Sec. 22-39e. Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22-39e. Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture. 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.