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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-72. (Formerly Sec. 19-210b). - Certificate of disinfection of stuffed toys.

Any manufacturer of stuffed toys to be sold in the state using materials in such toys containing products of animal origin shall obtain from the Department of Consumer Protection a certificate of disinfection on forms provided by said department. The application for such certificate shall contain random samples of such products when ready for market. Only disinfecting processes approved by said department as rendering such products clean, pure and neither harmful nor dangerous to potential users thereof shall be used. Any person, firm or corporation which sells or offers to sell any such stuffed toy for which such certificate of disinfection has not been obtained shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(February, 1965, P.A. 82, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-210b transferred to Sec. 21a-72 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c). - Unit pricing: Definitions.

As used in sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive:
(a) “Commissioner” means Commissioner of Consumer Protection;
(b) “Consumer commodity” means any food, including, but not limited to, any food that is weighed for retail sale at the point of purchase, or any drug, device, cosmetic or other article, product, or commodity of any other kind or class, except drugs sold only by prescription, which is customarily produced for sale to retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals, or use by individuals for purposes of personal care or in the performance of services ordinarily rendered in or around the household, and which usually is consumed or expended in the course of such consumption or use;
(c) “Unit price” of a consumer commodity means the retail price of a consumer commodity expressed in terms of the retail price of such commodity per such unit of weight, measure or count, computed to the nearest whole cent or fraction thereof;
(d) “Unit of a consumer commodity” means any consumer commodity in packaged form upon which is affixed a statement indicating the quantity of such commodity contained in such package.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 1; P.A. 88-66, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-15, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-210c transferred to Sec. 21a-73 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 defined “unit of a consumer commodity”; 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. 12-15 amended Subdiv. (b) to redefine “consumer commodity” by adding any food weighed for retail sale at the point of purchase, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-210d). - Seller to disclose unit and total price of consumer commodity.

(a) Any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale at retail any consumer commodity designated by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section 21a-75, shall disclose to the consumer the unit and total price of such commodity as provided in subsection (b) of this section unless exempted pursuant to section 21a-76.
(b) Persons subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall disclose the unit price and total price to consumers by one or more of the following means: (1) By attachment of a stamp, tag or label directly adjacent to the consumer commodity, on the shelf on which the commodity is displayed, or by stamping or affixing the price information on each unit of a consumer commodity; or (2) if the consumer commodity is so located that it is not conspicuously visible to the consumer, or is so located that the price information if displayed in accordance with subdivision (1) would not be conspicuously visible to the consumer, by a sign or list bearing such price information, conspicuously placed near the point of procurement; or (3) by such other means as the commissioner may by regulation provide.
(c) Any printed advertisement to aid, promote or assist, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any consumer commodity subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, which printed advertisement compares or otherwise displays different sizes or measures of the same such commodity, shall not state the total price of such commodity unless such advertisement also states the unit price of such commodity.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 2–4; P.A. 88-66, S. 2; P.A. 97-78, S. 1, 3.)
History: Sec. 19-210d transferred to Sec. 21a-74 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 changed the reference in Subsec. (b) from “the commodity itself” to “each unit of a consumer commodity”; P.A. 97-78 amended Subsec. (c) re printed advertisements which compare or display different sizes or measures of the same commodity, effective May 27, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-210e). - Regulations. Hearings. Civil penalties for noncompliance.

(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, for the best interests of consumers and, in addition, shall by regulation: (1) Designate those consumer commodities as to which display of the unit price shall be required, upon a determination that such display will be in the best interests of consumers; (2) designate the unit of weight, measure, or count in terms of which the unit price of each consumer commodity designated under subdivision (1) shall be expressed, provided that no designated unit shall be such as to require persons subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 21a-74 to measure any consumer commodity solely for the purpose of complying with said section; (3) designate whether the unit price of each consumer commodity designated under subdivision (1) shall be expressed to the nearest whole cent or fraction thereof; (4) prescribe the means for the disclosure of price information upon determination that such means would be more effective than those prescribed in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of said section 21a-74.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54.
(c) The commissioner shall hold a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 whenever he has probable cause to believe, or whenever twenty-five or more citizens state in writing to him their belief, that a person has violated any of the provisions of sections 21a-73 to 21a-76, inclusive.
(d) Upon a finding that a person has violated any of the provisions of sections 21a-73 to 21a-76, inclusive, the commissioner may issue a warning citation or may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 5; P.A. 74-183, S. 226, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 195, 681; P.A. 88-66, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas in Subsec. (c), effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced “promulgate” with “adopt” in Subsec. (a), deleted reference to promulgating regulations and replaced “sections 4-41 to 4-50, inclusive” with “chapter 54” in Subsec. (b) and replaced “prosecuting attorney” with “assistant state's attorney” and “court of common pleas” with “superior court” and deleted “in the proper courts” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 19-210e transferred to Sec. 21a-75 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 provided that hearings would be held in accordance with chapter 54, deleting prior provisions re hearing procedures and added Subsec. (d) concerning the issuance of a warning or imposition of a civil penalty and designating each violation with respect to all units of a commodity on a single day as a single offense.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f). - Exceptions.

The provisions of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall not apply to any owner-operated single retail store or to any store occupying a total retail sales area of not more than three thousand five hundred square feet.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 6; P.A. 84-250, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 19-210f transferred to Sec. 21a-76 in 1983; P.A. 84-250 excluded stores occupying a retail sales area of not more than 3,500 square feet from the requirements of unit pricing.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g). - Criminal penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 7; P.A. 88-66, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 95.)
History: Sec. 19-210g transferred to Sec. 21a-77 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 increased the maximum penalty from $100 to $200 for the first offense and from $500 to $1,000 for subsequent offenses; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i). - Shelf life pricing; definition; penalty.

Section 21a-78 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(P.A. 75-601; P.A. 88-56; 88-364, S. 115, 123; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-78b. - Suspension of application. Monitoring by department.

Section 21a-78b is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(P.A. 96-220, S. 6, 7; P.A. 97-78, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-79a. - Program for test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79 and any regulations adopted under said section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, within available appropriations, establish a program for the test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems that maintain and display the item and unit price of consumer commodities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 21a-79. The commissioner shall select one or more retailers to participate in any such program. A retailer participating in the program shall conduct business from one or more stores in this state. The retailer shall submit to the commissioner a written request to participate in the program and pay all costs associated with a test audit under such program. The retailer shall implement a system to be test audited that, at a minimum, (1) maintains the retailer's current item prices and unit prices for each product in an electronic database, (2) prints shelf tags that meet all applicable requirements for item pricing and unit pricing, and (3) operates in such a way that (A) price decreases are immediately transmitted directly to the point of sale, and (B) price increases are transmitted to the point of sale only after such shelf tags are posted and such posting has been verified in the electronic database.
(b) The commissioner may designate a private auditing organization to conduct any such test audit and shall charge the cost of such test audit to the selected retailer or retailers. No such test audit shall be conducted for a period exceeding twelve months. During the test audit, such store shall be exempt from the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21a-79 and any applicable regulations adopted under said section.
(P.A. 98-211, S. 3; P.A. 01-43; 01-195, S. 172, 181; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-117, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 01-43 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “October 1, 1998,” to “October 1, 2001,” renumbering Subdivs. (3)(A) to (3)(C)(ii) as Subdivs. (1) to (3)(B) and making technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) by expanding applicability to multiple retailers and extending audit period from 6 months to 12 months; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 11, 2001; 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. 16-117 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “pilot program” with “program”, delete references to October 1, 2001, and make technical changes and deleted former Subsec. (c) re report, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-80 and 21a-81. (Formerly Secs. 19-210k and 19-210l). - Natural or organically grown foods; requirements. Misbranding of natural or organically grown foods.

Sections 21a-80 and 21a-81 are repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 79-379, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-483, S. 80, 186; P.A. 81-472, S. 49, 159; P.A. 98-73, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a). - Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings.

(a) No person, firm or corporation shall use any paint on an interior surface of any tenement house, lodging house or boarding house as defined in chapter 368o nor on or around the interior or exterior surface of any door, window, porch, stairway or railing of any such tenement house, lodging house or boarding house unless such paint conforms to the standards as required in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.
(b) No municipality, housing authority, redevelopment agency, community housing development corporation or other public authority shall use any paint on an interior surface of any building owned or being developed by it which serves as living quarters unless such paint conforms to the standards of the American National Standards Institute. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall promulgate standards not less restrictive than standards set by federal law in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.
(1967, P.A. 743, S. 1–3; 1969, P.A. 533, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 35, S. 2; 194, S. 5, 6; P.A. 75-392, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 135, 610.)
History: 1969 act made provisions of Subsec. (b) applicable to housing authorities, redevelopment agencies, community housing development corporations and other public authorities as well as to municipalities; 1971 acts repealed Subsec. (c) re $50 maximum fine for violation and replaced “United States of America Standards Institute” with “American National Standards Institute” in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 75-392 replaced reference to standards of the Institute with reference to standards in accordance with Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; P.A. 77-614 replaced director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 19-65a transferred to Sec. 21a-82 in 1983.
Cited. 31 CA 359.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-83. (Formerly Sec. 19-65b). - Packaging or sale of paint not conforming to federal standards. Labeling requirements.

On or after January 1, 1976, no person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint which does not conform to the most recent standards of federal law, in accordance with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended, unless it bears the following warning statement:
CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. Do not apply on any interior surfaces of a dwelling or of a place used for the care of children or on window sills, toys, cribs or other furniture which might be chewed by children. Wash thoroughly after handling and before eating or smoking. Close container after each use.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Such warning statements shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the immediate container of such paint and shall be printed on gallon-size containers in letters of not less than ten-point type for the words–CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED and KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN and not less than eight-point type for the remainder of the statement. Proportionately smaller type may be used on smaller containers. Such printing shall be legible and in a conspicuous color contrast with other printing appearing on the container. Stocks of paint which fail to conform to the standards herein established and which were manufactured prior to October 1, 1975, can be made to conform with the requirements of this section by the application of a separate warning label, which shall be affixed directly on the existing label. No person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint not conforming with the standards herein established after one year from October 1, 1975, unless the warning is an integral part of the printed container label.
(1969, P.A. 533, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 194, S. 7; P.A. 75-392, S. 3.)
History: 1971 act replaced “United States of America Standards Institute” with “American National Standards Institute”; P.A. 75-392 replaced 1970 date and 1969 dates with 1976 and 1975 dates and replaced standards of the Institute with standards of federal law in accordance with Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; Sec. 19-65b transferred to Sec. 21a-83 in 1983.
Cited. 31 CA 359.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c). - Seizure of mislabeled paint.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may seize and remove for safe keeping paint which any person, firm or corporation packages, distributes, offers for sale, sells or gives away in violation of section 21a-83. When such person, firm or corporation from whom the commissioner has seized paint furnishes assurance satisfactory to the commissioner of compliance with the provisions of section 21a-83, the commissioner shall release such paint to such person, firm or corporation.
(1969, P.A. 533, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-65c transferred to Sec. 21a-84 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 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-84a. - Connecticut Poison Control Center: Publication and distribution of list of poisonous plants.

(a) The Connecticut Poison Control Center shall annually furnish a list of poisonous plants to trade associations that represent retailers of flowers and plants for publication to their members.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “poisonous” means having the capacity to produce injury or illness to a human being or domestic animal through ingestion of the plant.
(c) The trade associations referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall annually distribute the list to their member companies that sell flowers and plants at the retail level and shall encourage such companies to make the list available to persons who are customers in their retail establishments.
(P.A. 03-193, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d). - Penalty.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 21a-82 and 21a-83 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(1971, P.A. 35, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-65d transferred to Sec. 21a-85 in 1983.
Cited. 31 CA 359.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86. - “Plumbing fixtures” defined.

As used in sections 21a-86a to 21a-86g, inclusive, “plumbing fixtures” means water closets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushometer-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets and any other toilet that uses water; urinals; showerheads; and bathroom, lavatory and kitchen faucets.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 1, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86b. - Compliance with standards.

No person may sell, offer for sale or install any new showerhead, urinal, faucet or replacement aerator on and after October 1, 1990, or any new tank-type toilet, flushometer-valve toilet, flushometer-tank toilet or electromechanical hydraulic toilet on and after January 1, 1992, unless such showerhead, urinal, faucet, replacement aerator, tank-type toilet, flushometer-valve toilet, flushometer-tank toilet or electromechanical hydraulic toilet meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-86a, or is authorized under the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (d) of said section.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 3, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86c. - Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish procedures for testing the efficiency of plumbing fixtures offered for retail sale if such procedures are not established in the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252.
(b) Each manufacturer of plumbing fixtures shall test samples of such plumbing fixtures in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this section or those established in the State Building Code, whichever are applicable. The tested flow rate shall be conspicuously marked on the unit carton in which the plumbing fixture is offered for retail sale.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 11-80 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority and change “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86d. - Right of access by commissioner to places where plumbing fixtures are sold, stored or maintained.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall have access at all reasonable times to places where distributors or retailers sell, store or maintain plumbing fixtures for the purpose of making periodic inspections to determine compliance with the standards adopted pursuant to section 21a-86a and with the provisions of sections 21a-86b and 21a-86c.
(b) The commissioner, upon complaint of any person, shall investigate complaints of violations of the standards adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 21a-86a.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 5, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86e. - Precedence of more stringent regulations.

In the event of any conflict between regulations establishing efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-86a and the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252, the more stringent regulations shall take precedence.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 6, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86f. - Distribution by Commissioner of Administrative Services of regulations re plumbing fixtures.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall distribute copies of the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 21a-86a to persons requesting a copy of the Connecticut supplement to the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 7, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs › Section 21a-86g. - Civil penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-86 to 21a-86g, inclusive, shall be assessed a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense and each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 8, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-91. (Formerly Sec. 19-211). - Short title and legislative intent.

This chapter may be cited as the “Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act”, and is intended to enact state legislation: (1) Which will safeguard the public health and promote the public welfare by protecting the consuming public from injury by product use and the purchasing public from injury by merchandising deceit, arising from intrastate commerce in food, drugs, devices and cosmetics; (2) which shall be uniform, as provided in this chapter, with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and with the Federal Trade Commission Act, to the extent to which it outlaws the false advertisement of food, drugs, devices and cosmetics; and (3) which will promote uniformity of such legislation and its administration and enforcement in and throughout the United States.
(1949 Rev., S. 3929.)
History: Sec. 19-211 transferred to Sec. 21a-91 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-211:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
Cited. 15 CS 11; 29 CS 333.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-92a. - Regulation of organically grown food.

(a) No person may advertise, distribute or sell a food or food supplement described as “organic”, “organically grown” or “natural” or described with or by words of similar meaning, unless such food or food supplement complies with the definitions of “organically grown food” or “natural food”, as the case may be, as provided in section 21a-92.
(b) Agricultural products or by-products that have been organically grown, as defined in section 21a-92, shall be certified as organically grown annually by the Department of Agriculture or a certification body recognized by the National Organic Standards Board or the United States Department of Agriculture. Organic certification shall include at least one annual site visit by an independent inspector approved by the certification body. Such certification bodies shall issue certification standards which denote approved, regulated and prohibited farming practices and substances. Certification standards shall be reviewed and updated annually by the certification body. Agricultural products or by-products that have been certified as organically grown shall not be intentionally subjected to prohibited substances and shall not contain residues in excess of five per cent of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's allowable tolerance level caused by unintentional and unavoidable contamination by prohibited substances. Certified organic farming shall be a production system which prohibits the use of synthetically manufactured fertilizers, synthetically manufactured pesticides, synthetically manufactured herbicides, synthetically manufactured fungicides, synthetically manufactured growth regulators, irradiation or transgenic seeds and sewage sludge. Violations of this section shall be reported to the Department of Consumer Protection.
(c) All foods advertised, distributed or sold in violation of this section shall be deemed to be misbranded under section 21a-102.
(P.A. 98-73, S. 2, 4; P.A. 02-51, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d), (f); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-73 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 02-51 amended Subsec. (b) by transferring certification from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut to the Department of Agriculture and changing residue requirement from 1% to 5%; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced separate Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-92b. - Definitions.

For purposes of this section and sections 21a-92c, 21a-99 and 21a-102:
(1) “Enzyme” means a protein that catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without being destroyed or altered upon completion of such reactions;
(2) “Genetic engineering” means a process by which a food or food ingredient that is produced from an organism or organisms in which the genetic material has been changed through the application of: (A) In vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombinant DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) techniques and the direct injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles; or (B) fusion of cells, including protoplast fusion, or hybridization techniques that overcome natural physiological, reproductive or recombination barriers, where the donor cells or protoplasts do not fall within the same taxonomic group, in a way that does not occur by natural multiplication or natural recombination;
(3) “In vitro nucleic acid techniques” means techniques, including, but not limited to, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, that use vector systems and techniques involving the direct introduction into organisms of hereditary materials prepared outside the organisms such as microinjection, macroinjection, chemoporation, electroporation, microencapsulation and liposome fusion;
(4) “Organism” means any biological entity capable of replication, reproduction or transferring genetic material;
(5) “Processed food” means any food intended for human consumption other than a raw agricultural commodity and includes any such food produced from a raw agricultural commodity that has been processed through canning, smoking, pressing, cooking, freezing, dehydration, fermentation or milling;
(6) “Processing aid” means: (A) Any substance that is added to a food intended for human consumption during the processing of such food but that is removed in some manner from the food before the food is packaged in a finished form; (B) any substance that is added to such food during processing, that is converted into constituents normally present in the food, and that does not significantly increase the amount of the constituents naturally found in the food; or (C) any substance that is added to such food for its technical or functional effect in the processing but that is present in the finished food at insignificant levels and that does not have any technical or functional effect in the finished food;
(7) “Retailer” means a person or entity that engages in the sale of food intended for human consumption to a consumer;
(8) “Distributor” means a person or entity that sells, supplies, furnishes or transports food intended for human consumption in this state that such person or entity does not produce; and
(9) “Manufacturer” means a person who produces food intended for human consumption or seed or seed stock that is intended to produce food for human consumption and sells such item to a retailer or distributor.
(P.A. 13-183, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-94. (Formerly Sec. 19-214). - Injunction proceedings.

In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the commissioner is authorized to apply to the Superior Court for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of section 21a-93, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.
(1949 Rev., S. 3932.)
History: Sec. 19-214 transferred to Sec. 21a-94 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-214:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
Action by commissioner to enjoin violations of Sec. 19-213 (21a-93) is an action by the state in sufficient compliance with Sec. 19-219 (21a-99). 31 CS 242.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-95. (Formerly Sec. 19-215). - Penalties.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of section 21a-93 shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars or both; but, if the violation is committed after a conviction of such person under this subsection has become final, such person shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who violates any provision of section 21a-93, with intent to defraud or mislead, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.
(c) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for having violated subsection (a) or (c) of section 21a-93 if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in this state from whom he received the article in good faith, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter. In such guaranty this chapter shall be designated by title.
(d) No publisher, radiobroadcast licensee, advertising agency or agency or medium for the dissemination of advertising, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of the article to which the advertisement relates, shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section by reason of his dissemination of any false advertisement, unless he has refused, on the request of the commissioner, to furnish the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency in the United States, who caused him to disseminate such false advertisement.
(1949 Rev., S. 3933.)
History: Sec. 19-215 transferred to Sec. 21a-95 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-215:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
Cited. 15 CS 11; 29 CS 333.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-97. (Formerly Sec. 19-217). - Prosecution for violation. Hearing before report of criminal violation.

(a) Each state's attorney or assistant state's attorney of the Superior Court to whom the commissioner reports any violation of this chapter shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted without delay, and to be prosecuted as prescribed by law.
(b) Before any violation of this chapter, except for any violation of subdivision (l) of section 21a-93, is reported by the commissioner to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views to the commissioner, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.
(1949 Rev., S. 3935; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 58; P.A. 74-183, S. 228, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 197, 681; P.A. 80-291.)
History: 1961 act substituted prosecuting attorney of circuit court for town or city prosecuting attorney; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas in Subsec. (a), effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced prosecuting attorney with assistant state's attorney and court of common pleas with superior court and deleted “in the proper courts” referring to institution of proceedings in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 80-291 added exception re violations of Sec. 19-213(l) in Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-217 transferred to Sec. 21a-97 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-217:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
Cited. 15 CS 11.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-98. (Formerly Sec. 19-218). - Report of minor violations not required.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report, for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations of this chapter, whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.
(1949 Rev., S. 3936.)
History: Sec. 19-218 transferred to Sec. 21a-98 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-218:
Cited. 179 C. 471.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-99. (Formerly Sec. 19-219). - Proceedings in name of state.

All such proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the state of Connecticut.
(1949 Rev., S. 3937; P.A. 13-183, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 19-219 transferred to Sec. 21a-99 in 1983; P.A. 13-183 added reference to Sec. 21a-92c.
Annotation to former section 19-219:
Injunction action by commissioner brought under Sec. 19-214 (21a-94) is in compliance with this section. 31 CS 242.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-100. (Formerly Sec. 19-220). - Definitions and standards for food.

Definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container and their amendments, now or hereafter adopted under authority of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be the definitions of standards of identity, quality and fill of containers in this state. Whenever the commissioner and director agree that such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, they, acting jointly may promulgate regulations establishing definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods where no federal regulations exist. Temporary permits granted by federal authority for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of federal definitions and standards of identity shall be effective in this state under the conditions provided in such permits. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the commissioner and director, acting jointly, shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform, so far as practicable, to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority of the federal act, the federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Poultry Inspection Act.
(1949 Rev., S. 3938; 1971, P.A. 169.)
History: 1971 act specified that federal standards shall be adopted by state and that foods without federal standards may be regulated by state, added provision re temporary permits for interstate shipment of experimental foods and replaced standards promulgated by the secretary of health, education and welfare with standards promulgated under federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Inspection Act; Sec. 19-220 transferred to Sec. 21a-100 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 418 - Uniform Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act › Section 21a-101a. - Liability for costs relating to adulterated food. Civil action to recover costs and expenses. Investigation and samples. Seizure, condemnation and destruction. Third party removal and disposal.

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