Sec. 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). Regulations. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 21a-48 to 21a-57, inclusive. Such regulations, among other things, shall establish sanitary regulations pertaining to the manufacture, sale and distribution of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes, including the sanitary conditions of buildings, grounds, equipment and containers where such products are manufactured, sold or stored. To promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of the consumer, the commissioner shall adopt regulations fixing and establishing definitions and standards of identity and quality and reasonable standards of fill of containers for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes. Any wholesale or retail manufacturer desiring a temporary permit to deviate from an existing frozen dessert standard may file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection a written application containing such information as the commissioner may by regulation require. Such permit shall be in effect not more than one year. Said commissioner may adopt regulations concerning the manufacture and sale of frozen desserts containing an artificial sweetening agent or other agents for special dietary purposes, the labeling and size of containers to be used and provisions requiring special permits for the manufacture of said products. In prescribing a definition of standards of identity for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes in which optional ingredients are permitted the commissioner shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of the consumer, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definition and standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practical to the definitions and standards promulgated by the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

      (1961, P.A. 154, S. 4; P.A. 76-240, S. 3; P.A. 82-472, S. 64, 183; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 76-240 made minor language change re regulation power and added provision re temporary permit to deviate from existing frozen dessert standard; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes and replaced obsolete reference to Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare with reference to Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Sec. 19-204a transferred to Sec. 21a-58 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.