Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 2 - Course and Method of Operation › Section 22-7-5 - Organizational structure and division of responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
The department is composed of five divisions, the principal
					 duties of which are as follows:
A.
				  Livestock division-regulation and control of domestic animals.
Pursuant to sections 22-278-22 -391 of the General Statutes
					 of Connecticut, Rev. of 1958, as amended, the livestock division is responsible
					 for the prevention, control, and eradication of transmissible diseases of
					 domestic animals and poultry and the registration of pet shops.
B. Marketing - regulation and
				  services in marketing products.
The marketing division supervises the registration and
					 licensing of seed sellers, controlled atmosphere storages, and the buyers of
					 live poultry. The division provides market news and statistical information to
					 farmers, wholesalers, and consumers. Grading services and certificates of
					 quality are provided for farms, wholesalers, and consumers. Users of this
					 service pay a fee and licensing is under the auspices of the United States
					 Department of Agriculture. Promotion of Connecticut farm products is another
					 area of responsibility. Regulation work is done on seeds, egg products,
					 sanitation on farm egg rooms, and surveillance of the distribution of eggs for
					 consumer quality protection.
C. Dairy division - regulation and control of
				  dairy farms and financial responsibility for licensing of stores and dealers.
The primary function of the dairy division is to inspect
					 dairy farms and plants in the New England area for quality milk production and
					 adherence to proper sanitation levels in its production. Samples are taken for
					 bacteriological, chemical, and butterfat control analysis. The division is also
					 charged with the administration of the Connecticut Milk Marketing Act and is
					 responsible for licensing of milk dealers, auditing dealer producer payrolls,
					 financial responsibility audits in determining bonding requirements of dealers
					 when necessary, auditing Connecticut Milk for Health, Inc., and enforcement of
					 the financial provisions of section
					 22-242b
					 of the general statutes of Connecticut, Rev. of 1958, as amended, as pertains
					 to dealers and stores licensed to sell milk and fluid milk products.
D. Aquaculture division -
				  regulation and control of shellfish and related areas.
The aquaculture division has administrative responsibility
					 for approximately 40,000 acres of leased, franchised, and natural shellfish
					 areas in the waters of Long Island Sound. Responsibilities also include
					 surveying state owned grounds, setting buoys, collecting water samples for
					 pollution control, maintenance of signals to be used for location of the
					 grounds and continuous inspection for production of shell fish, control of
					 predators, and patrolling for law violators.
E. Marketing authority.
The marketing authority provides facilities for the
					 wholesale distribution of the state's agricultural products through operation
					 of the regional market in Hartford and rental of merchandising space at this
					 facility to distributors and producers of fruits, vegetables and other food
					 products.
The Connecticut regional market strives to provide the
					 consumer with the most efficient, economical and sanitary distribution of
					 foodstuffs in Connecticut at no cost to the Connecticut taxpaying
					 public.