Sec. 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). Sale and use of articles containing wood alcohol.
Sec. 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). Sale and use of articles containing wood
alcohol. Any person who sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or delivers to
another any wood alcohol, known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container
holding the same a label bearing the words, "wood alcohol, poison", printed or written
thereon in letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height. No person shall sell,
exchange, offer for sale or exchange or deliver, or have in his possession with intent to
sell, exchange or deliver, any article of food or drink, or any drug intended for external
or internal use on or within the human body, or any perfume or toilet article, containing
any wood alcohol known as methyl alcohol. Any person who violates any provision of
this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than six months or both. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall cause a prosecution to be instigated for any violation of the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4170; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-185
transferred to Sec. 21a-32 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30
Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
June 1, 2004.