CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). Sale of equine meat in public eating places.
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, without indicating such contents on each item thereof, or
after each item thereof on the menu or bill of fare, in the same size print or writing as
the largest size print or writing used in naming or describing such food. The provisions of
this section shall be under the control and supervision of the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection. Any person, or the responsible agent of any firm or corporation, who violates
any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 3924; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-180
transferred to Sec. 21a-22 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection 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Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30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.
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