Sec. 21a-141. (Formerly Sec. 19-275). Labeling of bottles and containers. Labels or crowns on all bottles and containers shall plainly state the nature of the contents
and the kind and amount of preservative whenever present, as well as presence of artificial color and artificial flavor. Only certified colors may be used. No person, firm or
corporation shall sell, offer for sale or give away within the state any beverage in bottles
or other containers unless each of such bottles or containers or crowns thereto affixed
has blown into it, etched or engraved, or otherwise indicated thereon, in a conspicuous
place, the name, address and zip code of the person, firm or corporation manufacturing,
bottling or packaging such beverage, together with the Connecticut license number of
such manufacturer, bottler or packager. Filling or refilling with beverages, water, mineral water or any other drink or fluid, with intent to sell or vend such water, beverage
or fluid, of any glass, jar, bottle or other container, which bears the label of any other
person, firm or corporation or which has blown into it the name or trademark of any
person, firm or corporation, without the consent of such person, firm or corporation,
shall constitute misbranding in violation of the provisions of section 21a-102.
(1949 Rev., S. 3989; 1963, P.A. 181; P.A. 86-241, S. 14.)
History: 1963 act added alternatives for indicating place of bottling on bottle or container, for indicating place of bottling
or manufacture on crown and for using name and address of distributor or general business office of the manufacturer or
bottler; Sec. 19-275 transferred to Sec. 21a-141 in 1983; P.A. 86-241 reduced the amount of information required on
the bottle.
Sec. 21a-142. (Formerly Sec. 19-276). Cleansing of containers. Unclean bottles
shall be exposed to a three and one-half per cent alkali solution of which not less than
sixty per cent is caustic (sodium hydroxide), for a period of not less than five minutes
at a temperature of not less than one hundred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit or to an
equivalent cleansing and sterilizing process. The bottles shall be rinsed free of all caustic
in potable water. No bottle shall be used on which the rubber part of the stopper may
come into contact with the beverage. No person shall use as containers for beverages
the "Hutchinson plunger" bottles or reuse any cap, crown or stopper. Caps, crowns or
stoppers, before use, shall be kept in a device having a self-closing cover, and such caps,
crowns or stoppers shall be placed on the bottles with an automatic capping device. All
containers in which syrups, fruit juices, syrup fruit juices or flavors or other extracts are
stored or prepared shall be constructed of porcelain, glass, glaze-lined metal or stone
crocks, provided prepared syrups or extracts may be retained in the original containers
in which they were delivered. Such containers shall be covered at all times.
(1949 Rev., S. 3990.)
History: Sec. 19-276 transferred to Sec. 21a-142 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-143. (Formerly Sec. 19-277). Impure ingredients prohibited. Special
permit for dietary beverages. No impure, contaminated or polluted water shall be used
for the manufacture of such beverages. All wells and springs supplying water shall be
covered to prevent surface contamination. No impure or adulterated material and no
saccharin or coal tar, other than certified color, shall be used in the manufacture of such
beverages, except that in the case of saccharin, dulcin or other artificial sweetening
agent the commissioner may issue a special permit and promulgate regulations for the
manufacture, labeling and sale of special dietary beverages containing such nonnutritive
sweetening agents. Beverages, other than cereal beverages, cider or spring or mineral
water or special dietary beverages, shall have a sugar content of not less than five per
cent by weight. No false or fraudulent statements or designs shall be displayed concerning such beverages.
(1949 Rev., S. 3991; 1949, S. 2107d.)
History: Sec. 19-277 transferred to Sec. 21a-143 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-144. (Formerly Sec. 19-278). Employment of persons suffering from
communicable diseases. No person suffering from any communicable disease shall be
employed in or about an establishment where beverages are manufactured or bottled.
No person shall be employed in such establishment during the time in which a case of
communicable disease exists in the house in which he resides nor until such house has
been disinfected, provided such person may be so employed if the local board of health
issues a certificate that no danger of public contagion or infection would result from the
employment of such person in such establishment. Persons actually employed in the
syrup room or in any capacity in which they come in direct contact with the beverage
during the manufacture or bottling of beverages as defined in this part shall be required
to file health certificates with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in a manner
and form prescribed by said commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3992; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 86-241, S. 15; 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. 19-278
transferred to Sec. 21a-144 in 1983; P.A. 86-241 required any person employed in the syrup room or who comes into direct
contact with the beverage during manufacture or bottling to file health certificate; 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-145. (Formerly Sec. 19-279). Penalties. Any person who violates any
provision of this part shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than three months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 3993.)
History: Sec. 19-279 transferred to Sec. 21a-145 in 1983.
PART II
APPLE JUICE AND CIDER
Sec. 21a-146. (Formerly Sec. 19-280). Exemption; registration of plants. Labeling of unpasteurized apple juice or cider. (a) Under the provisions of this part
apple juice is exempted from the provisions of part I. Any plant or place where juice is
extracted from apples or put in containers shall be registered with the Commissioner of
Consumer Protection and shall be subject to sanitary inspection by the commissioner
or his agents and to labeling regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The registration fee shall be ten dollars per year and shall accompany each registration application.
Each registration shall expire annually. The form of registration application shall be
specified by the commissioner.
(b) Each container in which unpasteurized apple juice or cider is sold shall carry a
label stating that such apple juice or cider is not pasteurized. Such label shall be printed
in at least ten-point type.
(1949 Rev., S. 3994-3996; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 76-187, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-36, S. 27, 42; P.A. 97-217, S. 2;
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. 76-187
increased registration fee from two to ten dollars per year; Sec. 19-280 transferred to Sec. 21a-146 in 1983; P.A. 94-36
eliminated the reference to the "June thirtieth" license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 97-217 designated
existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re labeling of unpasteurized apple juice and cider; 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.
Sec. 21a-147. (Formerly Sec. 19-281). Regulations for inspection. Said commissioner shall, after hearing, promulgate regulations providing for the sanitary inspection of such establishments as call their product "cider" and, in addition, shall draw up
special sanitary regulations for plants desiring to call their product "apple juice" and
requiring that clean, sound apples be used in the manufacture of such "apple juice".
(1949 Rev., S. 3997.)
History: Sec. 19-281 transferred to Sec. 21a-147 in 1983.
Sec. 21a-148. (Formerly Sec. 19-282). Penalties. Any person who violates any
provision of this part or the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection under the authority contained herein shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by section 21a-145.
(1949 Rev., S. 3998; 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. 19-282
transferred to Sec. 21a-148 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-149. Reserved for future use.
PART III
BOTTLED WATER
Sec. 21a-150. Bottled water: Definitions. For the purposes of this section and
sections 21a-150a to 21a-150j, inclusive:
(1) "Approved source" means the source of any bottled water, including, but not
limited to, a spring, artesian well, drilled well or public water supply, which has been
inspected and approved by the Department of Public Health;
(2) "Artesian well water" means bottled natural water obtained from a well tapping
an aquifer in which the level of the water is above the bottom of the confining bed of
the aquifer and in which the hydraulic pressure of the water in the aquifer is greater than
the atmospheric pressure;
(3) "Bottled water", or any term of similar import, means water obtained from an
approved source which is packaged for sale or distribution. "Bottled water" shall not
include any soda or seltzer which is packaged for sale or distribution;
(4) "Bottler" means any person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of
bottling water for sale or distribution;
(5) "Distilled water" means purified water which has been produced by a process
of distillation;
(6) "Drinking water" means bottled water which has been distilled, fluoridated or
purified or which has been disinfected by a process of ozonation and filtration or any
substantially similar disinfection process;
(7) "Fluoridated water" means bottled water which contains fluoride ions in an
amount not less than eight-tenths of one milligram per liter and not more than one and
two-tenths milligrams per liter or such alternative concentration limit as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the Commissioner of
Public Health, may determine by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 54 and which otherwise complies with the provisions of Subdivision 2 of
Subsection (d) of 21 Code of Federal Regulations 103.35;
(8) "Mineral water" means natural water which contains not less than five hundred
parts per million total dissolved solids;
(9) "Natural water" means bottled spring water, artesian well water or well water,
which has been obtained from any approved source other than a public water supply
and which has not been modified by blending with water from any other source or by
the addition or deletion of any mineral other than any addition or deletion which may
occur as a result of ozonation, filtration or any other substantially similar disinfection
process;
(10) "Principal display panel" means the portion of a label on any container or
package which is most likely to be displayed, presented or examined under normal and
customary conditions of display and purchase of bottled water;
(11) "Public water supply" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality or other entity, or the lessee thereof, which owns, maintains, operates,
manages, controls or employs any pond, lake, reservoir, well, stream or distributing plant
or system for the purpose of supplying water by service connections or pipe distribution
systems to two or more hotels, motels, boardinghouses, apartments, stores, office buildings, institutions, mechanical or manufacturing establishments or other places of business or industry to which water is supplied by a water company or to twenty-five or
more persons on a regular basis;
(12) "Purified water" means bottled water which is produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis or any other suitable process and which meets standards established for purified water in the twentieth edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia;
(13) "Spring water" means natural water obtained from an underground formation
from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth;
(14) "Well water" means natural water obtained from a hole bored, drilled or otherwise constructed in the ground, which taps the water of an aquifer.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of
public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public
Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 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.
Sec. 21a-150a. Source of water to be approved by Department of Public
Health. Water to comply with contaminant levels, action levels and monitoring
procedures determined by the department. Bottlers subject to part I of this chapter.
(a) Water bottled for sale or distribution shall be obtained from a source approved by
the Department of Public Health.
(b) No bottled water shall be sold or distributed which does not comply with regulations adopted by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-36 establishing
maximum contaminant levels, action levels and monitoring procedures for public drinking water, except that mineral water may be sold or distributed which contains total
dissolved solids in excess of the standard set forth in any such regulations.
(c) A bottler shall be subject to the provisions of sections 21a-135 to 21a-145, inclusive.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 21a-150b. Analysis of source water for contaminants. Testing for unregulated contaminants. (a) Qualified employees of a bottler shall collect samples of water
from each approved source used by such bottler not less than once annually for contaminants for which maximum levels have been established in accordance with regulations
adopted pursuant to section 19a-36, concerning public drinking water, and regulations
adopted pursuant to sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, and not less than once every
three years for contaminants for which monitoring is required pursuant to sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, but for which no maximum level has been established. Qualified employees of a laboratory approved by the Department of Public Health shall analyze such samples to determine whether such source complies with the provisions of
sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections
and any maximum contaminant level set forth in regulations adopted pursuant to said
section 19a-36, concerning public drinking water. Microbiological analysis shall be
conducted not less than once each calendar quarter if the source of such water is other
than a public water supply and shall be in addition to any sampling and analysis conducted by any government agency or laboratory.
(b) Qualified employees of a bottler shall collect samples of water from any source
used by such bottler when such bottler knows or has reason to believe that water obtained
from such source contains an unregulated contaminant in an amount which may adversely affect the health or welfare of the public. Qualified employees of a laboratory
approved by the Department of Public Health shall analyze such samples periodically
to determine whether water obtained from any such source is safe for public consumption
or use.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 21a-150c. Analysis of representative samples of bottled water to determine compliance with microbiological, chemical, inorganic, organic etc., standards
set forth in Department of Public Health regulations. (a) Each bottler shall:
(1) Collect, on a weekly basis, a representative sample from a batch or segment of
a continuous production of each type of water sold by such bottler in this state, and have
such sample analyzed by a laboratory approved by the Department of Public Health to
determine whether such sample complies with the microbiological standards set forth
in regulations adopted by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-36
concerning public drinking water; and
(2) Collect, not less than once annually, a representative sample from a batch or
segment of a continuous production of each type of bottled water sold by such bottler
in this state, and have such sample analyzed by a laboratory approved by the Department
of Public Health to determine whether such sample complies with the chemical, inorganic, organic, physical and radiological standards set forth in regulations adopted by
the Department of Public Health pursuant to said section 19a-36 concerning public
drinking water.
(b) Each sample collected in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of
this section shall be obtained from the bottled product.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 21a-150d. Results of analysis. Reports. Records. (a) A laboratory which
analyzes any water sample in accordance with any provision of sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, shall report the results of such analysis to the bottler of such water.
(b) Such results shall be available for inspection by the Department of Consumer
Protection and the Department of Public Health, upon request.
(c) A bottler shall report any result which indicates that a water sample contains
contaminants in an amount exceeding any standard set forth in any regulation adopted
pursuant to sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, or in any regulation adopted pursuant to section 19a-36 concerning public drinking water, to the Department of Consumer
Protection and the Department of Public Health, within twenty-four hours of learning
of such result.
(d) All records of any sampling or analysis conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, shall be maintained on the premises
of the bottler for not less than five years.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 5; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169
replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department 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-150e. Collection of water. Transportation and treatment of natural
water. (a) A bottler may use external force to collect artesian well water provided such
force does not alter the composition and quality of such water.
(b) A bottler may use pipes, tunnels, trucks or similar devices to collect or transport
natural water and may treat such water to reduce the concentration of any substance in
such water which exceeds standards set forth in any regulation adopted in accordance
with the provisions of sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, or in any other applicable
state or federal regulation.
(c) A bottler shall collect spring water at a spring or through a hole bored adjacent
to the place where a spring emerges from the ground. A bottler may use external force
to collect spring water, provided such force does not alter the composition or quality of
such water.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 6.)
Sec. 21a-150f. Processing and packaging. (a) A bottler shall process and package
any water bottled for sale, in accordance with the provisions of 21 Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 110 and 129 and any regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive.
(b) No bottler shall process or bottle water using any line or equipment through
which anything other than water approved by the state is passed, except that a bottler
who bottles or processes water by using any such line or equipment, as of October 1,
1986, may continue to bottle water in such manner provided such bottled water complies
with regulations adopted by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-36 concerning public drinking water and provided, in the event such bottler renovates
his bottling production process or expands his operations, such bottler shall establish a
dedicated line for the processing of bottled water only.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 7; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 21a-150g. Information to be displayed on package or container. (a) Each
principal display panel on any container or package of bottled water shall clearly and
conspicuously display the following:
(1) The name or classification of the contents of such package or container, in terms
of the classifications of water specified in section 21a-150;
(2) The number of milligrams of sodium per liter contained in such bottled water,
except that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any bottled water which
contains not more than twenty milligrams of sodium per liter.
(b) Any supplemental printed information or graphics concerning recognized uses
of bottled water which appear on any label shall not infer properties of the bottled water
or the method of preparing such water which are not factual.
(c) A bottler, seller or distributor of water who does not comply with the provisions
of sections 21a-150 to 21a-150j, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not use any term or classification specified in section 21a-150 on any label
of any container or package of such water.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 8.)
Sec. 21a-150h. Water classifications. Labeling. (a) Mineral water may be labeled
"mineral water" or "natural mineral water".
(b) Spring water may be labeled "spring water" or "natural spring water".
(c) Well water may be labeled "well water" or "natural well water".
(d) Artesian well water may be labeled "artesian well water", "natural artesian well
water", "well water" or "natural well water".
(e) Drinking water may be labeled "drinking water".
(f) Purified water shall be labeled "purified water" and the method used to purify
such water shall be stated on the label, provided purified water produced by distillation
may be labeled "distilled water".
(g) Bottled water which contains carbon dioxide when such water emerges from
its source and which is bottled with such carbon dioxide, or from which such carbon
dioxide is mechanically separated and later reintroduced in an amount not greater than
that which occurred naturally in the water, may be labeled "naturally carbonated" or
"naturally sparkling".
(h) Bottled water which contains carbon dioxide other than that which occurs naturally in the source of the product shall be labeled "carbonated" or "sparkling".
(i) Each label attached to any container or package of fluoridated water shall specify
whether the fluoride in such water occurs naturally or is added to such water.
(j) Purified water which is vaporized and condensed may be labeled "distilled
water".
(k) Any bottler, seller or distributor of bottled water whose corporate name, brand
name or trademark contains the words "spring", "well", "artesian well", "mineral" or
"natural" or any derivative of any such word shall label each bottle with the source of
the water in typeface which is at least equal in size to the typeface of the corporate name
or trademark, if the bottled water was obtained from a source which is different from
the source stated in the corporate name, brand name or trademark.
(l) Except as provided in subsection (k) of this section, a label which identifies any
bottled water which is not spring water as defined in subdivision (10) of section 21a-150 shall not bear the words "spring", "spring fresh", "spring brand", "spring type" or
any term of similar import.
(m) The label of any bottled water which meets the requirements of more than
one classification of bottled water, as specified in section 21a-150, may bear any such
applicable classification to identify or describe such water.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 9.)
Sec. 21a-150i. Recall of water. Each bottler and each person who sells or distributes bottled water shall develop and maintain a procedure for the recall of such water
and a bottler, seller or distributor of such water shall recall any water which such bottler,
seller or distributor knows or has reason to believe may adversely affect the safety of
the public.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 10.)
Sec. 21a-150j. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the
advice and assistance of the Commissioner of Public Health, may adopt regulations in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in order to carry out the provisions of
sections 21a-150 to 21a-150i, inclusive.
(P.A. 86-241, S. 11; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 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.