Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 203c - Testing of Milk-Milk Products for the Presence of Antibiotic Residues or Other Inhibitory Substances › Standards for Testing for the Presence of Drug Residues or other Inhibitory Substances › Section 22-203c-10 - Milk producer, intrastate dealer, interstate dealer, retail raw milk producer or retail raw milk cheese manufacturer. Drug residues or other inhibitory substances found

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pursuant to
				subsection (c) of section
				4-182
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner may suspend any license,
				permit or registration issued by the department to an intrastate dealer,
				interstate dealer, cheese manufacturer, retail raw milk producer or retail raw
				milk cheese manufacturer whose milk or milk product is found to contain drug
				residues or other inhibitors at or above the tolerance levels for drugs or
				other inhibitors established by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
				The suspension shall remain in effect until such time as the commissioner or
				the commissioner's designated agent determines that all cheese, milk or milk
				products, retail raw milk or retail raw milk cheese, produced, processed or
				offered for sale no longer contain drug residues or other inhibitors at or
				above the tolerance levels for drugs or other inhibitors established by the
				United States Food and Drug Administration. Before resumption of producing,
				processing or manufacturing of cheese, milk or milk products, retail raw milk
				or retail raw milk cheese, the intrastate dealer, interstate dealer, cheese
				manufacturer, retail raw milk producer or retail raw milk cheese manufacturer
				shall comply with the testing requirements found in sections
				22-203c-7
				or
				22-203c-8(b)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The confirmed presence of drug residues
				or other inhibitory substances at or above the tolerance levels for drugs or
				other inhibitors established by the United States Food and Drug Administration
				in cheese, milk or milk products, retail raw milk or retail raw milk cheese
				offered for sale to the final consumer shall be considered an imminent public
				health threat. The commissioner shall prevent the sale and cause to be
				destroyed all contaminated milk or milk product in accordance with section
				22-129
				and
				22-129a of
				the Connecticut General Statutes. The intrastate dealer, interstate dealer,
				cheese manufacturer, retail raw milk producer or retail raw milk cheese
				manufacturer may be required to initiate a product recall. The intrastate
				dealer, interstate dealer, cheese manufacturer, retail raw milk producer or
				retail raw milk cheese manufacturer shall make available to the commissioner or
				the commissioner's designated agent the names and contact information of all
				known consumers, distributors and retail sales outlets.
(c) Pursuant to subsection (c) of section
				4-182
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner may suspend any license,
				permit or registration issued by the department to a milk producer. The
				commissioner shall prevent the sale and cause to be destroyed all contaminated
				milk or milk product in accordance with section
				22-129
				and
				22-129a of
				the Connecticut General Statutes. Before resumption of selling or offering for
				sale milk or milk product, commissioner may require compliance with section
				22-203c-9
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.