2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture
Section 22-6s - Operation of food service establishment by a farmer at a certified farmers’ market.

(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Certified farmers’ market” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-6r, and (2) “food service establishment” has the same meaning as provided in section 19-13-B42 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(b) Any permit or license to operate a food service establishment that is issued by a municipal health department or health district to a farmer for the purpose of such farmer’s participation in a certified farmers’ market within the jurisdiction of such municipal health department or health district shall be valid for the purpose of operating a food service establishment at any certified farmers’ market in the state, provided (1) such operation is in accordance with the menu items and food preparation processes approved by such issuing municipal health department or health district, or (2) such operation utilizes menu items or food preparation processes that are substantially similar to the menu items and food preparation processes approved by such issuing municipal health department or health district. Not later than fourteen days prior to commencing the operation of a food service establishment in a municipality that is within the jurisdiction of a municipal health department or health district that did not issue a permit or license to such farmer, a notice of intent to commence such operation shall be sent by such farmer to the municipal health department or health district with such jurisdiction. Such notice shall contain a copy of the municipal health department or health district permit or license issued in accordance with this section and a copy of any food service plan developed as part of the application for such permit or license. Any permit or license issued in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be valid for the duration of the calendar year in which such permit or license was issued.

(c) Any local director of health may take any regulatory action such director deems necessary against any farmer who operates a food service establishment within the jurisdiction of such health department or district, as applicable, in order to ensure that such farmer is in compliance with the Public Health Code, provided no local director of health shall require any farmer to apply for or purchase a permit or license to operate a food service establishment if such farmer holds a valid permit or license issued by another municipal health department or health district and is in compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Any farmer who operates a food service establishment in a certified farmers’ market in accordance with this section and the menu items and food preparation processes approved by the municipal health department or health district that issued such permit or license, or who utilizes menu items or food preparation processes that are substantially similar to the menu items and food preparation processes approved by such issuing municipal health department or health district, shall be exempt from the provisions of any ordinance of any municipality or health district concerning the operation of a food service establishment. No municipal health department or health district shall require any farmer who applies for a permit or license to operate a food service establishment at a certified farmers’ market to submit information regarding such farmer’s ability to comply with any ordinance of any municipality or health district concerning the operation of such food service establishment.

(P.A. 11-191, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 11-191 effective July 13, 2011.