2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-58. Exemptions.

      Sec. 22-58. Exemptions. (a) The provisions of sections 22-56 and 22-57 shall not apply (1) to seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes or (2) to seed in storage in, or being transported, or consigned to, a seed-cleaning or processing establishment for cleaning or processing, provided the invoice or labeling accompanying any shipment of such seed bears the statement "seed for processing", and provided any labeling or other representation made with respect to the unclean or unprocessed seed shall be subject to this chapter, or (3) to any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier, provided such carrier is not engaged in producing, processing or marketing agricultural or vegetable seeds subject to the provisions of this chapter.

      (b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of this chapter for having sold or offered or exposed for sale in this state any agricultural or vegetable seeds which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety, type or origin, which seeds cannot be identified by examination thereof, unless he has failed to obtain an invoice, bona fide grower's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions as may be necessary to insure the identity to be that stated.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3097; 1963, P.A. 75, S. 4.)

      History: 1963 act exempted seed "being transported" in Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) and added proviso requiring that label state "seed for processing" and added Subdiv. (3) exempting carriers from provisions and amended Subsec. (b) to require "bona fide" grower's declaration "or other labeling information", deleting requirement that "kind, or kind and variety, or kind and type, and origin, if required" be stated.