2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-175. Inspection of dairy farms and milk plants.
Sec. 22-175. Inspection of dairy farms and milk plants. The commissioner shall
inspect regularly and as frequently as possible the dairy farms and milk plants from
which milk is regularly shipped to dealers within the state for sale therein in fluid form.
The commissioner shall endeavor to maintain a sufficient number of dairy farms and
dairy plants subject to regular inspections and approved for shipments of milk to be sold
in fluid form in Connecticut markets so that consumers of the state may be assured of
an adequate supply of fluid milk at all times. The commissioner shall have the right to
inspect the producing dairy farm or the processing dairy plant and to sample the product
of such dairy farm or dairy plant at any time or place. The expense incurred for the
inspecting of any dairy farm, whether within or without the state, which produces fresh
milk for daily use in this state shall be borne by the state. The expense incurred for the
inspection of dairy farms and dairy plants which produce or process milk which is to
be used for the production of cream for this state shall be borne by the cream source
permittee.
History: P.A. 90-66 added Subsec. (b) re exemption from inspection requirements of processing plants which ship only aseptically processed and ultrapasteurized milk and milk products; P.A. 99-110 deleted former Subsec. (b) which had required adoption of regulations regarding aseptically processed and ultrapasteurized milk.
Purpose of statute is to secure a safe supply of milk, whether it comes from within or without the state. 129 C. 327.
