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CT Gen Stat § 21a-86e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86e - Precedence of more stringent regulations.

 In the event of any conflict between regulations establishing efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-86a and the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252, the more stringent regulations shall take precedence.(P.A. 89-303, S. 6, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-86f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86f - Distribution by Commissioner of Administrative Services of regulations re plumbing fixtures.

 The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall distribute copies of the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 21a-86a to persons requesting a copy of the Connecticut supplement to the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252.(P.A. 89-303, S. 7, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)History: 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-86g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86g - Civil penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-86 to 21a-86g, inclusive, shall be assessed a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense and each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty.(P.A. 89-303, S. 8, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-91. (Formerly Sec. 19-211) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-91. (Formerly Sec. 19-211) - Short title and legislative intent.

 This chapter may be cited as the “Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act”, and is intended to enact state legislation: (1) Which will safeguard the public health and promote the public welfare by protecting the consuming public from injury by product use and the purchasing public from injury by merchandising deceit, arising from intrastate commerce in food, drugs, devices and cosmetics; (2) which shall be uniform, as provided in this chapter, with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and with the Federal Trade Commission Act, to the extent to which it outlaws the false advertisement of food, drugs, devices and cosmetics; and (3) which will promote uniformity of such legislation and its administration and enforcement in and throughout the United States.(1949 Rev., S. 3929.)History: Sec. 19-211 transferred to Sec. 21a-91 in 1983.Annotations to former section 19-211:Cited. 179 C. 471.Cited. 15 CS 11; 29 CS 333.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-92a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-92a - Regulation of organically grown food.

 (a) No person may advertise, distribute or sell a food or food supplement described as “organic”, “organically grown” or “natural” or described with or by words of similar meaning, unless such food or food supplement complies with the definitions of “organically grown food” or “natural food”, as the case may be, as provided in section 21a-92.(b) Agricultural products or by-products that have been organically grown, as defined in section 21a-92, shall be certified as organically grown annually by the Department of Agriculture or a certification body recognized by the National Organic Standards Board or the United States Department of Agriculture. Organic certification shall include at least one annual site visit by an independent inspector approved by the certification body. Such certification bodies shall issue certification standards which denote approved, regulated and prohibited farming practices and substances. Certification standards shall be reviewed and updated annually by the certification body. Agricultural products or by-products that have been certified as organically grown shall not be intentionally subjected to prohibited substances and shall not contain residues in excess of five per cent of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's allowable tolerance level caused by unintentional and unavoidable contamination by prohibited substances. Certified organic farming shall be a production system which prohibits the use of synthetically manufactured fertilizers, synthetically manufactured pesticides, synthetically manufactured herbicides, synthetically manufactured fungicides, synthetically manufactured growth regulators, irradiation or transgenic seeds and sewage sludge. Violations of this section shall be reported to the Department of Consumer Protection.(c) All foods advertised, distributed or sold in violation of this section shall be deemed to be misbranded under section 21a-102.(P.A. 98-73, S. 2, 4; P.A. 02-51, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d), (f); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 98-73 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 02-51 amended Subsec. (b) by transferring certification from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut to the Department of Agriculture and changing residue requirement from 1% to 5%; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced separate Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-92b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-92b - Definitions.

 For purposes of this section and sections 21a-92c, 21a-99 and 21a-102:(1) “Enzyme” means a protein that catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without being destroyed or altered upon completion of such reactions;(2) “Genetic engineering” means a process by which a food or food ingredient that is produced from an organism or organisms in which the genetic material has been changed through the application of: (A) In vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombinant DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) techniques and the direct injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles; or (B) fusion of cells, including protoplast fusion, or hybridization techniques that overcome natural physiological, reproductive or recombination barriers, where the donor cells or protoplasts do not fall within the same taxonomic group, in a way that does not occur by natural multiplication or natural recombination;(3) “In vitro nucleic acid techniques” means techniques, including, but not limited to, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, that use vector systems and techniques involving the direct introduction into organisms of hereditary materials prepared outside the organisms such as microinjection, macroinjection, chemoporation, electroporation, microencapsulation and liposome fusion;(4) “Organism” means any biological entity capable of replication, reproduction or transferring genetic material;(5) “Processed food” means any food intended for human consumption other than a raw agricultural commodity and includes any such food produced from a raw agricultural commodity that has been processed through canning, smoking, pressing, cooking, freezing, dehydration, fermentation or milling;(6) “Processing aid” means: (A) Any substance that is added to a food intended for human consumption during the processing of such food but that is removed in some manner from the food before the food is packaged in a finished form; (B) any substance that is added to such food during processing, that is converted into constituents normally present in the food, and that does not significantly increase the amount of the constituents naturally found in the food; or (C) any substance that is added to such food for its technical or functional effect in the processing but that is present in the finished food at insignificant levels and that does not have any technical or functional effect in the finished food;(7) “Retailer” means a person or entity that engages in the sale of food intended for human consumption to a consumer;(8) “Distributor” means a person or entity that sells, supplies, furnishes or transports food intended for human consumption in this state that such person or entity does not produce; and(9) “Manufacturer” means a person who produces food intended for human consumption or seed or seed stock that is intended to produce food for human consumption and sells such item to a retailer or distributor.(P.A. 13-183, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-94. (Formerly Sec. 19-214) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-94. (Formerly Sec. 19-214) - Injunction proceedings.

 In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the commissioner is authorized to apply to the Superior Court for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of section 21a-93, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.(1949 Rev., S. 3932.)History: Sec. 19-214 transferred to Sec. 21a-94 in 1983.Annotations to former section 19-214:Cited. 179 C. 471.Action by commissioner to enjoin violations of Sec. 19-213 (21a-93) is an action by the state in sufficient compliance with Sec. 19-219 (21a-99). 31 CS 242.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-95. (Formerly Sec. 19-215) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-95. (Formerly Sec. 19-215) - Penalties.

 (a) Any person who violates any provision of section 21a-93 shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars or both; but, if the violation is committed after a conviction of such person under this subsection has become final, such person shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who violates any provision of section 21a-93, with intent to defraud or mislead, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.(c) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for having violated subsection (a) or (c) of section 21a-93 if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in this state from whom he received the article in good faith, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter. In such guaranty this chapter shall be designated by title.(d) No publisher, radiobroadcast licensee, advertising agency or agency or medium for the dissemination of advertising, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of the article to which the advertisement relates, shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section by reason of his dissemination of any false advertisement, unless he has refused, on the request of the commissioner, to furnish the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency in the United States, who caused him to disseminate such false advertisement.(1949 Rev., S. 3933.)History: Sec. 19-215 transferred to Sec. 21a-95 in 1983.Annotations to former section 19-215:Cited. 179 C. 471.Cited. 15 CS 11; 29 CS 333.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-97. (Formerly Sec. 19-217) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-97. (Formerly Sec. 19-217) - Prosecution for violation. Hearing before report of criminal violation.

 (a) Each state's attorney or assistant state's attorney of the Superior Court to whom the commissioner reports any violation of this chapter shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted without delay, and to be prosecuted as prescribed by law.(b) Before any violation of this chapter, except for any violation of subdivision (l) of section 21a-93, is reported by the commissioner to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views to the commissioner, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.(1949 Rev., S. 3935; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 58; P.A. 74-183, S. 228, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 197, 681; P.A. 80-291.)History: 1961 act substituted prosecuting attorney of circuit court for town or city prosecuting attorney; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas in Subsec. (a), effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced prosecuting attorney with assistant state's attorney and court of common pleas with superior court and deleted “in the proper courts” referring to institution of proceedings in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 80-291 added exception re violations of Sec. 19-213(l) in Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-217 transferred to Sec. 21a-97 in 1983.Annotations to former section 19-217:Cited. 179 C. 471.Cited. 15 CS 11.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-98. (Formerly Sec. 19-218) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-98. (Formerly Sec. 19-218) - Report of minor violations not required.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report, for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations of this chapter, whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.(1949 Rev., S. 3936.)History: Sec. 19-218 transferred to Sec. 21a-98 in 1983.Annotation to former section 19-218:Cited. 179 C. 471.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-99. (Formerly Sec. 19-219) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-99. (Formerly Sec. 19-219) - Proceedings in name of state.

 All such proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the state of Connecticut.(1949 Rev., S. 3937; P.A. 13-183, S. 5.)History: Sec. 19-219 transferred to Sec. 21a-99 in 1983; P.A. 13-183 added reference to Sec. 21a-92c.Annotation to former section 19-219:Injunction action by commissioner brought under Sec. 19-214 (21a-94) is in compliance with this section. 31 CS 242.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-100. (Formerly Sec. 19-220) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-100. (Formerly Sec. 19-220) - Definitions and standards for food.

 Definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container and their amendments, now or hereafter adopted under authority of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be the definitions of standards of identity, quality and fill of containers in this state. Whenever the commissioner and director agree that such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, they, acting jointly may promulgate regulations establishing definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods where no federal regulations exist. Temporary permits granted by federal authority for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of federal definitions and standards of identity shall be effective in this state under the conditions provided in such permits. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the commissioner and director, acting jointly, shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform, so far as practicable, to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority of the federal act, the federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Poultry Inspection Act.(1949 Rev., S. 3938; 1971, P.A. 169.)History: 1971 act specified that federal standards shall be adopted by state and that foods without federal standards may be regulated by state, added provision re temporary permits for interstate shipment of experimental foods and replaced standards promulgated by the secretary of health, education and welfare with standards promulgated under federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Inspection Act; Sec. 19-220 transferred to Sec. 21a-100 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-101a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-101a - Liability for costs relating to adulterated food. Civil action to recover costs and expenses. Investigation and samples. Seizure, condemnation and destruction. Third party removal and disposal.

 (a) If food becomes adulterated pursuant to section 21a-101, the person who maintained physical custody of the food at the time the food became adulterated shall be liable for all costs and expenses incurred by the Department of Consumer Protection in investigating, containing, removing, monitoring, mitigating and disposing of such adulterated food, as well as any associated legal expenses. If such adulteration was caused by the discharge, spillage or uncontrolled loss of a food product, the person who maintained physical custody of the food at the time the food became adulterated shall be liable for all associated costs and expenses of cleanup and disposal. Upon request of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, the Attorney General may bring a civil action to recover all such costs and expenses.(b) In accordance with sections 21a-116 and 21a-118, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent may investigate and take samples of foods. In addition to the seizure powers granted to the commissioner pursuant to section 21a-96, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent may seize, condemn, destroy, or in any other manner render unsalable, any adulterated foods he or she deems to be poisonous, deleterious to public health or otherwise unsafe.(c) If the person who maintained physical custody of the food at the time the food became adulterated cannot be reasonably identified or contacted by the department, the commissioner may contract with a third party to contain, remove and dispose of the adulterated food to mitigate the impact on public health and safety.(P.A. 17-77, S. 13.)History: P.A. 17-77 effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-103. (Formerly Sec. 19-223) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act|Section 21a-103. (Formerly Sec. 19-223) - Emergency permit control.

 (a) Whenever the commissioner finds, after investigation, that the distribution in intrastate commerce of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during the manufacture, processing or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered intrastate commerce, he then, and in such case only, shall promulgate regulations providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing or packing of such class of food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary to protect the public health; and, after the effective date of such regulations, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into intrastate commerce any such food manufactured, processed or packed by any such manufacturer, processor or packer unless such manufacturer, processor or packer holds a permit issued by the commissioner as provided by such regulations. Such regulations shall conform, so far as practicable, with those promulgated under Section 344 (a) of the federal act.(b) The commissioner is authorized to suspend immediately, upon notice, any permit issued under authority of this section, if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended shall be privileged at any time to apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the commissioner shall, immediately, after prompt hearing and an inspection of the factory or establishment, reinstate such permit, if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued or as amended.(c) Any officer or employee designated by the commissioner shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given by the operator.(1949 Rev., S. 3941.)History: Sec. 19-223 transferred to Sec. 21a-103 in 1983.