.A. 154, S. 4; P.A. 76-240, S. 3; P.A. 82-472, S. 64, 183; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189,
S. 1.)
History: P.A. 76-240 made minor language change re regulation power and added provision re temporary permit to
deviate from existing frozen dessert standard; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes and replaced obsolete reference to
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare with reference
to Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Sec. 19-204a
transferred to Sec. 21a-58 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-49 to 21a-57, inclusive, or of the regulations and standards promulgated under the provisions of section 21a-58 shall be fined not more than five hundred
dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1953, S. 2087d; 1961, P.A. 154, S. 6.)
History: 1961 act deleted obsolete reference to section 19-204, adding reference to 19-204a and standards promulgated
under it; Sec. 19-205 transferred to Sec. 21a-59 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206). Refrigerated lockers. Section 21a-60 is
repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1949 Rev., S. 3923; 1959, P.A. 351, S. 1; 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 77-603, S. 51, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 94-36,
S. 23, 42; P.A. 99-194, S. 28.)
Sec. 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207). Storage and transportation of quick-frozen foods. (a) No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of storing quick-frozen foods or transporting such foods shall store or transport such foods within this
state unless they are stored or transported under suitable refrigeration which shall insure
good keeping qualities and under temperatures and holding conditions approved by the
Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(b) Said commissioner may, after public hearings, make reasonable regulations for
the storing and transportation of quick-frozen foods, including temperature control,
sanitation and other matters in accordance with recognized standards necessary for the
protection of public health and the preservation of such foods in wholesome condition.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section or of any
regulation made hereunder shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first
offense and not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for
each subsequent offense.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to delivery by a retailer to
the purchaser.
(1953, S. 2090d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-207
transferred to Sec. 21a-61 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.
Sec. 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208). Analysis of food. The local health authority
of any city, borough or town may procure, from any dealer in provisions, groceries,
medicines or other articles for human consumption, samples of such articles and cause
the same to be analyzed by one of the state chemists and if, on such analysis, it is found
that the article analyzed is adulterated with a deleterious or foreign ingredient, other
than is represented verbally and in a conspicuous label by the seller, the chemist making
the analysis shall issue his certificate setting forth the kind and quantity, as near as may
be, of deleterious and foreign ingredients found in the article analyzed. The director of
health causing such analysis to be made shall cause such certificate to be published in
some paper published in the city, borough or town, or one nearest thereto, where the
article analyzed was obtained, for such length of time as he thinks necessary, and the
cost of analysis and the cost of the publication of the certificate shall be paid by the
person or firm from whom the article analyzed was obtained. If such person or firm so
elects, he or it may annex to such certificate an affidavit setting forth from whom the
article analyzed was purchased. In each case where an analysis has been made according
to the provisions of this section and the article analyzed has been found pure and free
from foreign ingredients, the cost of the analysis shall be paid by the city, borough or
town whose director of health caused such analysis to be made.
(1949 Rev., S. 3898.)
History: Sec. 19-208 transferred to Sec. 21a-62 in 1983.