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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands › Section 22-26mm. - Municipal loan program. Account. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall administer a program providing eligible municipalities with a loan for the purchasing of agricultural lands. Such loan shall be for a period not to exceed five years and shall not be subject to interest. Municipalities shall be eligible for such loan if they provide not less than twenty per cent of the purchase price of such lands and may apply for such loan on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(b) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal purchasing of agricultural land account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purposes of providing municipalities with loans for the purchase of agricultural lands in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the criteria for loans granted under this section, and the terms governing such loans.
(P.A. 07-131, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 07-131 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands › Section 22-26pp. - Savin Farm in the town of Lebanon. Authority re conservation or preservation restriction.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may place a conservation or a preservation restriction, as defined in section 47-42a, on the property known as the “Savin Farm” and located in the town of Lebanon. Any such conservation or preservation restriction: (1) May provide for the conservation of said farm for agricultural use, (2) may allow for the lease, permit or license by the commissioner of any portion of said farm to one or more persons or entities for the purpose of engaging in agriculture, as defined in section 1-1, and (3) shall allow for the continuance of any activities that historically took place on said farm, in accordance with the draft memorandum of understanding between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Protection, dated October 23, 1995.
(P.A. 14-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 14-80 effective June 3, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands › Section 22-26qq. - Conservation or preservation restrictions on department lands.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may place conservation or preservation restrictions, as defined in section 47-42a, on any lands owned by the department.
(P.A. 14-169, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 14-169 effective June 11, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-27. - Establishment of standards. Market information.

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to investigate marketing conditions and to establish and maintain state brands for farm and horticultural crops, including poultry and poultry products. He may obtain, prepare and disseminate information concerning the marketing, prices, supply and demand for any or all farm products and their movement through commercial channels and the quantity and condition of such products in cold storage and, for such purposes, may inspect the books of any wholesaler dealing in such products, and may obtain and furnish quotations upon any such product or article and farm supplies on request.
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain standard packages, grades and classifications for farm and horticultural crops, including poultry and poultry products, such standards, as far as possible, to be identical with similar standards established under authority of the Congress of the United States.
(1949 Rev., S. 3065; 1957, P.A. 77; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 4; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 1, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts removed standard packages, grades and classifications provisions in existing section and formed new Subsec. (b) re packages, grades and classifications and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 amended Subsec. (b) by eliminating the requirement that the commissioner of agriculture consult with the commissioner of consumer protection; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 22-39a re controlled atmosphere storage of fruit.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-28. - Labels for standard grades.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may determine or design brands to be used on labels for identifying farm products packed in accordance with the official grades and standards established under the provisions of section 22-27, and shall cause such labels to be printed and distributed at a reasonable price. A written application to the Commissioner of Agriculture for permission to use any such label and a written permission therefor, signed by the commissioner or an authorized assistant, shall be a condition precedent to the use of any such label. Said commissioner may revoke the right to use any such label whenever it appears on investigation that such label has been misused.
(1949 Rev., S. 3066; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 5; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 2, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources and required consultation with consumer protection commissioner re brands; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 eliminated the requirement that the commissioner of consumer protection be consulted; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-29. - Notice of establishment to be published.

Upon the establishment of such grades or standards and upon the determination of such brands, notice thereof shall be published for three successive weeks in three newspapers, stating the grade or grades so established and the brands so determined and the date on which such establishment or determination is to become effective. The commissioner shall distribute information relative to the grades or standards so established and the brands so determined.
(1949 Rev., S. 3067.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-30. - Penalty for improper use of brand name.

Any person who uses a brand promulgated under the provisions of section 22-29 without having written permission as provided in section 22-28 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 3068.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-31. - Inspection. Certification.

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or any person authorized by him shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any building or other place wherein it is reasonably believed that farm products labeled in accordance with official grades established and promulgated by the Commissioner of Agriculture are being marketed or held for commercial purposes, shall have power to open any bag, crate or other container of such farm products and examine the contents thereof and may, upon tendering the market price, take samples therefrom.
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture may inspect farm products to establish official grades or standards and certify the quality and condition of such products and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the Commissioner of Agriculture or any person authorized by him shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, condition and approximate quality of the farm products inspected and any other pertinent facts that said commissioner may require. Such a certificate and all federal certificates relative to the condition or quality of such farm products shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the facts required to be stated therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 3069; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 7; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 3, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts divided section into Subsecs., transferring access right in Subsec. (a) from commissioner of agriculture to commissioner of consumer protection and rephrasing Subsec. (b) to replace references to inspector employees of agriculture commissioner with references to commissioner himself and later replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 transferred authority re free access from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-32. - Reports by persons engaged in wholesale marketing. Penalty.

Section 22-32 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3071; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 9; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 13, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-33. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may prescribe regulations for carrying out the provisions of sections 22-27, 22-28 and subsection (b) of section 22-31, including the fixing of fees for inspections under the provisions of section 22-31.
(1949 Rev., S. 3070; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 8; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts clarified section references by listing specific applicable sections as replacement for “sections 22-27 to 22-32, inclusive” and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 22-32 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-34. - Products sold under names designated by commissioner.

No person shall use any words, titles or names designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, under the provisions of sections 22-27, 22-28 and 22-29, subsection (b) of section 22-31 and section 22-33, for use in grading or marketing of farm products, unless the products which he is identifying, advertising, designating or describing thereby fully meet the requirements of the official grade indicated by such words, titles or names. If, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Agriculture or his representative, any lot or lots of such products so identified, advertised, designated or described are not of the grade indicated, said commissioner shall cause inspections thereof to be made by regularly appointed inspectors for the purpose of determining the actual grade of such products. Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 3072; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 10; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 4, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced “sections 22-27 to 22-33, inclusive” with specific list of applicable sections and transferred inspection power from agriculture commissioner to commissioner of consumer protection, replacing remaining reference to commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 transferred authority to cause inspections from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-35. - Potatoes.

No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, at retail, potatoes in any package or container which is not plainly marked or labeled with the name of the official Connecticut or United States grade which represents a standard no higher than the actual grade of the potatoes contained therein, provided the term “unclassified” or “ungraded” may be substituted at the discretion of the retailer. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this section and is authorized to establish necessary regulations therefor. Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 3073; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 11; P.A. 85-204, S. 5, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act transferred enforcement power from commissioner of agriculture to commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 85-204 transferred enforcement power from commissioner of consumer protection to commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-36. - Culls.

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may, after investigation and public hearing, establish and promulgate definitions of “culls” as applied to farm products, or any of them; and may alter such definitions from time to time.
(b) No person shall sell, expose for sale or transport for sale farm products in open or closed packages, if the package containing them or the label on them bears any statement, design or device regarding such farm products which is false or misleading in any particular. No person shall sell or offer for sale or transport for sale in either open or closed packages farm products packed in such manner that the face or shown surface is not an average of the contents of the package.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt such regulations generally to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this section, and specifically to regulate the marketing, packing, labeling and shipping of culls, as he deems necessary. Such regulations shall be filed and open for public inspection at the principal office of the Department of Agriculture and shall be published at least once in three newspapers published in this state.
(d) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 3074; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 12; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 6, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts required consultation with commissioner of consumer protection re culls in Subsec. (a), transferred regulation powers and duties in Subsec. (c) from commissioner and department of agriculture to commissioner and department of consumer protection and later replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act dropped “conservation” from commissioner's title; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating the requirement that the commissioner of agriculture consult with the commissioner of consumer protection and amended Subsec. (c) by transferring regulatory authority from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and 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 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-37. - License for buying poultry. Bond.

Section 22-37 is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.
(1949 Rev., S. 3075; 1949, 1955, S. 1704d; 1959, P.A. 357, S. 1; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 58; 67; 1967, P.A. 366; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 117; 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 73-364, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 446, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 85-139; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-175, S. 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-37a. - Connecticut Egg Council, Inc. Establishment of fund. Duties of commissioner.

Section 22-37a is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 73-560; P.A. 85-613, S. 100, 154; P.A. 96-256, S. 185, 209; P.A. 98-12, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-38b. - Grocery or food store eligibility for state grant, financial assistance, loan or state-funded incentive. Certification as Connecticut Farm Fresh Market or Restaurant. Regulations.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “grocery or food store” means a business that employs ten or more persons and is engaged in the retail sale of produce, such as fruits and vegetables, meats, poultry, seafood, nuts, dairy products, bakery products or eggs.
(b) No grocery or food store shall be eligible for any state grant, financial assistance, state loan or other state-funded incentive under title 32, unless such store is certified as a “Connecticut Farm Fresh Market” by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish and administer a program, within available resources, to certify grocery and food stores as “Connecticut Farm Fresh Markets”. A grocery or food store may be certified by the commissioner as a Connecticut Farm Fresh Market if proof is submitted, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that such store continuously stocks fifteen per cent or more of its shelf space for retail produce and dairy with farm products grown or produced in this state. Such products include, but are not limited to, dairy products, meat, poultry, seafood, nuts, eggs, fruits and vegetables. A grocery or food store certified as a Connecticut Farm Fresh Market may use the words “Connecticut Farm Fresh Market” for promotional and marketing activities. No store other than a store certified as a Connecticut Farm Fresh Market may use such words for promotional and marketing activities.
(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish and administer a program, within available resources, to promote restaurants in the state that serve farm products grown or produced in the state. The commissioner shall, upon receiving proof satisfactory to said commissioner that at least twenty per cent of food served by a restaurant consists of farm products grown and produced in the state, certify the restaurant to use the words “Connecticut Farm Fresh Restaurant” for promotional and marketing activities. No restaurant other than one certified as a Connecticut Farm Fresh Restaurant may use such words for promotional and marketing activities.
(e) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 04-222, S. 3; P.A. 07-230, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-222 effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 07-230 deleted former Subsec. (e) re establishment of program to promote schools that serve farm products grown or produced in the state and certification of a school as a Connecticut Farm Fresh School and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-38c. - Expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account.

There shall be an expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Funds received pursuant to sections 22-38a and 26-194 shall be deposited into said account. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall make payments from said account to fund the programs established in sections 22-38a and 22-38b.
(P.A. 04-222, S. 8; P.A. 06-187, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 04-222 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 06-187 added references to Sec. 22-38a and provided for mandatory payments to expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account, effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-38e. - Use of terms “Connecticut Farm Winery”, “Connecticut Farm Brewery”, “Connecticut Farm Cidery” and “Connecticut Grown” when advertising or promoting alcoholic liquor. Regulations.

(a) The holder of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 545 who manufactures alcoholic liquor, as defined in section 30-1, on a farm in this state, using farm products grown in this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for permission to use the words “Connecticut Farm Winery”, “Connecticut Farm Brewery”, “Connecticut Farm Cidery”, or substantially similar words, as approved by the commissioner, when advertising or promoting such alcoholic liquor. Not less twenty-five per cent of the permittee's total annual alcoholic liquor product ingredients shall be grown in this state. Prior to using such words in its advertising or product promotion, and annually thereafter, the permittee shall submit an application to the commissioner, upon a form approved by the commissioner, accompanied by a registration fee of twenty-five dollars.
(b) The holder of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 545 who manufactures alcoholic liquor, as defined in section 30-1, using farm products grown in this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for permission to the use the words “Connecticut Grown”, when advertising or promoting such alcoholic liquor. Not less fifty-one per cent of the permittee's total annual alcoholic liquor product ingredients shall be grown in this state. Prior to using such words in its advertising or product promotion, and annually thereafter, the permittee shall submit an application to the commissioner, upon a form approved by the commissioner, accompanied by a registration fee of twenty-five dollars.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, the establishment of minimum standards for advertising, promoting, growing, harvesting, processing and manufacturing of alcoholic liquor ingredients specified in said subsections.
(P.A. 19-24, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 19-24 effective July 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39. - Penalty for hindering commissioner.

Any person who obstructs or hinders the Commissioner of Agriculture or any of the commissioner's assistants in the performance of their duties under the provisions of sections 22-27 to 22-38, inclusive, shall be fined not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3068; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 6; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 8, 14; P.A. 99-110, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 88.)
History: 1959 acts made provisions applicable with respect to commissioner of consumer protection and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 inserted new Subsec. (a) authorizing the commissioner of agriculture to adopt regulations and designated prior provisions as Subsec. (b) and eliminated the reference to the commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 99-110 deleted former Subsec. (a) which had required adoption of regulations regarding grading and marketing of farm products and removed Subsec. (b) designator; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39a. - Controlled atmosphere storage of fruit.

No person shall sell or exchange or offer or expose for sale or exchange or transport for sale any fruit represented as having been exposed to “controlled atmosphere”, or “modified atmosphere”, alone or with other words, or shall so use any such term or form of words or symbols of similar import on any container or lot of fruit advertised, sold, offered for sale or transported for sale within this state unless such fruit has been kept in a room or storage building with not more than five per cent oxygen for a minimum of sixty days.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 1; P.A. 97-217, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-217 changed the time period for storage of fruit under this section from 90 to 60 days.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39b. - Registration.

(a) Any person owning or operating a controlled atmosphere room or storage building or packers or repackers of fruit subject to section 22-39a shall register with the Commissioner of Agriculture on a form prescribed by said commissioner. The registration period shall commence on August first and end on July thirty-first of each year. Owners or operators of such a room or storage building shall be required to register during a period commencing on August first and ending no later than October first of each year, beginning with the year 1963.
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall assign each approved registrant a registration number preceded by the letters “CONN. C.A.” This number shall be clearly marked on all containers subject to section 22-39a and shall be in accordance with all provisions of law pertaining to markings for fruit.
(c) Repacked containers shall bear only the “CONN. C.A.” number assigned, under the provisions of this section, to the repacker. The invoice rendered by the repacker concerning the repacked fruit shall bear not only the registration number of the repacker but also the “CONN. C.A.” number of the controlled atmosphere storage where the fruit was stored.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39c. - Daily determinations of air components.

Each owner or operator shall make the required air components determinations daily. The percentage of oxygen shall be reduced to five per cent within twenty days after the date of sealing.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39d. - Record. Report. Mechanical breakdowns.

(a) A record on a form approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be kept at a convenient location adjacent to such room or storage building from the day of sealing to the day of opening of the room or storage building, and shall be subject to review by said commissioner or his authorized agents at any time for a period of at least one year. It shall include the owner's or operator's name and address, room number, date of sealing, date of opening, capacity in bushels, the variety or varieties, number of bushels of each variety stored in the room, daily air components determination recordings showing the date of test, time of test, percentage of carbon dioxide, percentage of carbon dioxide and oxygen, percentage of oxygen, temperature and comments.
(b) Each owner or operator shall submit to the department, within twenty days after the date of sealing, a report in writing for each room showing the room number, date of sealing and number of bushels contained therein.
(c) Any mechanical breakdown which changes the atmospheric conditions in the room shall be reported to the Commissioner of Agriculture immediately.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39e. - Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture.

The Commissioner of Agriculture or any of his agents shall, periodically and at a reasonable time, enter any building or place where fruit of controlled atmosphere storage origin, from either within or outside the state of Connecticut, is sold or offered or exposed for sale and may open therein any box or other container of any such fruit and may take samples therefrom upon paying or tendering the payment of the retail market price for the quantity of each such sample taken. The commissioner shall also have the power to authorize federal inspection of such fruit in the same manner as that provided for state inspectors. Any person who refuses to allow said commissioner, any of his authorized agents or federal inspectors authorized by him to enter any premises described in this section, or otherwise interferes with him in the performance of his duties of inspection under the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the penalties specified in section 22-39f.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 5; P.A. 85-204, S. 9, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-204 transferred inspection powers from commissioner of consumer protection to commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-39f. - Penalty.

Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of sections 22-39a to 22-39e, inclusive, section 22-39g, any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (h) of section 22-39g or who obstructs or hinders the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's authorized agents in the performance of their duties under the provisions of said sections, shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offense and two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. In addition to such fine, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to deny, suspend or revoke any license, permit, certificate or registration provided for in said sections issued to such person, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146; P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 89; P.A. 21-155, S. 4.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single 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. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 21-155 added reference to Sec. 22-39g and any regulation adopted pursuant to Sec. 22-39g(h), deleted reference to Commissioner of Consumer Protection, replaced fine for first offense from not less than $25 or more than $50 with $50 and replaced fine for subsequent offense from not less than $100 or more than $200 with $200, added “, permit, certificate or registration” and reference to Ch. 54 and made conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-40. - Labeling of shell eggs. Retail handling and storage of shell eggs. Holding, storing and transporting of shell eggs.

(a) All shell eggs of chickens sold or offered for sale for human consumption in this state by any person, firm or corporation shall be labeled with the grade and size designation as set forth in the consumer grades, except as hereinafter provided, and shall be labeled in compliance with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time, and the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time. All shell eggs of turkeys, ducks, quail, guinea fowl or other birds whose eggs are suitable for human consumption and that are sold or offered for sale in this state by any person, firm or corporation shall be labeled in compliance with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time, and the federal Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, as amended from time to time.
(b) All retail establishments shall handle and store all shell eggs in compliance with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time. All shell egg distribution and shell egg grading establishments shall store, handle and transport eggs in compliance with the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time.
(c) All shell eggs offered for sale shall be held, stored and transported at an ambient air temperature of not greater than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, except that shell eggs may, for a functional reason, be tempered for processing, provided such eggs are not held for more than thirty-six hours at room temperature.
(1949 Rev., S. 3077; 1949, S. 1706d; P.A. 13-241, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 13-241 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding reference to chicken eggs, adding provision requiring labeling in compliance with federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and federal Egg Products Inspection Act, and adding provision re labeling of shell eggs of turkeys, ducks, quail, guinea fowl or other birds whose eggs are suitable for human consumption, added Subsec. (b) re handling and storing of shell eggs by retail establishments and handling, storing and transporting of shell eggs by shell egg distribution and grading establishments and added Subsec. (c) re handling, storing and transporting of shell eggs offered for sale, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-41. - Grades of eggs.

All shell eggs of chickens sold or offered for sale by any person, firm or corporation shall meet at least one of the consumer grades for shell eggs established by the United States Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time. Nonconforming edible eggs of chickens shall be sold as “undergrade eggs”, or as “checks”, “cracks” or “dirties”. The final determination as to meeting these grades shall be made by candling.
(1949 Rev., S. 3078; 1949, S. 1707d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 14; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 2.)
History: 1959 acts required consultation with commissioner of consumer protection re standards for graded eggs and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 13-241 replaced former requirement re grading of eggs with requirement that grading of shell eggs of chickens shall meet at least one of the consumer grades for shell eggs established by U.S. Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act and added provision re sale of nonconforming edible eggs of chickens, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-42. - Weight and size requirements.

The net weight and size requirements for consumer grades for shell eggs, established by the United States Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time, shall apply to all shell eggs of chickens sold or offered for sale in this state by any person, firm or corporation.
(1949 Rev., S. 3079; 1949, S. 1708d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 15; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 3.)
History: 1959 acts required consultation with consumer protection commissioner re weight and size requirements and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 13-241 replaced provision re authority of commissioner to establish net weight and size requirements with provision re net weight and size requirements established by U.S. Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act and added “of chickens” re shell eggs and “in this state” re sale or offer, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-43. - Requirements of advertising of eggs.

All advertising of such eggs shall include the correct size and grade designation in describing the eggs and the correct size and grade designation shall appear in clearly legible letters on the exterior of any container in which such eggs are offered for sale. Each lot of eggs sold at wholesale shall be accompanied by an invoice stating both size and grade designation.
(1949 Rev., S. 3080.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-44. - Terms used on eggs.

The term “fresh eggs”, “strictly fresh eggs”, “hennery eggs” or “new-laid eggs” or words or descriptions of similar import shall not be used on any eggs which do not meet the minimum requirements for consumer grade A, or on any eggs which have been held in cold storage for more than thirty days. The word “Connecticut” may not be used in connection with the official grades unless the person or firm engaged in packing the eggs is registered with the state's Department of Agriculture and the eggs were produced on Connecticut farms.
(1949 Rev., S. 3081; 1949, S. 1709d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 17; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 4.)
History: 1959 act required registration with department of consumer protection rather than with department of agriculture as condition for using “Connecticut”; 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; P.A. 13-241 replaced reference to Department of Consumer Protection with reference to Department of Agriculture and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2013.
See Sec. 22-38 re advertising of Connecticut-grown farm products.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products › Section 22-45. - Prohibited advertising, labeling, offering or selling of eggs.

(a) No person, firm or corporation shall advertise, falsely label, sell or offer for sale any eggs which do not conform to the provisions of this part.
(b) The sale of: (1) Inedible or adulterated eggs, as defined under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time, or (2) incubated eggs is prohibited, except that incubated eggs may be sold as commercial feed or for other commercial purposes other than human consumption, provided such incubated eggs shall be broken and denatured on the premises where incubated, in a manner approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designated agent.
(1949 Rev., S. 3082; 1949, 1953, S. 1710d; 1959, P.A. 207, S. 1; 412, S. 16; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 5.)
History: 1959 acts added reference to required consultation with consumer protection commissioner re grades of eggs in Subsec. (a), deleted exception re Sec. 22-46 with regard to sale of inedible or incubated eggs and replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection in Subsec. (b) and further replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 13-241 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision re standards for quality and size for consumer grades established by commissioner with provision re conforming with provisions of part and amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes, adding reference to adulterated eggs and federal Egg Products Inspection Act and replacing reference to Commissioner of Consumer Protection with reference to Commissioner of Agriculture or commissioner's designated agent, effective July 2, 2013.