(a) Any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale at retail any consumer commodity designated by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section 21a-75, shall disclose to the consumer the unit and total price of such commodity as provided in subsection (b) of this section unless exempted pursuant to section 21a-76.
(b) Persons subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall disclose the unit price and total price to consumers by one or more of the following means: (1) By attachment of a stamp, tag or label directly adjacent to the consumer commodity, on the shelf on which the commodity is displayed, or by stamping or affixing the price information on each unit of a consumer commodity; or (2) if the consumer commodity is so located that it is not conspicuously visible to the consumer, or is so located that the price information if displayed in accordance with subdivision (1) would not be conspicuously visible to the consumer, by a sign or list bearing such price information, conspicuously placed near the point of procurement; or (3) by such other means as the commissioner may by regulation provide.
(c) Any printed advertisement to aid, promote or assist, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any consumer commodity subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, which printed advertisement compares or otherwise displays different sizes or measures of the same such commodity, shall not state the total price of such commodity unless such advertisement also states the unit price of such commodity.
(1971, P.A. 856, S. 2–4; P.A. 88-66, S. 2; P.A. 97-78, S. 1, 3.)
History: Sec. 19-210d transferred to Sec. 21a-74 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 changed the reference in Subsec. (b) from “the commodity itself” to “each unit of a consumer commodity”; P.A. 97-78 amended Subsec. (c) re printed advertisements which compare or display different sizes or measures of the same commodity, effective May 27, 1997.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-171a). - Powers concerning kosher food.
Section 21a-14. (Formerly Sec. 19-172). - Oleomargarine.
Section 21a-15. (Formerly Sec. 19-173). - Definition of colored oleomargarine.
Section 21a-16. (Formerly Sec. 19-174). - Sale of oleomargarine. Label.
Section 21a-17. (Formerly Sec. 19-175). - Serving of colored oleomargarine in public eating places.
Section 21a-18. (Formerly Sec. 19-176). - License to manufacture or sell renovated butter.
Section 21a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-177). - Penalty.
Section 21a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-178). - Renovated or process butter.
Section 21a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-179). - Print butter.
Section 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). - Sale of equine meat in public eating places.
Section 21a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-181). - Adulteration of molasses.
Section 21a-24a. - Sale of acidified food products, jams, jellies and preserves.
Section 21a-24b. - Sale of maple syrup.
Section 21a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-182). - Impure vinegar.
Section 21a-26. (Formerly Sec. 19-183). - Sale of vinegar regulated.
Section 21a-27. (Formerly Sec. 19-183a). - Definitions.
Section 21a-29. (Formerly Sec. 19-183c). - Analyses, examinations and investigations. Regulations.
Section 21a-30. (Formerly Sec. 19-183d). - Penalty.
Section 21a-31. (Formerly Sec. 19-184). - Adulteration of turpentine.
Section 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). - Sale and use of articles containing wood alcohol.
Section 21a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-186). - Penalty for sale of adulterated liquors.
Section 21a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-193a). - Vending machines. Definitions.
Section 21a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-193b). - Vending machine operator's license.
Section 21a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). - Vending machine operator's license fees.
Section 21a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-193e). - Suspension or revocation of license.
Section 21a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-193f). - Adulteration or misbranding.
Section 21a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-193g). - Inspections.
Section 21a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-193h). - Sanitary provisions.
Section 21a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-193i). - Food from out-of-state commissaries.
Section 21a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-193j). - Regulations. Municipal ordinances.
Section 21a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-193k). - Exemptions.
Section 21a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-193l). - Penalty.
Section 21a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-193m). - Information on vending machines.
Section 21a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-193n). - Penalty.
Section 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). - Frozen desserts; definitions.
Section 21a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-195). - Records.
Section 21a-50. (Formerly Sec. 19-196). - Statistical reports.
Section 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198). - License fees.
Section 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199). - Issuance of license.
Section 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200). - Revocation or suspension of license.
Section 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201). - Appeal.
Section 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202). - Prohibition as to sale.
Section 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). - False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment.
Section 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). - Regulations.
Section 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205). - Penalty.
Section 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206). - Refrigerated lockers.
Section 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207). - Storage and transportation of quick-frozen foods.
Section 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208). - Analysis of food.
Section 21a-62a. - Preparation of food in residential dwelling for sale. Regulations.
Section 21a-62b. - Definitions.
Section 21a-62c. - Cottage food operations. Examination of premises. Licensure requirements.
Section 21a-62e. - Inspection of cottage food operation.
Section 21a-62f. - Authorized food items. Prohibited food items.
Section 21a-62g. - Prepackaged food products. Labels.
Section 21a-63. (Formerly Sec. 19-210h). - State clinical thermometer standard.
Section 21a-64. (Formerly Sec. 19-209). - Distribution of drugs and poisons.
Section 21a-67. (Formerly Sec. 19-209c). - Apricot kernels. Labeling requirement.
Section 21a-68. (Formerly Sec. 19-209d). - Packaging of veterinary drugs.
Section 21a-69. (Formerly Sec. 19-209e). - “Companion animal” defined by regulation.
Section 21a-70. (Formerly Sec. 19-210). Registration of manufacturers an - Definitions.
Section 21a-70b. - Regulation of sales of drugs at flea markets.
Section 21a-70c. - Prescription drug pedigree program. Working group convened.
Section 21a-70d. - Definitions.
Section 21a-71. (Formerly Sec. 19-210a). - Sale of food, drug or cosmetic at auction.
Section 21a-72. (Formerly Sec. 19-210b). - Certificate of disinfection of stuffed toys.
Section 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c). - Unit pricing: Definitions.
Section 21a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-210e). - Regulations. Hearings. Civil penalties for noncompliance.
Section 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f). - Exceptions.
Section 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g). - Criminal penalty.
Section 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i). - Shelf life pricing; definition; penalty.
Section 21a-78b. - Suspension of application. Monitoring by department.
Section 21a-79a. - Program for test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems.
Section 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a). - Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings.
Section 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c). - Seizure of mislabeled paint.
Section 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d). - Penalty.
Section 21a-86. - “Plumbing fixtures” defined.
Section 21a-86b. - Compliance with standards.
Section 21a-86c. - Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.
Section 21a-86e. - Precedence of more stringent regulations.