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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 61 - Frozen Food Regulations › Section 21a-61-8 - Retail

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Equipment.
(1) Each storage facility shall be equipped with
			 suitable mechanical refrigeration capacity to maintain, under extreme outside
			 temperature and peak load conditions, an air temperature of 0°F., or
			 lower.
(2) When storage facilities
			 of the cabinet type are used:
(A) They shall
			 be defrosted as frequently as necessary to maintain refrigeration efficiency
			 specified; and
(B) they shall be
			 equipped with a thermometer indicating a representative air
			 temperature.
(3) When
			 storage facilities of the walk-in freezer type are used:
(A) Frozen food in storage shall be on
			 pallets, racks or skids and shall be stored no closer than eighteen inches to
			 the ceiling and otherwise stored so as to permit free circulation of
			 refrigerated air.
(B) They shall be
			 equipped with a thermometer, the sensing element of which shall be located
			 within the upper third of the distance between the floor and ceiling. Such
			 sensing elements shall not be placed in a direct blast of air from cooling
			 units, cooling coils and heat exchange devices, or near the entrance door; and
(C) they shall be equipped with an
			 automatic mechanism for defrosting refrigerated coils when forced air blower
			 type of refrigeration is used.
(D)
			 All frozen food display cases shall be designed, constructed and equipped with
			 mechanical refrigeration facilities capable of maintaining an air temperature
			 of 0°F. or lower.
(E) Frost on
			 refrigerator coils and in air passages of display cases shall be removed as
			 frequently as necessary to maintain refrigeration efficiency.
(F) Each display case shall be equipped with
			 a thermometer, the sensing element of which shall be located in an appropriate
			 place within the path of refrigerated air being returned to the coils.
(G) The product load line shall be
			 designated by a distinctive line at the inside terminal ends of each display
			 case, and such lines shall be at the highest point of discharge and return of
			 refrigerated air.
(H) Each display
			 case shall be equipped with separators to provide false walls located a minimum
			 of one-half inch from terminal ends to provide for free circulation of
			 refrigerated air between such terminal ends and the displayed product.
(I) All display cases in a retail
			 outlet shall be so placed as to be relatively free of air currents resulting
			 from door drafts, electric fans and other factors that adversely deflect the
			 current of refrigerated air within the display case, and of heat elements, such
			 as lights, heating units and related devices that tend to raise the temperature
			 of refrigerated air within the display case.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-1 - Application for permit to sell clinical thermometers in the state of Connecticut

Current through July 10, 2024
Each manufacturer applying for authority to sell thermometers
				in the state of Connecticut shall comply with the following requirements before
				a permit is granted:
(a) Such
			 application shall be made to the State Department of Consumer Protection on
			 application forms to be furnished by the department.
(b) At the time of making application the
			 manufacturer shall submit a representative sample of his clinical thermometers,
			 which shall be taken at random from his stock. Such representative sample shall
			 consist of two hundred clinical thermometers. More clinical thermometers may be
			 requested for examination before the permit is granted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-2 - Granting of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
After any manufacturer of mercury-in-glass clinical
				thermometers has fulfilled all the requirements of section
				21a-63-1,
				the State Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall grant a permit to such
				manufacturer to sell clinical thermometers of his manufacture that meet the
				specifications and tolerances herein established. For the purposes of these
				requirements, specifications and tolerances, an individual, a firm or a
				corporation shall not be considered a manufacturer unless engaged in the
				business of engraving, either by etching and filling or by staining, and
				testing clinical thermometers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-3 - Factory records

Current through July 10, 2024
Each permittee shall keep on file for at least two years
				complete records of each clinical thermometer which has been sold in the state
				of Connecticut, the record to include either a serial number or code which
				indicates the specific period, not to exceed 90 days, in which the thermometers
				were calibrated, name and address of the purchaser, and the date of sale of
				each lot of thermometers sold. These records shall be available to a
				representative of the State Department of Consumer Protection at any time upon
				request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-4 - Guarantee

Current through July 10, 2024
Each manufacturer of clinical thermometers shall furnish to the
				Chief of the Weights and Measures Division of the State Department of Consumer
				Protection, within thirty days of the date of sale, a sales record for
				thermometers sold in this state. This record shall include the name and address
				of the purchaser, the date of sale and the variety name of each lot of
				thermometers, together with the number of thermometers in each
				consignment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-5 - Forfeiture of permit by manufacturer

Current through July 10, 2024
The testing records of a manufacturer shall show that he has
				been actively engaged in the business of selling clinical thermometers for use
				in the state of Connecticut within the previous two-year period in order to
				entitle him, at any time, to retain a Connecticut permit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-6 - Termination of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
Any permit granted under sections
				21a-63-1
				to
				21a-63-12,
				inclusive, and all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, shall terminate if
				the holder of the permit at any time or for any cause ceases to be a
				manufacturer of clinical thermometers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-7 - Manufacturer's standards and certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
A manufacturer holding or applying for a Connecticut permit may
				at any time be required to submit to the State Department of Consumer
				Protection for test or examination such clinical thermometer standards or
				certificates as may be deemed necessary for carrying out any of the provisions
				of section
				21a-63
				of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-8 - Purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
The purpose of this standard is to provide a specification and
				methods of testing clinical thermometers as a basis for certification of
				quality and accuracy; to assure the purchaser that the thermometer has been
				tested and found to meet the requirements of a recognized
				standard.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-9 - Scope

Current through July 10, 2024
This standard applies to maximum self-registering
				mercury-in-glass thermometers of the types commonly used for measuring body
				temperatures. Each clinical thermometer legal for sale in Connecticut shall
				meet the requirements and tests for: bulb and stem glasses, mercury, legibility
				and permanency of markings, dimensions, temperature scale ranges, graduations,
				thermometer stability, ease of resetting, retention of temperature indication,
				and accuracy of scale reading.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-10 - Markings

Current through July 10, 2024
Each clinical thermometer marked by the manufacturer shall be
				engraved with the legible characters in the following order: Serial number or
				code; and manufacturer's name, initials or trade-mark. If a variety name is
				engraved on the thermometer, it shall follow the manufacturer's name, initials
				or trademark. A cap may be attached to the top of the stem, provided it shall
				not cover up any markings, graduations or imperfections.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 63 - Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers › Section 21a-63-11 - Adoption of standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Standard specification ASTM E 667-79 of the American Society of
				Testing and Materials, except for section 5.6, 7 and 7.1 of said specification,
				is adopted and herein incorporated by reference as setting forth standards for
				the manufacture and testing of clinical thermometers in this
				state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 66 - Safe Handling and Disposal of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes › Section 21a-66-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Hypodermic needles and
			 syringes
means needles, syringes and any other types of intravascular
			 device including but not limited to indwelling catheters and introducers,
			 except that needles which are specifically used to administer antineoplastic
			 agents shall be handled in accordance with existing Department of Environmental
			 Protection Regulations for the handling of such wastes.
(b)
Biomedical Waste
means
			 untreated solid waste which requires special handling as defined in Sec.
			 22a-207(17)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c)
Treatment
when used in
			 connection with biomedical waste, means any method, technique, or process which
			 is designed to change the character or composition of any biomedical waste so
			 as to render such waste non-infectious, non-injurious, safer for storage, for
			 transport, and reduced in volume.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 66 - Safe Handling and Disposal of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes › Section 21a-66-2 - Safety procedures concerning hypodermic needles and syringes

Current through July 10, 2024
Each health-care institution licensed pursuant to Chapter 368v
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, each laboratory licensed pursuant to
				Section
				19a-30
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, and all other generators of biomedical
				waste as defined in Section
				22a-207
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, shall forthwith establish and
				implement procedures for the handling and disposal of hypodermic needles and
				syringes in accordance with the following safety and control measures.
(a) Used hypodermic needles and syringes
			 shall be placed intact directly into rigid puncture-resistant containers and
			 the following procedure shall be followed:
(1)
			 Needles shall not be resheathed, purposely bent, broken, removed from
			 disposable syringes, or otherwise manipulated by hand;
(2) Notwithstanding the requirement set forth
			 in Subsection (a) (1), injectable equipment having self-contained secondary
			 precautionary type sheathing devices may be utilized in accordance with its
			 manufacturer's directions, and resheathing may occur when technical procedure
			 involved requires resheathing as part of that procedure;
(3) Containers shall be located in close
			 proximity to the area in which hypodermic needles and syringes are used to
			 minimize the hazards of injury or transmission of infection during
			 transport;
(4) The container lid
			 opening shall be a one way system to prevent spillage, and this shall render
			 the items contained therein nonreuseable;
(5) Containers shall be maintained under
			 secure conditions at all times; and
(6) Prior to treatment, containers shall be
			 stored in a designated area accessible only to authorized personnel.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 66 - Safe Handling and Disposal of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes › Section 21a-66-3 - Purchase, possession, control and use of hypodermic needles and syringes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The purchase, possession, control, and
			 use of hypodermic needles and syringes by commercial or industrial firms
			 pursuant to Section
			 21a-65(a)
			 (6) of the Connecticut General Statutes shall
			 be considered to be authorized by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection
			 provided that such businesses attest to the following in a written statement
			 which they shall provide to the commissioner:
(1) that there exists an essential need for
			 such devices in any function of their operation;
(2) that there are no devices, tools, or
			 equipment modifications which may be used as an alternative to the use of
			 hypodermic needles and syringes;
(3) that there shall be maintained only those
			 quantities of hypodermic needles and syringes which are essential for normal
			 efficient operations;
(4) that
			 security safeguards and inventory control systems have been established which
			 are adequate to detect any loss or diversion of hypodermic needles and
			 syringes; and
(5) that access to
			 stocks of hypodermic needles and syringes is limited to only those employees
			 who have a legitimate need to handle these devices in the normal course of
			 business.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commissioner," as used in these
			 regulations, means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(b) "Consumer Commodity" means any food,
			 drug, device, cosmetic, or other article, product, or commodity of any other
			 kind or class, except drugs sold by prescription only, 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 unit of weight, measure or count,
			 computed to the nearest whole cent or fraction thereof.
(d) "Point of Sale" as used in these
			 regulations, means the point at which consumer commodities are offered and
			 displayed for retail sale in such a manner that the consumer may examine and
			 select commodities for purchase without the assistance of sales
			 personnel.
(e) As used in these
			 regulations, the terms food, drug, device and cosmetic are defined as in
			 Section
			 21a-92
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes:
(i)
			 "Food" means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or animals, and (2)
			 chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such
			 article;
(ii) "Drug" means (1)
			 articles recognized in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official
			 homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States or official national formulary,
			 or any supplement to any of them; (2) articles intended for use in the
			 diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other
			 animals; (3) articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any
			 function of the body of man or any other animal; and (4) articles intended for
			 use as a component of any articles specified in this subsection; but shall not
			 include devices or their components, parts or accessories;
(iii) "Device" means instruments, apparatus
			 and contrivances, including their components, parts, and accessories, intended
			 (1) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of
			 disease in man or other animals, or (2) to affect the structure or any function
			 of the body of man or other animals;
(iv) "Cosmetic" means (1) articles intended
			 to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise
			 applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying,
			 promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended
			 for use as a component of any such articles; except that such term shall not
			 include soap.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-2 - Persons to whom regulations apply

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person who
			 sells or offers or exposes for sale at retail any of the consumer commodities
			 designated in Section 6 of these regulations shall disclose to the consumer the
			 price per unit of weight or measure or count and the total price, as required
			 by Section 4 of the regulations.
(b) Owner-operated single retail stores are
			 exempt from these regulations. An "owner-operated single retail store" shall
			 meet the following requirements:
(i) The
			 principle owner of the owner-operated single retail store must hold more than
			 50% of the ownership interest of the store and may not have any ownership
			 interest whatsoever in any other retail store in the State of Connecticut which
			 sells consumer commodities covered under the unit pricing statute;
			 and
(ii) At least one person who
			 has an ownership interest in the store, or a member of his immediate family,
			 must be employed at the premises of the store during all hours that the store
			 is open to the public, or at least forty hours per week, whichever is less. For
			 purposes of this section, "immediate family" means the owner's parent, son,
			 daughter, husband, wife, brother or sister.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-3 - Exempt products

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Beverages
			 subjected to or complying with packaging or labeling requirements imposed under
			 the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
(b) Products which are required to be marked
			 individually with the cost per unit weight under the provisions of Section
			 42-115
l
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) Such consumer commodities which are sold
			 in units of even pounds, pints, quarts or gallons, and which have a retail
			 price plainly marked thereon; but only the particular consumer commodities sold
			 in such units shall be exempt.
(d)
			 Different products co-mingled in one receptacle or package for the purpose of a
			 one-price sale.
(e) Products sold
			 in one size limit only.
(f) Snack
			 foods such as cakes, candies, or chips, sold in packages under five ounces in
			 weight.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-4 - Method of disclosure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All retail establishments subject to these
			 regulations shall disclose the price per measure to the consumer by the attachment
			 of a tag or label, in contrasting colors, on the item itself, or on the shelf or at
			 any other point of sale immediately below the item, or above the item, so as to be
			 conspicuously visible to the consumer. The color white may not be used for lettering
			 on clear plastic or cellophane wrappers . In the alternative, a retailer may
			 disclose the price per measure to the consumer by means of an electronic device,
			 referred to in subsection (f) of this section, which shall be placed on the shelf or
			 at any other point of sale immediately below the item, or above the item, so as to
			 be conspicuously visible to the consumer. Such electronic device shall utilize two
			 contrasting colors, one for the retail price and one for the unit price.
(b) The tag, label or electronic device shall
			 contain the following three elements:
(i) The
			 words "Unit Price" shall appear as a heading, with the unit price always appearing
			 above, or to the left of, the then-selling price;
(ii) The price per measure expressed in terms of
			 dollars or cents as applicable, carried to three digits. If the price is over $1.00,
			 it is to be expressed to the nearest full cents, provided that the said price is
			 rounded off from .005 and over to the next higher cents; and if .004 or less cent,
			 it be carried to three digits. Examples: "25.3 per pound; $1.67 per quart";
			 and
(iii) The applicable unit of weight
			 or measure or count.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-5 - Price per measure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The price shall
			 be designated as per pound or as per ounce, whichever offers the most
			 meaningful basis of comparison for the consumer, on all commodities whose net
			 quantity is customarily expressed in units of pounds or ounces or both,
			 provided that the same unit of measure is used for the same commodity in all
			 sizes sold in such retail establishment.
(b) The price shall be designated as per
			 pint, quart or gallon or ounce or liter for commodities whose net quantity is
			 expressed in units of pints, quarts, gallons or fluid ounces or ounces or
			 liters, or a combination thereof, provided, that the same unit of measure is
			 used for the same commodity in all sizes sold in such retail
			 establishment.
(c) The price shall
			 be designated as per 50 feet or per 100 square feet, or per 100 feet as
			 appropriate, for commodities and items whose net quantity is customarily
			 expressed in units of feet, inches, square feet or square yards, or per product
			 measurement or whose net quantities are expressed in units of area or length
			 provided, that the same unit of measure is used for the same commodity in all
			 sizes sold in such retail establishment.
(d) The price shall be designated as per 1
			 unit or 50 units or 100 units of commodities, whose net quantity is expressed
			 by a numerical count provided, that the same unit of measure is used for the
			 same commodity in all sizes sold in such retail establishment.
Required Units of Measure for Unit Price Designation
The following list of products indicates the corresponding unit
				of measure which is required to be used in the designation of the unit price of
				such products by all retail food establishments subject to the unit price
				regulations. As a general rule, all dry bulk products are unit priced by the
				pound; all products sold in aerosol cans are unit priced by the pound; and the
				majority of the liquid products are unit priced by pints, quarts or gallons.
				There are several products on this list which may be unit priced by different
				units of measure, provided that the same unit of measure is used for the same
				commodity in all sizes sold in a single retail food
				establishment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-7 - Extension of time for compliance

Current through July 10, 2024
Any retail establishment which is unable to comply with these
				regulations may make written application to the Commissioner for permission to
				extend such time for compliance for a period not to exceed thirty days. Such
				retail establishment shall set forth, in as much detail as possible, the
				reasons for its inability to comply. The Commissioner may extend such period
				from time to time, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed
				reasonable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 75 - Unit Pricing of Consumer Commodities › Section 21a-75-8 - Responsibility for compliance

Current through July 10, 2024
In the event of a violation of these regulations, the owner,
				the manager, or the person in charge of such retail establishment, and the
				person employing such manager or person in charge, where applicable, shall be
				deemed to be responsible for compliance by such retail establishment with the
				requirements of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For purposes of Sections 21a-79-1 to
				21a-79-7,
				inclusive, of these regulations, the following terms shall have the meanings
				indicated:
(a) "Retail Price" is the
			 price marked on the consumer commodity at which said consumer commodity is to
			 be sold to the customer;
(b)
			 "Retailer" means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation
			 which utilizes universal product coding in totaling a retail customer's
			 purchase; and
(c) "Exempted
			 Consumer Commodity" means a consumer commodity which has been exempted from the
			 requirement that each item of such consumer commodity be marked with its retail
			 price.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-2 - Unmarked consumer commodities

Current through July 10, 2024
Any consumer commodity not properly marked with the retail
				price or for which the retailer has not been granted an item price exemption in
				accordance with section
				21a-79(b)
				(4) of the Connecticut General Statutes,
				shall be removed from sale until properly marked.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-3 - Improperly marked or scanned consumer commodities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If
			 the retail price posted or marked on the consumer commodity is higher than that
			 displayed by the scanner, the lower price will prevail.
(b) If the retail price posted or marked on
			 the consumer commodity is lower than that displayed by the scanner, then one
			 item of such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be
			 given to the consumer at no cost.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-4 - Test scanning

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person,
			 firm, association or corporation which utilizes universal product coding in
			 totaling a retail customer's purchases shall make available to the customer a
			 scanner, capable of reading a universal product code bar, so as to allow the
			 consumer an opportunity to personally identify the price of any item offered
			 for sale. The specific scanner must be clearly identified as available for
			 consumer use and may be one of several such devices utilized by consumers to
			 actually purchase items from the retailer. The use of the consumer designated
			 scanner may be limited during times of maximum register use, and the scanner
			 designated for consumer use shall be the last scanner placed into service to
			 register sales of items when a retailer determines that all scanning check-out
			 registers must be in use.
(b) If an
			 item price exemption has been granted to a retailer in accordance with section
			 21a-79(b)
			 (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the
			 retailer shall also make available a consumer price test scanner, approved by
			 the commissioner and located prominently in an easily accessible location for
			 each twelve thousand square feet of retail floor space, or fraction
			 thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Universal Product Coding/Exemptions from Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-5 - Exempted consumer commodities

Current through July 10, 2024
The following consumer commodities need not be marked with
				  their retail prices:
(1) canned cat
				food;
(2) milk;
(3) powdered gelatin and pudding dessert
				mixes;
(4) canned tuna
				fish;
(5) fresh shell
				eggs;
(6) ice cream in one-half
				gallon, quart, and pint sizes;
(7)
				frozen concentrated juices and fruit drinks;
(8) toilet tissue packaged in single
				rolls;
(9) baby food packed in
				glass jars;
(10) individually
				packed candy and chewing gum offered for sale at cash register/checkout
				locations;
(11) salad dressings, in
				either bottles or packets; and
(12)
				refrigerated yogurt in half pint sizes (8 ounces) or less, sold individually or
				in packs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Universal Product Coding/Exemptions from Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-6 - Signs required to inform consumers of exemption and retail price

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Exempted consumer commodities shall have
				a three-inch by five-inch sign conspicuously placed adjacent to the display of
				such consumer commodity, with a frequency of one sign for every six linear feet
				of display, or fractional part thereof. Such sign shall:
(1) contain a statement that the consumer
				commodity has been exempted from the requirement that each such consumer
				commodity be individually marked with its retail price, and that, in the event
				that an exempted consumer commodity registers at the cash register or checkout
				terminal at a retail price which is higher than the retail price as stated, one
				item of such exempted consumer commodity up to a value of twenty dollars, shall
				be given to the consumer at no cost; and
(2) not contain any additional text,
				including but not limited to store or promotional slogans, names, or
				advertising.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 79 - Universal Product Coding/Marking of Retail Price › Universal Product Coding/Exemptions from Marking of Retail Price › Section 21a-79-7 - Electronic pricing error. One item at no cost. Signage

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In the event that any consumer commodity
				electronically scans at the cash register or checkout terminal at a retail
				price which is higher than the posted retail price, one item of such consumer
				commodity, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given to the consumer at
				no cost.
(b) The consumer shall be
				informed of the retailer's obligation to provide one item free up to a value of
				twenty dollars, by means of the conspicuous sign referred to in section
				21a-79-6(a)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or section
				21a-79
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, and a second conspicuous sign attached to
				each cash register or checkout terminal in a retailer's establishment. The sign
				attached to the cash register or checkout terminal shall be at least six inches
				by eight inches in size, easily readable by a consumer making a purchase at
				such cash register or checkout terminal, and shall not contain any additional
				text including but not limited to store or promotional slogans, names, or
				advertising, other than that required by section
				21a-79(b)
				6 of the Connecticut General Statutes. As an alternative to such cash register
				or checkout terminal signs, the retailer may display a conspicuous sign, with
				minimum dimensions of 22 inches by 28 inches, at each public entrance within
				the store, which sign shall not contain any store or promotional slogans,
				names, or advertising and which shall read, in clear and conspicuous type, as
				follows:
"In the event that a consumer commodity scans at a higher
				  price, you will be given one item of that consumer commodity free of charge up
				  to a value of $20.00. Credit will be given for items of higher
				  value."
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 86a - Plumbing Fixtures › Section 21a-86a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in these regulations, the following terms shall, unless
				the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
(a) "ANSI" means the American National
			 Standards Institute;
(b)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer
			 Protection;
(c) "Building
			 Inspector" means a state or al official whose function it is to inspect and
			 approve new building construction and building renovation;
(d) "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; replacement aerators; showerheads; lavatory, kitchen and
			 bathroom sink faucets; and specifically includes floor models and demonstration
			 units; and
(e) A "store" means a
			 place where merchandise is kept and offered for sale.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 86a - Plumbing Fixtures › Section 21a-86a-2 - Efficiency standards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) This section
			 pertains to showerheads, urinals, replacement aerators, bathroom, lavatory, and
			 kitchen faucets, and any toilet that uses water.
(1) The manufacturer shall test samples of
			 each model of covered plumbing fixtures to be sold at retail in Connecticut.
			 Such testing shall occur at a laboratory to be approved by the Commissioner,
			 and in accordance with the state building code.
(2) To be approved by the Commissioner, a
			 laboratory shall complete and submit a Laboratory Certification Form from the
			 Commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 86a - Plumbing Fixtures › Section 21a-86a-3 - Certification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) 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-tank toilet,
			 flushometer-valve toilet, electromechanical hydraulic toilet or any other
			 toilet that uses water on and after January 1, 1992 unless such showerhead,
			 urinal, faucet, replacement aerator, tank-type toilet, flushometer-tank toilet,
			 flushometer-valve toilet, electromechanical hydraulic toilet or any other
			 toilet that uses water meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in
			 subsections (b) through (g) of Section 2 of these regulations, or is authorized
			 under the conditions stated in subsection (b) of Section 3 of these
			 regulations. The requirements of this section do not apply to the sale of
			 plumbing fixtures which are to be sold or installed outside
			 Connecticut.
(b) The sale of
			 plumbing fixtures which do not meet the standards cited in subsections (b)
			 through (g) of Section 2 of these regulations, such as those used for
			 historical renovation or those which have technical problems, may be authorized
			 if the Commissioner determines that compliance is not feasible or an
			 unnecessary hardship exists. The Commissioner may also authorize the sale of
			 plumbing fixtures, including, but not limited to, antique reproduction plumbing
			 fixtures, which do not meet the standards, provided such plumbing fixtures were
			 in stock in a store located in the state before October 1, 1990, for
			 showerheads, urinals, faucets or replacement aerators; or before January 1,
			 1992 for tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushometer-valve
			 toilets, or electromechanical hydraulic toilets.
(c) The manufacturer shall submit to the
			 Commissioner a certification statement listing all new plumbing fixtures
			 covered by these regulations. The certification statement shall contain the
			 following information:
(1) Name and address of
			 manufacturer;
(2) Type of plumbing
			 fixture;
(3) Brand name;
(4) Model number;
(5) Name of laboratory where tested;
			 and
(6) Maximum flow or use
			 rate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 86a - Plumbing Fixtures › Section 21a-86a-4 - Identification of complying plumbing fixtures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Sufficient information shall be shown on the outside of the shipping carton for
			 any fixture described in these regulations to permit the determination of
			 whether the fixture complies with the requirements of these regulations. The
			 appropriate measure of water use/flow rate or the model number as it has been
			 certified may be used for this purpose and shall be deemed as providing
			 sufficient information to determine compliance. Additionally, the actual tested
			 flow/use rate, or other conspicuous marking approved by the Commissioner, shall
			 be marked on each fixture sold or offered for sale at retail, either by means
			 of a permanent marking on the fitting or on a label attached to the fitting and
			 also on the unit carton in which the fitting is offered for retail
			 sale.
(b) The Commissioner or
			 his/her representative may require additional information if necessary to
			 permit determination of compliance.
(c) The manufacturer's name or brand name
			 shall appear on each fixture.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 86a - Plumbing Fixtures › Section 21a-86a-6 - Conflicting regulations and distribution

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In the
			 event of any conflict between the efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures
			 adopted pursuant to these regulations and the state building code adopted
			 pursuant to section
			 29-252
			 of the general statutes, the more stringent regulations shall take
			 precedence.
(b) The Commissioner
			 shall distribute copies of these regulations to the Commissioner of Public
			 Safety. In addition, the Commissioner shall notify state and local building
			 inspectors of substandard models approved for sale pursuant to subsection (b)
			 of Section 3 of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Section 21a-100-1 - Statement of purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
The purpose of these regulations is to establish a set standard
				of descriptive terms to be applied to the various cuts of meat. Food
				establishments shall be required to use these uniform terms in the labeling and
				advertising of all meat and meat food products offered for sale
				therein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Section 21a-100-2 - General definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commissioner"
			 as used in these regulations means the Commissioner of Consumer
			 Protection.
(b) "Food
			 Establishment" means an establishment in which food is stored, processed,
			 prepared, offered for sale, or sold directly to the consumer.
(c) "Inspector" means an employee or official
			 of the Department of Consumer Protection authorized by the
			 Commissioner.
(d) "Meat" means the
			 edible part of the muscle of cattle, swine, or sheep which is skeletal or which
			 is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus,
			 with or without the accompanying of overlying fat and portions of skin, bone,
			 nerve, and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which
			 are separated from it in the process of dressing. It does not include the
			 muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears.
(e) "Meat food product" means any product
			 capable of use as food which is made wholly or part from any meat or other
			 portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting
			 products which contain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a
			 relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by
			 consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from
			 definition as a meat food product by the Commissioner under such conditions as
			 he may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of such carcasses
			 contained in such product are not adulterated and that such products are not
			 represented as meat food products.
(f) "Operator" means any person who (i) alone
			 or jointly or severally with others owns a food establishment, or (ii) has
			 care, charge or control of a food establishment as agent or manager for the
			 owner or as an independent contractor.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Section 21a-100-4 - Standard descriptive terms for certain cuts of meat

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Bacon" means cured and smoked meat,
			 either sliced or slab, taken from the side of a swine carcass.
(b) "Club steak" means meat derived from the
			 anterior end (rib end) of the short loin of cattle or the posterior end (loin
			 end) of the rib. Any labeling or advertising for "Club Steak" shall indicate
			 short loin or rib, whichever is appropriate. "Club Steak" may be specified to
			 be either bone-in or boneless.
(c)
			 "Filet Mignon" means meat derived from the tenderloin (psoas muscle) of
			 cattle.
(d) "Ground beef," "Ground
			 veal," "Ground lamb," or "Ground pork," means ground, fresh or frozen meat
			 other than from the heart, esophagus, tongue or cheeks of the species
			 indicated, without the addition of fat as such. The ground meat shall not
			 contain more than 30% of fat and shall not contain water, binders, or
			 extenders.
(1) Ground beef identified as
			 "lean ground beef" or "lean chopped beef" shall contain not more than 22%
			 fat.
(2) Ground beef identified as
			 "extra lean ground beef" or "extra lean chopped beef" shall contain not more
			 than 15% fat.
(3) Ground beef
			 identified as "diet lean ground beef" or "diet lean chopped beef" shall contain
			 not more than 10% fat and shall state the maximum percentage (%) of fat
			 contained in the ground beef or chopped beef on the label adjacent to and of
			 the same type size as the product identity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Standards of Identity for Olive Oil › Section 21a-100-7 - Statement of purpose and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
This standard applies to olive oil and olive-pomace oil
				  presented and sold for human consumption in intrastate commerce in the state of
				  Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Standards of Identity for Olive Oil › Section 21a-100-9 - Food additives

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Virgin
				olive oils.
No additives are permitted in virgin olive oils.
(b)
Refined olive oil, olive oil,
				refined olive-pomace oil and olive-pomace oil.
The addition of
				alpha-tocopherol to such products is permitted to restore natural tocopherol
				lost in the refining process. The concentration of alpha-tocopherol in the
				final product shall not exceed 200 mg/kg.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 100 - Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments › Standards of Identity for Olive Oil › Section 21a-100-10 - Standards for olive oil, labeling and administrative provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection
				and the Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall
				require that olive oil presented and sold for human consumption in intrastate
				commerce in the state of Connecticut shall meet the International Olive Council
				standards, COI/T.15/NC no.3/ Rev. 2, entitled "Trade Standard Applying to Olive
				Oils and Olive-Pomace Oils," as amended from time to time, or the standard of
				identity for olive oil as adopted by the United States Food and Drug
				Administration when such standards have been adopted.
(b) A copy of the IOC trade standard applying
				to olive oils and olive-pomace oils shall be maintained by the department for
				examination by the public during normal business hours until such time that a
				standard of identity for olive oil has been adopted by the United States Food
				and Drug Administration.
(c)
				Failure to meet the standards required in subsection (a) of this section shall
				render olive oil sold in intrastate commerce in the state of Connecticut
				misbranded pursuant to Section
				21a-102
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 101 - Sanitary Standards for Food Establishments › Section 21a-101-1 - Statement of purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The purpose of
			 this section and sections
			 21a-101-2,
			 21a-101-7 and
			 21a-101-8
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies is to provide definitive
			 sanitary standards for food establishments. Section
			 21a-101(a)
			 (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes
			 provides that a food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it has been produced,
			 prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may become
			 contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered diseased,
			 unwholesome or injurious to health. A substantial failure to comply with said
			 regulations shall constitute such unsanitary conditions.
(b) The United States Food and Drug
			 Administration Food Code, as amended from time to time by the Conference for
			 Food Protection, and published and adopted by the United States Food and Drug
			 Administration and the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
			 is adopted and herein incorporated by reference as the sanitary standards for
			 this state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 101 - Sanitary Standards for Food Establishments › Section 21a-101-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Definitions promulgated under the United States Food and Drug
				Administration Food Code, as amended from time to time by the Conference for
				Food Protection, and published and adopted by the United States Food and Drug
				Administration, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services
				shall be the definitions for the purposes of section
				21a-101-1,
				this section and sections
				21a-101-7 and
				21a-101-8
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies with the following
				additions:
(1) "Commissioner" means
			 the Commissioner of Consumer Protection;
(2) "Food Establishment" means any
			 establishment in which food is stored, offered for sale, processed, or
			 prepared, other than an eating or drinking establishment, and includes the
			 transportation of any food;
(3)
			 "Inspector" means an employee or official of the Department of Consumer
			 Protection authorized by the commissioner; and
(4) "Operator" means any person who (i) alone
			 or jointly or severally with others owns a food establishment, or (ii) has
			 care, charge or control of a food establishment as agent or manager for the
			 owner or as an independent contractor.