Title 22 — Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Sec. 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, pr…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 Section 22-32 is repealed.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.)

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 g…

Sec. 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 th…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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-…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 22-38. Advertising of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Selling of Connecticut-Grown farm products at farmers' markets. (a) For purposes of this section, “farm products” means products resulting from the practice of agriculture or farming, as defined in section 1-1 and “Conne…

Sec. 22-38a. Promotion of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish and administer a program to promote the marketing of farm products grown and produced in Connecticut for the purpose of encouraging the development of agricultu…

Sec. 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. Section 22-38b is repealed, effective June 4, 2024. (P.A. 04-222, S. 3; P.A. 07-230, S.…

Sec. 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 sa…

Sec. 22-38d. Farm to school program. Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids Week. (a) There is established, within the Department of Agriculture, a farm to school program. In consultation with the Department of Education, the program shall facilitate and promote the sale of Conne…

Sec. 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 liq…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 sha…

Sec. 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 registratio…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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, a…

Sec. 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 C…

Sec. 22-39f. Penalty. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of sections 22-39a to 22-39e, inclusive, or section 22-39g or 22-54u, any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (h) of section 22-39g or section 22-54u, or who obstructs or hinders the Commissioner of Ag…

Sec. 22-39g. Food Safety Modernization Act. Requirements for produce farms. Enforcement. Inspections. Inspection certificate. Voluntary submission to inspection. Orders. Emergency orders. Recordkeeping. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Commissioner” means t…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 Ac…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 s…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 22-46. Sale of inedible eggs. Licenses. Section 22-46 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 207, S. 2.)

Sec. 22-47. Exemptions. Producers selling eggs of their own producing direct to household users are exempt from the provisions of this part, provided such eggs are cleaned to remove exterior debris, stored at an ambient air temperature of not greater than forty-five degrees Fahre…

Sec. 22-48. Enforcement. Inspection. Notice of violation or order. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designated agent shall enforce the provisions of this part by inspection of retail and wholesale distribution establishments in this s…

Sec. 22-48a. Registration of egg grading plants and egg distributors. Fees. List of sources and accounts. Registration refusal, suspension or revocation. Hearing. Final order. Appeal. (a) For the purposes of this part, (1) “egg grading plant” means any person, firm or corporation…

Sec. 22-49. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which, by itself or its agents or employees, violates any provision of this part or any regulation made under this part or fails to comply with any of the requirements hereof or knowingly misrepresents the conditions, source, s…

Sec. 22-50. Definitions. “Person”, as used in this part, includes persons, firms, corporations, societies and associations, and the acts of agents and employees under this part shall be construed to be the acts of their principals and employers as well as of the agents and employ…

Sec. 22-51. Enforcement. Grades and standards. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall, by regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establish and promulgate official Connecticut grades and standards for apples and, from time to time, amend or modify such …

Sec. 22-52. Marking of packages. Each closed package of apples packed or repacked in the state and intended for sale, either within or without the state, shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the package in plain letters the following statements: (1) The minimum size of the…

Sec. 22-53. Taking of samples. The Commissioner of Agriculture or any of his agents may, at any reasonable time, enter any building or place where apples are packed, stored, sold or offered or exposed for sale and may open therein any box or other container of any such apples and…

Sec. 22-54. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this part 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. 3092; 1957, P.A. 144, S. 7.) PART IV APPLE MARKET ORDERS

Secs. 22-54a to 22-54n. Apple market orders in effect before July 1, 1989. Obsolete. (P.A. 84-259, S. 1–15; P.A. 86-403, S. 97, 132; P.A. 89-226, S. 3.)

Sec. 22-54o. Definitions. As used in sections 22-54p to 22-54t, inclusive: (1) “Apples” means apples produced in the state for the purpose of sale; (2) “Apple producer” means any person who produces or causes to be produced more than one thousand first sale units of apples in the…

Sec. 22-54p. Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may: (1) Issue and administer an apple market order regulating the marketing of apples, and (2) suspend the apple market order for one marketing season if he determines that the marke…

Sec. 22-54q. Proposed apple market order. Hearing. Decision by the commissioner. Referendum. Amendments. Termination. (a) An apple market order may be proposed to the commissioner upon submittal of a petition signed by twenty-five per cent of the apple producers known to the comm…

Sec. 22-54r. Assessment. Civil penalty. (a) There shall be paid by each apple producer to the Commissioner of Agriculture an assessment sufficient to cover the costs in the budget for implementation of the apple market order. The amount of the assessment shall be determined by th…

Sec. 22-54s. Apple Marketing Advisory Board. (a) There is established an Apple Marketing Advisory Board that shall be within the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. Such advisory board shall assist and advise the Commissioner of Agriculture in carrying out…

Sec. 22-54t. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of a market order adopted pursuant to section 22-54q shall have committed an infraction. (P.A. 91-77, S. 6.) PART V HONEY AND MAPLE SYRUP

Sec. 22-54u. Authority re maple syrup and honey licensing, inspection and enforcement. Regulations. (a) The preparation, packaging, labeling and sale of honey and maple syrup produced in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, a…