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2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-104. (Formerly Sec. 19-224). - Tolerances for poisonous ingredients in food.

(a) Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-101, but, when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, it shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of said subdivision unless a tolerance for such substance has been prescribed under the federal act and the quantity of such substance in or on the food is within the tolerance so prescribed, or the substance has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under the provisions of the federal act.
(b) A food additive shall, with respect to any particular use or intended use of such additive, be deemed to be unsafe within the meaning of said subdivision, unless it and its use or intended use conform to the terms of an exemption as provided under the federal act, or a regulation issued under the federal act prescribing the conditions under which such additive may be safely used.
(c) Any poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemical, or any pesticide chemical which is not recognized by the commissioner and director, acting jointly, as safe for use, added to a raw agricultural commodity, shall be deemed unsafe within the meaning of said subdivision, unless a tolerance for such pesticide chemical in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been prescribed under the federal act and the quantity of such pesticide chemical in or on the raw agricultural commodity is within the tolerance so prescribed; or the pesticide chemical has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under the provisions of the federal act.
(d) A color additive shall with respect to any particular use, for which it is being used or intended to be used or represented as suitable, in or on food or drugs or cosmetics, be deemed unsafe for the purposes of the application of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 21a-101, subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 21a-105, or subsection (e) of section 21a-111, as the case may be, unless there is in effect, and such color additive and such use are in conformity with, regulation as provided under the federal act, or such color additive and such use conform to the terms of an exception under the federal act.
(1949 Rev., S. 3942; 1963, P.A. 359, S. 4; P.A. 21-50, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1963 act deleted provisions re promulgation of regulations by commissioner and director to limit quantities used and added provision in Subsec. (a) re tolerances prescribed under the federal act and Subsecs. (b) through (e); Sec. 19-224 transferred to Sec. 21a-104 in 1983; P.A. 21-50 amended Subsecs. (a) and (d) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-104a. - Sulfiting agents.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company or corporation;
(2) “Sulfiting agent” means any sulfur dioxide, sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, potassium bisulfite, sodium metabisulfite or potassium metabisulfite;
(3) “Manufacturer” means any person, firm or corporation which produces or grows food and which packages such food for resale or distribution.
(b) No person who sells, offers for sale or distributes food, other than a manufacturer of food, shall add any sulfiting agent to any food sold, offered for sale or distributed in this state.
(c) Any retailer who displays, sells or offers for sale any bulk display of unpackaged food, including food displayed in any salad bar, which food contains any sulfiting agent, shall prominently display a sign which shall read as follows:
THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A SULFITING AGENT. SULFITES MAY CAUSE AN ALLERGIC REACTION IN CERTAIN PERSONS, PARTICULARLY ASTHMATICS.
Each letter on such sign shall be not less than one-half inch in height and shall be of the same type, style and color, which color shall contrast clearly with the background of such sign.
(d) Any manufacturer who adds a sulfiting agent to any food or to any ingredient in any food, which sulfiting agent is present in the finished food product, shall include such sulfiting agent as an ingredient of the food in the ingredient statement of the label attached to such food product. Such ingredient statement shall indicate the name of the sulfiting agent and the function of such sulfiting agent.
(P.A. 86-322, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 76, 189.)
History: P.A. 95-79 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-108. (Formerly Sec. 19-227). - Illegal obtaining or supplying of drugs. Forged labels.

(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a drug covered by subsection (k) of section 21a-106 or procure or attempt to procure the administration of such drug: (a) By fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false statement in any prescription, order or report required by this chapter.
(2) No person shall manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense or compound any drug covered by said subsection, except as authorized in this chapter.
(3) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a drug covered by said subsection, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian or other authorized person.
(4) No person shall make or utter any false or forged prescription or false or forged written order.
(5) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing any drug covered by said subsection.
(1955, S. 2097d; 1957, P.A. 105.)
History: Sec. 19-227 transferred to Sec. 21a-108 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-227:
Cited. 28 CS 21; 29 CS 333.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-109. (Formerly Sec. 19-228). - Drugs dispensed on prescription.

A drug dispensed on a written or oral prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug, except a drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail, shall, if such drug bears a label containing the name and place of business of the dispenser, the serial number and date of filling or refilling of such prescription, the name of such practitioner licensed by law to administer such drugs and the name of the patient, be exempt from the requirements of section 21a-106, except that no prescription for a legend drug or any derivative of any legend drug, shall be refilled except upon the order of the practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug.
(1949 Rev., S. 3945; 1953, S. 2098d; 1971, P.A. 106; P.A. 82-419, S. 36, 47.)
History: 1971 act required name of patient on drug label for exemption to requirements of Sec. 19-226 to apply; P.A. 82-419 amended section to provide for showing date of filling or refilling prescriptions on labels and to delete references to named substances and insert term “legend drug” in their place; Sec. 19-228 transferred to Sec. 21a-109 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-111. (Formerly Sec. 19-230). - Adulterated cosmetics.

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual; provided this provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of which bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: “Caution–This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness”, and the labeling of which bears adequate directions for such preliminary testing, and provided, for the purposes of this subsection and subsection (e), the term “hair-dye” shall not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes; (b) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; (c) if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; (d) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or (e) if it is not a hair-dye and it bears or contains a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of section 21a-104.
(1949 Rev., S. 3947; 1963, P.A. 359, S. 8.)
History: 1963 act deleted provision in Subsec. (e) re regulations promulgated under section 364 of the federal act, substituting reference to Sec. 19-224; Sec. 19-230 transferred to Sec. 21a-111 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-112. (Formerly Sec. 19-231). - Misbranded cosmetics.

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. Any statement on the label or labeling of such cosmetic, either directly or indirectly implying that the product is recommended or endorsed by any agency of the federal or state government, shall be considered misleading, unless such agency has approved such statement prior to such use; (b) if in package form, unless it bears a label containing (1) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor and (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical count, provided, under subdivision (2) of this subsection, reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established, by regulations prescribed by the commissioner and director, acting jointly; (c) if any information or other word or statement, required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling, is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices in the labeling, and in such terms, as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or (d) if its container is so made, formed or filled as to be misleading.
(1949 Rev., S. 3948; 1951, S. 2099d.)
History: Sec. 19-231 transferred to Sec. 21a-112 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-113. (Formerly Sec. 19-232). - False advertisement of food, drugs, devices and cosmetics.

An advertisement of a food, drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false, if it is false or misleading in any particular. Any statement either directly or indirectly implying that the product is recommended or endorsed by any agency of the federal or state government shall be considered misleading, unless the agency concerned has approved the statement prior to its use.
(1949 Rev., S. 3949; 1951, S. 2100d.)
History: Sec. 19-232 transferred to Sec. 21a-113 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-114. (Formerly Sec. 19-233). - When advertisement of drugs and devices deemed to be false.

The advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia or sexually transmitted disease, shall also be deemed to be false; except that no advertisement not in violation of section 21a-113 shall be deemed to be false under this section if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, dental or veterinary profession, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices; provided, whenever the commissioner and director, acting jointly, agree that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the commissioner and director, acting jointly, shall, by regulation, authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the commissioner and director, acting jointly, deem necessary in the interests of public health; and provided this section shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious.
(1949 Rev., S. 3950; P.A. 18-168, S. 28.)
History: Sec. 19-233 transferred to Sec. 21a-114 in 1983; P.A. 18-168 replaced “venereal disease” with “sexually transmitted disease”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-116. (Formerly Sec. 19-235). - Examinations and investigations.

(a) The commissioner shall cause the investigation and examination of food, drugs, devices and cosmetics subject to this chapter. The commissioner or his authorized representative shall have the right (1) to take a sample or specimen of any such article, for examination under this chapter, upon tendering the market price therefor to the person having such article in custody, and (2) to enter any place or establishment within this state, at reasonable times, for the purpose of taking a sample or specimen of such article, for such examination. Samples or specimens taken under the provisions of this subsection shall be submitted to the agricultural experiment station or to the laboratory services section of the Department of Public Health for examination.
(b) When a sample or specimen of any such article is taken for examination under this chapter, the commissioner shall, upon request, provide a part thereof for examination by any person named on the label of such article or the owner thereof, or his attorney or agent; except that the commissioner is authorized, by regulations, to make such reasonable exceptions from, and to impose such reasonable terms and conditions relating to, the operation of this subsection as he finds necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this chapter.
(c) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, pertinent records of any administrative agency of the state government shall be open to inspection by the commissioner or his authorized representative.
(1949 Rev., S. 3952; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 03-278, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-235 transferred to Sec. 21a-116 in 1983; 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; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003.
Cited. 207 C. 698.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-117. (Formerly Sec. 19-236). - Records of intrastate shipment.

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in intrastate commerce, and persons receiving food, drugs, devices or cosmetics in intrastate commerce or holding such articles so received, shall, upon the request of an authorized representative of the commissioner, permit such representative, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in intrastate commerce of any food, drug, device or cosmetic, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof; and no such carrier or person shall fail to permit such access to, and the copying of, any such records so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of food, drug, device or cosmetic to which such request relates; provided evidence obtained under this section shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained and provided carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this chapter by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding or delivery of food, drugs, devices or cosmetics in the usual course of business as carriers.
(1949 Rev., S. 3953.)
History: Sec. 19-236 transferred to Sec. 21a-117 in 1983.
Cited. 207 C. 698.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-119. (Formerly Sec. 19-238). - Publicity.

(a) The commissioner may cause to be published, from time to time, reports summarizing all judgments, decrees and court orders which have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.
(b) The commissioner may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding food, drugs, devices or cosmetics as the commissioner deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commissioner and director from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of their examinations and investigations under this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 3955.)
History: Sec. 19-238 transferred to Sec. 21a-119 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-120. (Formerly Sec. 19-239). - Interpretation.

This chapter and the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to enact state legislation uniform with the federal act.
(1949 Rev., S. 3956.)
History: Sec. 19-239 transferred to Sec. 21a-120 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-239:
Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act must be interpreted to be uniform with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. 31 CS 242.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419 - Retail Drug Control Act › Section 21a-126. (Formerly Sec. 19-240). - Definitions.

The following terms shall have the following meanings, when used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:
(1) “Retail drug trade” means the selling to the consumer, not for the purpose of resale, of any form of drugs, medicines, cosmetics, toilet preparations, drug sundries or allied articles, but shall not include the dispensing of drugs, medicines and medical supplies by a physician, dentist, surgeon or veterinary in the legitimate practice of his profession;
(2) “Drug retailer” means any individual, firm or corporation engaged wholly or partially in the retail drug trade;
(3) “Retail drug establishment” means any store or department of a store engaged in the retail drug trade;
(4) “Drug” means any substance or preparation, except soaps, intended for external or internal use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, remedy or prevention of disease or ailment in man or any other animal, and any substance or preparation intended to affect the structure or function of the body of man or any other animal, not including food, but including medicinal or quasi-medicinal preparations;
(5) “Cosmetics” and “toilet preparations” mean toilet articles and perfumes, toilet waters, face powders, creams, lotions, rouges, shaving creams, dentifrices, bath salts and all other similar preparations and substances, except soaps, designed and intended for application to the person for the purpose of cleansing, improving or changing in any way the appearance of the person, or of refreshing or preserving the person;
(6) “Drug sundries” means such articles as are used in conjunction with, but not included in, drugs, cosmetics or toilet preparations;
(7) “Manufacturer's wholesale list price” means the manufacturer's published wholesale price or, if there is no such published or list price, the invoice price, exclusive of all discounts, of the wholesaler to the retailer.
(1949 Rev., S. 3957; 1963, P.A. 319.)
History: 1963 act added Subsec. (g); Sec. 19-240 transferred to Sec. 21a-126 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators replaced editorially by the Revisors with numeric indicators for consistency with general use elsewhere in general statutes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419 - Retail Drug Control Act › Section 21a-127. (Formerly Sec. 19-241). - Illegal advertising.

(a) No drug retailer shall use advertising, whether printed, electronic, audiovisual or display or of any other nature, which is intentionally inaccurate in any material particular or misrepresents merchandise, in respect to its use, trademark, grade, quality, quantity, size, origin, material, content or preparation; and no drug retailer shall use advertising or selling methods which tend to deceive or mislead the customer.
(b) No drug retailer shall use advertising which refers inaccurately in any material particular to any competitor or his merchandise, prices, values, credit terms, policies or services.
(c) No drug retailer shall use advertising which lays claim to a policy or a continuing practice of generally underselling competitors.
(d) No drug retailer shall secretly give anything of value to a customer or to the employee or agent of a customer for the purpose of influencing a sale or, in furtherance of a sale, render a bill or statement of account to the employee, agent or customer which is inaccurate in any material particular.
(e) No drug retailer shall sell or offer for sale any merchandise upon a condition which involves a lottery, gamble or other element of chance.
(f) No drug retailer shall permit any demonstrator or sales employee whose salary is wholly or partially paid by a manufacturer or distributor to work in his establishment unless such demonstrator or sales employee is clearly and openly identified as the agent of such manufacturer or distributor.
(1949 Rev., S. 3958; P.A. 73-480, S. 1, 4.)
History: P.A. 73-480 deleted radio advertising and added electronic and audio-visual advertising in Subsec. (a); Sec. 19-241 transferred to Sec. 21a-127 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419 - Retail Drug Control Act › Section 21a-128. (Formerly Sec. 19-242). - Unfair competition.

No drug retailer shall sell any drugs, medicines, cosmetics, toilet preparations or drug sundries at a price below the manufacturer's wholesale list price per dozen; nor, in the case of biologicals or other of the above-mentioned products which are not customarily sold in dozens or greater lots, sell such products at less than the manufacturer's wholesale list price per unit. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sentence, any drug retailer may sell at less than the prices specified above, imperfect or actually damaged merchandise or bona fide discontinued lines of merchandise, if advertised, marked and sold as such; merchandise sold upon the complete final liquidation of any business; merchandise sold or donated for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies and drugs or drug sundries sold to physicians, dentists, veterinarians or hospitals, but not for the purpose of resale by them.
(1949 Rev., S. 3959.)
History: Sec. 19-242 transferred to Sec. 21a-128 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-242:
Allegations of intent in pleadings proper in action to determine constitutionality of section. 26 CS 426.
As applied to toilet preparations or drug sundries, section is a price-fixing statute not lying within broad discretion of legislature under police powers and, since elements necessary to sustain constitutionality are not met, defendant's conviction violated his rights under due process provisions of federal and state constitutions. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 486. Statute is penal and must be strictly construed. Id., 490.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 21a-135. (Formerly Sec. 19-269). - Definition.

The term “beverage”, as used in this part, includes all bottled nonalcoholic beverages, including those commonly known as “soda water”; all bottled nonalcoholic proprietary beverages by whatever names called, including malt and cereal drinks; grape juice, lime juice and other fruit juices and vegetable juices put up in containers; fruit-flavored syrups, powders or mixtures and concentrated fruit juices, when sold at retail and designed for the preparation of beverages through the addition of water, with or without sugar, and all bottled spring and mineral waters.
(1949 Rev., S. 3983.)
History: Sec. 19-269 transferred to Sec. 21a-135 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 21a-136. (Formerly Sec. 19-270). - License.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection is authorized to issue licenses for the business of bottling water and manufacturing and bottling beverages for the purpose of sale, upon application therefor by any person, firm or corporation, which application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall describe the person to be licensed and the place where such manufacturing or bottling is to be carried on, and no person, firm or corporation shall engage in such business without having secured such a license.
(1949 Rev., S. 3984; 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. 19-270 transferred to Sec. 21a-136 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 21a-137. (Formerly Sec. 19-271). - License fee; disposition.

A fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall accompany each application for the license provided for in section 21a-136. Each such license shall expire annually. Such license shall be in such form as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines and shall be kept exposed to view in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is conducted or carried on. All fees received for such licenses shall be paid by the commissioner to the State Treasurer. No person, firm, corporation or distributor shall sell, offer for sale or distribute within the state any beverages manufactured or bottled beyond the boundaries of the state unless such person, firm, corporation or distributor has made application for and secured a license from said commissioner upon the payment of one hundred fifty dollars, and no such license shall be issued by said commissioner until such establishment has been inspected by him or his agent or until such establishment has furnished said commissioner a certificate from the commission having the enforcement of the beverage law in the state where such establishment is located that such establishment complies in every respect with the requirements of the Connecticut beverage law. The provisions of this section shall not apply to out-of-state manufacturers, bottlers or distributors of malt and cereal drinks, grape juice, lime juice, fruit-flavored syrups, powders or mixtures, concentrated fruit juices or fruit and vegetable juices.
(1949 Rev., S. 3985; 1959, P.A. 389, S. 1; P.A. 76-183, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-36, S. 26, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 284; P.A. 11-242, S. 60.)
History: 1959 act raised fee from $20 to $50; P.A. 76-183 raised fee to $75; Sec. 19-271 transferred to Sec. 21a-137 in 1983; P.A. 94-36 eliminated the reference to the “thirtieth day of June” license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $75 to $150; P.A. 11-242 substituted “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” for “commissioner” and added distributor to list of entities requiring licensure.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 21a-138. (Formerly Sec. 19-272). - Suspension and revocation of license.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after hearing, of the time and place of which reasonable notice shall have been given, may suspend or revoke any such license for any of the following causes: The use of any polluted water; for bottled water obtained from a source located in the state, the failure to obtain approval for the use of such source from the Department of Public Health; for bottled water obtained from a source located out of state, the failure to obtain approval for the use of such source from the government entities having jurisdiction to regulate the use of such source; failure to conduct such business in a sanitary place and under sanitary conditions; the use of any ingredient impure or injurious to health; a conviction for a violation of the federal law in relation to intoxicating liquors or any state liquor control act; failure to comply with the provisions of this part, part III of this chapter and chapters 416, 417 and 430, relating to the manufacture of pure foods, so far as the same may apply to the provisions of this part, or failure to comply with any order of the commissioner under the provisions of this part. No person, during any period when his license is suspended or revoked, shall manufacture any beverage or sell or offer for sale any beverage previously manufactured by him. No person shall sell any beverage from open containers.
(1949 Rev., S. 3986; P.A. 86-241, S. 12; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-242, S. 61.)
History: Sec. 19-272 transferred to Sec. 21a-138 in 1983; P.A. 86-241 authorized the commissioner to suspend or revoke a license for failing to use a source for bottled water which is approved by the department of health services and for failure to comply with the revision of part III of chapter 419a; 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; P.A. 11-242 substituted “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” for “commissioner” and added provisions re suspension or revocation of license for failure to obtain bottled water from an approved in-state source and failure to obtain bottled water from an approved out-of-state source.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 21a-139. (Formerly Sec. 19-273). - Appeal.

Any person aggrieved by reason of the refusal of said commissioner to grant any such license, or by the suspension or revocation of any such license, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(1949 Rev., S. 3987; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 8; 870, S. 112; P.A. 76-436, S. 380, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 52, 125.)
History: 1971 acts required that appeals be taken between 12 and 30 days after service rather than the “next return day” or “the next return day but one” after action taken on license and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous detailed appeal provisions with statement that appeals shall be in accordance with Sec. 4-183; Sec. 19-273 transferred to Sec. 21a-139 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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. 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 comply with all labeling requirements for bottles and containers 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. 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; P.A. 10-9, S. 2.)
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; P.A. 10-9 deleted provision allowing only certified colors to be used and replaced provision re labeling with name, address, zip code and license number of manufacturer, bottler or packager with provision requiring compliance with federal labeling requirements, effective May 5, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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 twenty 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 285.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 76-187 increased registration fee from $2 to $10 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase registration fee from $10 to $20.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages › Section 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.