2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-83 - (Formerly Sec. 19-65b). Packaging or sale of paint not conforming to federal standards. Labeling requirements.

On or after January 1, 1976, no person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint which does not conform to the most recent standards of federal law, in accordance with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended, unless it bears the following warning statement:

CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. Do not apply on any interior surfaces of a dwelling or of a place used for the care of children or on window sills, toys, cribs or other furniture which might be chewed by children. Wash thoroughly after handling and before eating or smoking. Close container after each use.

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Such warning statements shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the immediate container of such paint and shall be printed on gallon-size containers in letters of not less than ten-point type for the words–CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED and KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN and not less than eight-point type for the remainder of the statement. Proportionately smaller type may be used on smaller containers. Such printing shall be legible and in a conspicuous color contrast with other printing appearing on the container. Stocks of paint which fail to conform to the standards herein established and which were manufactured prior to October 1, 1975, can be made to conform with the requirements of this section by the application of a separate warning label, which shall be affixed directly on the existing label. No person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint not conforming with the standards herein established after one year from October 1, 1975, unless the warning is an integral part of the printed container label.

(1969, P.A. 533, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 194, S. 7; P.A. 75-392, S. 3.)

History: 1971 act replaced “United States of America Standards Institute” with “American National Standards Institute”; P.A. 75-392 replaced 1970 date and 1969 dates with 1976 and 1975 dates and replaced standards of the Institute with standards of federal law in accordance with Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; Sec. 19-65b transferred to Sec. 21a-83 in 1983.

Cited. 31 CA 359.