Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment. - Connecticut Statutes

      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 other respect.

      (2) No person shall misrepresent in any manner the name of the manufacturer or the place of manufacture of frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix.

      (3) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used, for the purpose of preserving or holding frozen desserts, any cabinet, can, container or other equipment owned by any other person without the written consent of such owner, and all such equipment shall be labeled with the wholesale manufacturer's name and address.

      (4) No person shall place any frozen dessert of one manufacturer in the cabinet, can, container or other equipment belonging to another manufacturer.

      (5) No person other than the owner shall remove, erase, obliterate, cover or conceal the owner's name or any distinguishing mark or device on any cabinet, can, container or other equipment. Each wholesaler shall declare on invoices the brand name of all ice cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix delivered by him to retailers, and each retailer shall retain such invoice for inspection by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for a period of thirty days. Each package or container of ice cream or frozen dessert shall bear the name and address of the manufacturer or, in lieu of such name and address, the name and address of the packer or distributor, together with the Connecticut license number of such manufacturer, or the name and home address of the manufacturer, together with the Connecticut license number of such manufacturer.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3920; 1949, S. 2085d; 1959, P.A. 311; 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1959 acts deleted provision that package could bear only manufacturer's Connecticut license number, adding requirement for also including name and address of packer, distributor or manufacturer and replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-203 transferred to Sec. 21a-57 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.