Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment.
Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use
of equipment. (1) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale frozen desserts or
frozen dessert mix which is falsely labeled as to the name of the manufacturer or place
of manufacture, or in any other respect.
(2) No person shall misrepresent in any manner the name of the manufacturer or
the place of manufacture of frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix.
(3) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used, for the purpose of preserving
or holding frozen desserts, any cabinet, can, container or other equipment owned by
any other person without the written consent of such owner, and all such equipment
shall be labeled with the wholesale manufacturer's name and address.
(4) No person shall place any frozen dessert of one manufacturer in the cabinet,
can, container or other equipment belonging to another manufacturer.
(5) No person other than the owner shall remove, erase, obliterate, cover or conceal
the owner's name or any distinguishing mark or device on any cabinet, can, container
or other equipment. Each wholesaler shall declare on invoices the brand name of all ice
cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix delivered by him to retailers, and each
retailer shall retain such invoice for inspection by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for a period of thirty days. Each package or container of ice cream or frozen
dessert shall bear the name and address of the manufacturer or, in lieu of such name and
address, the name and address of the packer or distributor, together with the Connecticut
license number of such manufacturer, or the name and home address of the manufacturer,
together with the Connecticut license number of such manufacturer.
(1949 Rev., S. 3920; 1949, S. 2085d; 1959, P.A. 311; 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts deleted provision that package could bear only manufacturer's Connecticut license number, adding
requirement for also including name and address of packer, distributor or manufacturer and replaced commissioner of food
and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-203 transferred to Sec. 21a-57 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effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.