2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-28 - (Formerly Sec. 19-183b). Standards of identity, quality and fill of container for flour, bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice or macaroni.
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell or offer for sale in this state for human consumption any flour, bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice or macaroni, unless such food products, before retail sale, meet the standards of identity, quality and fill of container set forth in section 21a-100. The commissioner may require such person to provide evidence of compliance as required by regulations issued by the commissioner under the provisions of chapter 54.
(1972, P.A. 72, S. 2–5; P.A. 73-377, S. 2–6; P.A. 74-338, S. 22, 94; P.A. 84-546, S. 64, 173; P.A. 16-172, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-377 amended Subsecs. (a) to (d) to specify enrichment “before retail sale” and to require evidence of compliance as required by regulations issued under provisions of chapter 54 and added Subsec. (e) re macaroni; P.A. 74-338 specified Part 16, rather than Part 15, of federal regulations in Subsec. (e); Sec. 19-183b transferred to Sec. 21a-28 in 1983; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes; P.A. 16-172 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, added references to bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice and macaroni, replaced “flour is enriched” with “food products”, deleted reference to federal standards, added provision re meeting standards in Sec. 21a-100, made a technical change and deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (e) re conformance with federal standards re enrichment of bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice and macaroni, effective July 1, 2016.
