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CT Gen Stat § 22-47 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-47 - Exemptions.

 Producers selling eggs of their own producing direct to household users are exempt from the provisions of this part. All types of shippers selling eggs to a first receiver who will grade them into the proper size and grade before reselling are exempt from the provisions of this part.(1949 Rev., S. 3083.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-48 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-48 - Enforcement. Inspection. Notice of violation or order. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designated agent shall enforce the provisions of this part by inspection of retail and wholesale distribution establishments in this state at a frequency determined by the commissioner. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designated agent may issue any notice of violation or order necessary to ensure compliance with this part. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Agriculture, may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designated agent shall enforce the provisions of this part by inspection of egg distributors and egg grading plants in this state at a frequency determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designated agent may issue any notice of violation or order necessary to ensure compliance with this part. The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.(1949 Rev., S. 3084; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 18; P.A. 85-204, S. 10, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 6.)History: 1959 act reworded section, replacing administration of provisions with enforcement of provisions and updating section references, and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 85-204 deleted obsolete references to Secs. 22-35, 22-36 and 22-38 and made technical change in wording; 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. 13-241 replaced former provisions with Subsec. (a) re enforcement by inspection of retail and wholesale distribution establishments, issuance of notice of violation or order and adoption of regulations by Commissioner of Consumer Protection and Subsec. (b) re enforcement by inspection of egg distributors and grading plants, issuance of notice of violation or order and adoption of regulations by Commissioner of Agriculture, effective July 2, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 22-49 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-49 - Penalty.

 Any person, firm or corporation which, by itself or its agents or employees, violates any provision of this part or any regulation made under this part or fails to comply with any of the requirements hereof or knowingly misrepresents the conditions, source, size or quality of any eggs shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.(1949 Rev., S. 3085; 1949, S. 1712d.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-50 - Definitions.

 “Person”, as used in this part, includes persons, firms, corporations, societies and associations, and the acts of agents and employees under this part shall be construed to be the acts of their principals and employers as well as of the agents and employees. “Closed package” means a box or other container, the contents of which cannot be sufficiently seen for the purposes of inspection without opening the container. Apples packed in closed or open packages shall be deemed to be misbranded if their measure, quality or grade does not conform in every particular to the brand or mark upon or affixed to the package or if the faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of the package.(1949 Rev., S. 3086; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-51 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-51 - Enforcement. Grades and standards.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall, by regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establish and promulgate official Connecticut grades and standards for apples and, from time to time, amend or modify such grades and standards. Such grades and standards may be official United States grades as promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have authority to make regulatory inspections arising out of the provisions of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 3087, 3089; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 2, 4; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 19; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 82-472, S. 98, 183; P.A. 85-204, S. 12, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 acts deleted provision granting commissioner of agriculture power to enforce provisions of this part, required consultation with consumer protection commissioner re apple grades, added provision re consumer protection commissioner's inspection power and later replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act changed commissioner's title to commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act changed commissioner's title to commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 82-472 replaced a reference to repealed Secs. 4-41 to 4-50, inclusive with a reference to chapter 54 in the provision concerning adoption of regulations and made a technical correction; P.A. 85-204 eliminated the requirement that the commissioner of agriculture consult with the commissioner of consumer protection regarding standards and grades and transferred inspection authority from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture 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 § 22-52 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-52 - Marking of packages.

 Each closed package of apples packed or repacked in the state and intended for sale, either within or without the state, shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the package in plain letters the following statements: (1) The minimum size of the apples contained therein; (2) the name of the variety; (3) the name and address of the person by whose authority the apples were packed; (4) the grade designation of the package contents. If the true name of the variety is not known by the person by whose authority the apples were packed, such statement shall include the words “variety unknown”. Each closed package of apples which is repacked shall bear the name and address of the person by whose authority the apples are repacked in place of that of the original owner. The minimum size shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blossom end, shall be stated in variations of one-quarter of an inch and may be designated by using figures instead of words. The word “minimum” may be designated by using the abbreviation “min.”(1949 Rev., S. 3090; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-53 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-53 - Taking of samples.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture or any of his agents may, at any reasonable time, enter any building or place where apples are packed, stored, sold or offered or exposed for sale and may open therein any box or other container of any such apples and may take samples therefrom upon paying or tendering the payment of the retail market price for the quantity of each such sample taken. Any person who refuses to allow said commissioner or any of his authorized agents to enter any premises described in this section, or otherwise interferes with him in the performance of his duties of inspection under the provisions of this part, shall be subject to the penalties specified in section 22-54.(1949 Rev., S. 3091; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 6; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 20; P.A. 85-204, S. 11, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 85-204 transferred inspection powers from commissioner of consumer protection to commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture 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 § 22-54 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-54 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of this part shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.(1949 Rev., S. 3092; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-54o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-54o - Definitions.

 As used in sections 22-54p to 22-54t, inclusive:(1) “Apples” means apples produced in the state for the purpose of sale;(2) “Apple producer” means any person who produces or causes to be produced more than one thousand first sale units of apples in the state;(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;(4) “Harvest crop” means the number of bushels or pounds of apples harvested for a season;(5) “Distributor” or “handler” means any person, other than the producer, who sells, causes to be sold or markets a first sale unit;(6) “First sale unit” means a unit of sale of apples of between thirty-six and forty-four pounds, sold for fresh market use in boxes, cartons, baskets or other containers or, if sold on a per pound basis or in bulk, means forty pounds;(7) “Fresh market” means the sale of apples in the whole and unadulterated state in which such apples were harvested;(8) “Marketing” means the act or process of selling or purchasing in an apple market and includes advertising and promotion of apples or apple products and associated marketing research;(9) “Market order” means an order issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-54q for marketing research and promotion of apples and apple products, including an assessment to support such marketing research and promotion;(10) “Marketing season” means the period beginning July first of any year and ending June thirtieth of the following year;(11) “Storage” means any building, structure or place where apples are kept in a cold, refrigerated or controlled atmosphere.(P.A. 91-77, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture 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 § 22-54p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-54p - Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may: (1) Issue and administer an apple market order regulating the marketing of apples and (2) suspend the apple market order for one marketing season if he determines that the market order is not necessary to achieve the goals established in subsection (b) of section 22-54q. The commissioner shall administer the estimated budget prepared by the Apple Marketing Board pursuant to section 22-54s and may impose an assessment on apple producers sufficient to cover the costs of such budget.(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement this section and sections 22-54q to 22-54t, inclusive, including the establishment of procedures to conduct a referendum pursuant to subsection (c) of section 22-54q.(P.A. 91-77, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture 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 § 22-54t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-54t - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of a market order adopted pursuant to section 22-54q shall have committed an infraction.(P.A. 91-77, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-54u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products|Section 22-54u - Authority re maple syrup and honey licensing, inspection and enforcement. Regulations.

 (a) The preparation, packaging, labeling and sale of honey and maple syrup produced in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and sections 21a-151 to 21a-160, inclusive, and shall be under the licensing, inspection and enforcement authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the commissioner's authorized agents.(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the oversight of the production of honey and maple syrup by any person. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, the establishment of a license for such honey and maple syrup producers and the establishment of required best practices for the limiting of pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.(P.A. 19-18, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61e - Records. Inspection. Exemption.

 Each person whose name appears on the label as handling agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seeds pursuant to section 22-61c or 22-61d shall keep for a period of two years complete records of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed handled and keep for one year a file sample of each lot of seed after final disposition of said lot. Any such records and samples pertaining to such a lot shall be accessible for inspection by the seed control officer, or such officer's agent during customary business hours. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to any tree seed produced by a consumer.(P.A. 14-223, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61f - Exemptions.

 The provisions of sections 22-61c and 22-61d shall not be construed to apply to: (1) Seed or grain that is not intended for sowing purposes, (2) cleaned or conditioned seed that is in storage within, or that is in transit or consigned to a cleaning or conditioning establishment, (3) any carrier with respect to any seed transported or delivered for transport in the ordinary course of such carrier's business, provided such carrier is not engaged in producing, conditioning or marketing seeds, or (4) any person who sells or offers for sale any seed that is incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, species, subspecies, variety, type, origin, elevation, or year of collection, provided: (A) Such seeds cannot be properly identified for such characteristic by examination thereof, and (B) such person has not failed to obtain an invoice, genuine grower's or tree seed collector's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions as may be reasonable to insure the veracity of such labeled characteristic.(P.A. 14-223, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61h - “Stop sale” orders.

 Any “stop sale” order issued by the seed control officer to enforce the provisions of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, shall prohibit the sale, conditioning and movement of such seed, except upon the approval of said seed control officer, until such officer finds that any requirement of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, is met and, as a result of such finding, said control officer issues a release from said “stop sale” order. Any person aggrieved by a “stop sale” order issued by the seed control officer may appeal such order to the Superior Court.(P.A. 14-223, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61i - Seizure of seed lots. Temporary or permanent injunction.

 (a) Any lot of seed that does not comply with the requirements of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, shall be subject to seizure upon complaint of the seed control officer to the Superior Court. If, following opportunity for a hearing on such matter, the court finds such seed to not comply with the provisions of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, and orders the condemnation of such seed, the seed shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, relabeled, or otherwise disposed of in compliance with the provisions of the general statutes.(b) Whenever, in the performance of his or her duties, the seed control officer applies to the Superior Court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any provision of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, and such injunction is granted, such injunction shall be issued without bond.(P.A. 14-223, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61j - Violation. Penalty. Fine.

 Any person who violates the provisions of sections 22-61c to 22-61f, inclusive, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense and two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.(P.A. 14-223, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-61k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 424 - Seeds|Section 22-61k - Minimization of airborne neonicotinoid dust from treated seeds. Best practices. Availability to farmers and general public.

 Not later than January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall develop best practices for minimizing the airborne liberation of neonicotinoid insecticide dust from treated seeds and mitigating the effects of such dust on pollinators. Such best practices shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Methods to minimize such dust when treated seeds are dispensed from a seed bag into seed planter equipment; (2) guidance on the positioning of the vacuum system discharge of seed planter equipment to direct such discharge toward the soil; (3) time frames for the mowing of flowering vegetation located next to crop fields; (4) identification of weather conditions that minimize drift of such dust; and (5) suggestions for the use of seed lubricants to effectively minimize the drift of such dust. Each such state agency shall make the best practices developed pursuant to this section available to farmers, any person who owns, operates or manages a farm or an agricultural facility and the general public by posting such best practices on the Internet web site of such state agency not later than February 15, 2017. For purposes of this section, section 22-90a, subsection (l) of section 22a-50, sections 22a-61a and 22a-61b and section 6 of public act 16-17*, “neonicotinoid,” means any pesticide that acts selectively on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of an organism, including clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and any other such pesticide that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, after consultation with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, determines will result in the death of fifty per cent or more of a population of bees when two micrograms or less of such pesticide is applied to each bee within such population.(P.A. 16-17, S. 1.)*Note: Section 6 of public act 16-17 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.History: P.A. 16-17 effective May 6, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 22-62 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 425 - Regional Markets|Section 22-62 - Declaration of necessity.

 It is found and declared that large quantities of agricultural products, grown in Connecticut or brought from other states or countries into this state for consumption, must pass through wholesale marketing systems which are inadequate to meet present and future requirements; that the inadequacy of these systems contributes to high distributing costs and deterioration of products with concomitant losses to growers, distributors and the consuming public; that improvement of these systems would annually result in large savings to the consuming public, distributors and agricultural producers alike, all for the general welfare; that the efforts of public officers, the produce trade and other interested organizations to achieve these improvements by purely private means have not succeeded; that the establishment and operation of regional markets have become and are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern; that it is in the public interest to authorize the creation of marketing facilities which are to be organized and operated on a nonprofit, self-liquidating basis.(1949, S. 1715d.)