Title 21a — Title 21a: Consumer Protection

Sec. 21a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-171a). Powers concerning kosher food. Section 21a-13 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (1959, P.A. 412, S. 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-117, S. 7.)

Sec. 21a-14. (Formerly Sec. 19-172). Oleomargarine. Any article resembling butter and not made wholly from milk or any product of milk, salt and coloring excepted, shall be oleomargarine or margarine within the meaning of this chapter. The term “oleomargarine” and the term “marga…

Sec. 21a-15. (Formerly Sec. 19-173). Definition of colored oleomargarine. For the purpose of sections 21a-16 and 21a-17, colored oleomargarine or colored margarine is oleomargarine or margarine having a tint or shade containing more than one and six-tenths degrees of yellow, or o…

Sec. 21a-16. (Formerly Sec. 19-174). Sale of oleomargarine. Label. (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale colored oleomargarine or colored margarine unless (1) such oleomargarine or margarine is packaged; (2) the net weight of the contents of any package sold at retail is one…

Sec. 21a-17. (Formerly Sec. 19-175). Serving of colored oleomargarine in public eating places. No person shall serve colored oleomargarine or colored margarine at a public eating place unless a notice that oleomargarine or margarine is served is displayed prominently and conspicu…

Sec. 21a-18. (Formerly Sec. 19-176). License to manufacture or sell renovated butter. Section 21a-18 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3886; 1949, 1953, S. 2072d; P.A. 94-36, S. 24, 42; P.A. 96-259, S. 20.)

Sec. 21a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-177). Penalty. Any person violating any provision of sections 21a-14 to 21a-17, inclusive, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (1953…

Sec. 21a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-178). Renovated or process butter. No person, by himself or agent, or otherwise, shall sell, expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell, any article which is produced by taking original packing stock or other butter, or both, melt…

Sec. 21a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-179). Print butter. No person shall, by himself, his servant or agent, sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any print butter unless the package or wrapper containing the same has conspicuously printed ther…

Sec. 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). Sale of equine meat in public eating places. No person, firm or corporation conducting a public eating place shall sell or offer for sale for human consumption any food containing equine meat or equine meat products, in whole or in part, witho…

Sec. 21a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-181). Adulteration of molasses. Section 21a-23 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 3895; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 21a-24. (Formerly Sec. 19-181a). Misuse of the word “honey” in labels and brand names. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, “honey” means the natural product of the honey bee taken from the nectar of flowers, transformed by such bee, taken from the honeycomb and marketed in…

Sec. 21a-24a. Sale of acidified food products, jams, jellies and preserves. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Acidified food product” means a food item, with a pH value of 4.6 or less upon completion of the recipe for such product, including, but not limited to, pickles, salsa an…

Sec. 21a-24b. Sale of maple syrup. (a) As used in this section, “residential farm” means property (1) being utilized as a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, and (2) serving as the primary residence of the owner of such property. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions …

Sec. 21a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-182). Impure vinegar. (a) No person shall make, sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state, of: (1) Any vinegar,…

Sec. 21a-26. (Formerly Sec. 19-183). Sale of vinegar regulated. No person shall make and sell, or make and offer for sale, any vinegar without conspicuously branding, stenciling or painting, upon the head of the barrel, cask, keg or package containing the same, the name of the ma…

Secs. 21a-27 to 21a-30 (Formerly Secs. 19a-183a to 19a-183d). Definitions. Standards of identity, quality and fill of container for flour, bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice or macaroni. Analyses, examinations and investigations. Regulations. Penalty. Sections 21a-27 to 21a-30,…

Sec. 21a-31. (Formerly Sec. 19-184). Adulteration of turpentine. Section 21a-31 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 3900; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). Sale and use of articles containing wood alcohol. Any person who sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or delivers to another any wood alcohol, known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container holding the same a label be…

Sec. 21a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-186). Penalty for sale of adulterated liquors. Any person who sells or exposes for sale any ale, beer or other fermented liquors, knowing the same to be adulterated, or adulterates for the purpose of sale any ale, beer or other fermented liquors, sh…

Sec. 21a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-193a). Vending machines. Definitions. As used in sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection; (2) “Vending machine” means any self-service device offer…

Sec. 21a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-193b). Vending machine operator's license. (a) No person shall, by himself or through any agent or employee, engage as a vending machine operator without a vending machine operator's license issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-3…

Sec. 21a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). Vending machine operator's license fees. (a) The applicant for a vending machine operator's license shall pay a license fee according to the following schedule: For machines vending products at one penny; a fee of twenty dollars for the first…

Sec. 21a-37. (Formerly Sec. 19-193d). Display of license. Expiration. Change in location. Conversion of machine. (a) Vending machine operators' licenses shall be of such size and style as the commissioner prescribes and shall be numbered. Each operator's license shall be displaye…

Sec. 21a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-193e). Suspension or revocation of license. (a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of section 21a-35 or 21a-36 for violation of the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, or any regulation ado…

Sec. 21a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-193f). Adulteration or misbranding. (a) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in any vending machine, or have in his possession with intent to sell therefrom, any food, beverage or ingredient which is adulterated or misbranded. (b) The co…

Sec. 21a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-193g). Inspections. (a) The commissioner shall cause to be inspected regularly all commissaries and storage, service and transport facilities which handle readily perishable food. Any such commissary or facility which handles food not readily perish…

Sec. 21a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-193h). Sanitary provisions. (a) Any food, beverage or ingredient sold or offered or exhibited for sale in a vending machine shall be obtained only from sources which comply with municipal health ordinances and applicable state and federal laws and r…

Sec. 21a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-193i). Food from out-of-state commissaries. Foods, beverages and ingredients from commissaries outside the jurisdiction of the state may be sold within the state if such commissaries conform to the provisions of the food establishment sanitation reg…

Sec. 21a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-193j). Regulations. Municipal ordinances. (a) The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as he finds necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and he shall adopt such rules and regulations…

Sec. 21a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-193k). Exemptions. The provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, shall not apply to any person who manufactures packaged candy or chewing gum or to any vending machine, or the owner or operator thereof, which dispenses (1) premixed carbona…

Sec. 21a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-193l). Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-44, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1961, P.A. 579, S. 12.) History: Sec. 19-193l transfer…

Sec. 21a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-193m). Information on vending machines. Each vending machine used in dispensing merchandise or performing service in this state and not included under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 12-289 or subsection (a) of section 21a-37 shall bear …

Sec. 21a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-193n). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of section 12-289, subsection (a) of section 21a-37 or section 21a-46 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars for each machine which is the subject of such violation. (1969, …

Sec. 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). Frozen desserts; definitions. When used in sections 21a-49 to 21a-59, inclusive, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter specified: (1) “Frozen dessert plant” means any place, premises or establishment and any part thereof whe…

Sec. 21a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-195). Records. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix shall keep, in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, for each frozen dessert and frozen dessert mix plant operated by him, a true and correct record…

Sec. 21a-50. (Formerly Sec. 19-196). Statistical reports. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, upon a form prescribed by him, not later than the tenth day of each month, a statement for the p…

Sec. 21a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-197). Application for license by manufacturer of frozen desserts and mixes. (a) Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection an application for a license, upon a form pr…

Sec. 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198). License fees. The license fee for a retail manufacturer of frozen desserts shall be fifty dollars for each plant. The license fee for a wholesale manufacturer to manufacture frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix within Connecticut or to sell w…

Sec. 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199). Issuance of license. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, if satisfied that the plant or plants named in the application are maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation, and that only pure and wholesome ingredients produced u…

Sec. 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200). Revocation or suspension of license. Any license may be revoked by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection after notice to the licensee by mail or otherwise and opportunity to be heard if it appears that any statement upon which it was issued …

Sec. 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201). Appeal. The action of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in refusing to grant a license or in revoking or suspending a license shall be subject to appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal sha…

Sec. 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202). Prohibition as to sale. No person shall sell, advertise or offer or expose for sale any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix unless the manufacturer thereof is a licensee under the provisions of section 21a-53. No person shall sell, offer for …

Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment. (1) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix which is falsely labeled as to the name of the manufacturer or place of manufacture, or in any o…

Sec. 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 21a-48 to 21a-57, inclusive. Such regulations,…

Sec. 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-49 to 21a-57, inclusive, or of the regulations and standards promulgated under the provisions of section 21a-58 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not …

Sec. 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206). Refrigerated lockers. Section 21a-60 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1949 Rev., S. 3923; 1959, P.A. 351, S. 1; 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 77-603, S. 51, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 94-36, S. 23, 42; P.A. 99-194, S. 28.)

Sec. 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207). Storage and transportation of quick-frozen foods. (a) No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of storing quick-frozen foods or transporting such foods shall store or transport such foods within this state unless they are stored …

Sec. 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208). Analysis of food. The local health authority of any city, borough or town may procure, from any dealer in provisions, groceries, medicines or other articles for human consumption, samples of such articles and cause the same to be analyzed by o…

Sec. 21a-62a. Preparation of food in residential dwelling for sale. Regulations. (a) Preparation of food in a private residential dwelling for sale for human consumption shall be allowed provided it conforms to the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (…