Sec. 22-118l. Manufacture and distribution of feed regulated. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22-118l. Manufacture and distribution of feed regulated. (a) No person shall manufacture a commercial feed in this state unless he has filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture on forms provided by the commissioner, his name, place of business and location of each manufacturing facility in this state.

      (b) No person shall distribute in this state a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of this section. The application for registration shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Upon approval by the commissioner the registration shall be issued to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. A distributor shall not be required to register any commercial feed which is already registered under this chapter by another person.

      (c) The commissioner may refuse registration of any commercial feed not in compliance with the provisions of sections 22-118k to 22-118u, inclusive, and cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of said sections provided no registration shall be refused or canceled unless the registrant is given an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner and to amend his application in order to comply with the requirements of sections 22-118k to 22-118u, inclusive.

      (P.A. 98-69, S. 2, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 98-69 effective July 1, 1998; 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to repealed Sec. 22-118v in Subsec. (c) was changed editorially by the Revisors to "22-118u" for accuracy).