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 Connecticut, is sold or offered or exposed for sale and may open therein any box or other container of any such fruit and may take samples therefrom upon paying or tendering the payment of the retail market price for the quantity of each such sample taken. The commissioner shall also have the power to authorize federal inspection of such fruit in the same manner as that provided for state inspectors. Any person who refuses to allow said commissioner, any of his authorized agents or federal inspectors authorized by him to enter any premises described in this section, or otherwise interferes with him in the performance of his duties of inspection under the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the penalties specified in section 22-39f.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 5; P.A. 85-204, S. 9, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-204 transferred inspection powers from commissioner of consumer protection to commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 423 - Grading and Marketing of Farm Products
Section 22-27. - Establishment of standards. Market information.
Section 22-28. - Labels for standard grades.
Section 22-29. - Notice of establishment to be published.
Section 22-30. - Penalty for improper use of brand name.
Section 22-31. - Inspection. Certification.
Section 22-32. - Reports by persons engaged in wholesale marketing. Penalty.
Section 22-34. - Products sold under names designated by commissioner.
Section 22-37. - License for buying poultry. Bond.
Section 22-37a. - Connecticut Egg Council, Inc. Establishment of fund. Duties of commissioner.
Section 22-38a. - Promotion of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Regulations.
Section 22-38c. - Expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account.
Section 22-38d. - Farm to school program. Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids Week.
Section 22-39. - Penalty for hindering commissioner.
Section 22-39a. - Controlled atmosphere storage of fruit.
Section 22-39b. - Registration.
Section 22-39c. - Daily determinations of air components.
Section 22-39d. - Record. Report. Mechanical breakdowns.
Section 22-39e. - Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture.
Section 22-41. - Grades of eggs.
Section 22-42. - Weight and size requirements.
Section 22-43. - Requirements of advertising of eggs.
Section 22-44. - Terms used on eggs.
Section 22-45. - Prohibited advertising, labeling, offering or selling of eggs.
Section 22-46. - Sale of inedible eggs. Licenses.
Section 22-48. - Enforcement. Inspection. Notice of violation or order. Regulations.
Section 22-51. - Enforcement. Grades and standards.
Section 22-52. - Marking of packages.
Section 22-53. - Taking of samples.
Section 22-54a to 22-54n. - Apple market orders in effect before July 1, 1989.
Section 22-54o. - Definitions.
Section 22-54p. - Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations.
Section 22-54r. - Assessment. Civil penalty.