Sec. 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). Frozen desserts; definitions.
Sec. 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). Frozen desserts; definitions. When used
in sections 21a-49 to 21a-59, inclusive, the following terms shall have the meanings
hereinafter specified:
(1) "Frozen dessert plant" means any place, premises or establishment and any
part thereof where frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes are assembled, processed,
manufactured or converted into form for distribution or sale, and rooms and premises
where frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix manufacturing equipment is washed, sterilized or kept.
(2) "Wholesale manufacturer" means a person who manufactures frozen desserts
or frozen dessert mixes for sale or distribution, otherwise than for retail sale directly to
the consumer on the premises where manufactured.
(3) "Retail manufacturer" means a person who manufactures frozen desserts for
retail sale directly to the consumer on the premises where manufactured.
(4) "Frozen desserts" means ice cream, French ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk,
frozen dietary dairy dessert, including special dietary dairy desserts containing nutritive
sweeteners, fruit sherbet, water ices, quiescently frozen confection, quiescently frozen
dairy confection, quiescently frozen whipped cream confection, frozen whipped cream,
freezer made milk shakes, French custard ice cream, nonfruit sherbet, nonfruit water
ices, manufactured dessert mix, frozen confection, mellorine frozen dessert, parevine,
frozen yogurt, freezer made shakes, lo-mel, and dietary frozen desserts as all such products are commonly known, together with any mix used in such frozen desserts and any
products which are similar in appearance, odor or taste to such products, or are prepared
or frozen as frozen desserts are customarily prepared or frozen, whether made with dairy
products or nondairy products.
(5) "Frozen dessert mix" means any unfrozen mixture to be used in the manufacture
of frozen desserts or milk shakes offered for sale or resale.
(6) "Quiescently frozen confection", "quiescently frozen dairy confection", "quiescently frozen whipped cream confection", and "frozen whipped cream" and standards
of identity for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes, shall be defined by regulations
promulgated under authority of section 21a-58.
(1961, P.A. 154, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 121; 1967, P.A. 876, S. 1; P.A. 73-46; P.A. 76-240, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act changed definition of wholesale manufacturer from "a person who manufactures frozen desserts or
frozen dessert mixes any of which is sold to another for resale or manufacturing purposes" and retail manufacturer from
"any manufacturer of frozen desserts who is not defined as a wholesale manufacturer"; 1967 act added "frozen dietary
dairy dessert" to Subsec. (4); P.A. 73-46 redefined "frozen desserts" to include special dietary dairy desserts, containing
nutritive sweeteners and freezer made milk shakes; P.A. 76-240 deleted reference to "imitation ice cream" in definitions
of "frozen desserts" and "quiescently frozen confection" and included as frozen desserts "French custard ice cream, nonfruit
sherbet, nonfruit water ices ... whether made with dairy products or nondairy products"; Sec. 19-194a transferred to Sec.
21a-48 in 1983.