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CT Gen Stat § 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198) - License fees.

 The license fee for a retail manufacturer of frozen desserts shall be fifty 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 one hundred dollars for the first twenty-five thousand gallons or fraction thereof and an additional one dollar and fifty 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 two thousand seven hundred fifty 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 281.)History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection, changed fee for retail manufacturer from $1 for each 1,000 gallons or less to $15 for each plant and raised fee for wholesale manufacturer from $0.25 for first 25,000 gallons or fraction thereof and an additional $0.65 for each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof above 25,000 gallons, adding provision gallonage be for previous calendar year; 1969 act added provision setting maximum fee at $2,500; P.A. 76-205 raised per plant license fee from $15 to $25; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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 comply with all labeling requirements for food specified by the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC 301, et seq., as amended by the federal Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, 21 USC 343, et seq., as from time to time amended.(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; P.A. 10-9, 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; P.A. 10-9 amended Subsec. (5) by replacing provision re name, address and license number of manufacturer, packer or distributor with provision requiring compliance with federal food labeling requirements, effective May 5, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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 Sec. 19-204, adding reference to 19-204a and standards promulgated under it; Sec. 19-205 transferred to Sec. 21a-59 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-62a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-62a - Preparation of food in residential dwelling for sale. Regulations.

 (a) Preparation of food in a private residential dwelling for sale for human consumption shall be allowed provided it conforms to the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after consulting with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to allow the preparation of food in a private residential dwelling for sale for human consumption.(P.A. 15-76, S. 2; 15-242, S. 57.)History: P.A. 15-242 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Commissioner of Public Health” with “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” with “Commissioner of Public Health”.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-62b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-62b - Definitions.

 For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-62c to 21a-62h, inclusive:(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or an authorized agent of the commissioner;(2) “Cottage food operation” means any person who produces cottage food products only in the home kitchen of such person's private residential dwelling and only for sale directly to the consumer and who does not operate as a food service establishment pursuant to section 19a-36 or regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-101, or a food retailer, distributor or manufacturer as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-92 and section 21a-151;(3) “Cottage food products” means nonpotentially hazardous baked goods, jams, jellies and other nonpotentially hazardous foods produced by a cottage food operation. “Cottage food products” does not include maple syrup or honey;(4) “Food service establishment” means any establishment in which food is stored, offered for sale, processed or prepared, and includes the transportation of any food;(5) “Private residential dwelling” means an owner or resident occupied dwelling. “Private residential dwelling” does not include any group or communal residential setting within any type of structure or outbuilding, shed, barn or other similar structure;(6) “Home kitchen” means a kitchen designed and intended for use by the residents of a home but that is also used by a resident for the production of cottage food products and that may contain one or more stoves or ovens, which may be a double oven, designed for residential use. “Home kitchen” does not include commercial equipment typically used for large wholesale manufacturing;(7) “Permitted area” means the portion of a private residential dwelling that contains a home kitchen where the preparation, packaging, storage or handling of cottage food products occurs; and(8) “Potentially hazardous food” means a food that requires time and temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation, which controls shall be consistent with the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code definition for time and temperature control for safety food, as amended from time to time, and adopted by reference by the commissioner pursuant to section 19a-36h.(P.A. 18-141, S. 13; P.A. 19-18, S. 1; 19-177, S. 38.)History: P.A. 19-18 redefined “cottage food products” in Subdiv. (3) to exclude maple syrup and honey; P.A. 19-177 amended definition of potentially hazardous food in Subdiv. (8), effective July 9, 2019.