Sec. 21a-104a. Sulfiting agents.
Sec. 21a-104a. Sulfiting agents. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, limited liability
company or corporation;
(2) "Sulfiting agent" means any sulfur dioxide, sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite,
potassium bisulfite, sodium metabisulfite or potassium metabisulfite;
(3) "Manufacturer" means any person, firm or corporation which produces or grows
food and which packages such food for resale or distribution.
(b) No person who sells, offers for sale or distributes food, other than a manufacturer
of food, shall add any sulfiting agent to any food sold, offered for sale or distributed in
this state.
(c) Any retailer who displays, sells or offers for sale any bulk display of unpackaged
food, including food displayed in any salad bar, which food contains any sulfiting agent,
shall prominently display a sign which shall read as follows:
THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A SULFITING AGENT. SULFITES MAY CAUSE
AN ALLERGIC REACTION IN CERTAIN PERSONS, PARTICULARLY
ASTHMATICS.
Each letter on such sign shall be not less than one-half inch in height and shall be of the
same type, style and color, which color shall contrast clearly with the background of
such sign.
(d) Any manufacturer who adds a sulfiting agent to any food or to any ingredient
in any food, which sulfiting agent is present in the finished food product, shall include
such sulfiting agent as an ingredient of the food in the ingredient statement of the label
attached to such food product. Such ingredient statement shall indicate the name of the
sulfiting agent and the function of such sulfiting agent.
(P.A. 86-322, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 76, 189.)
History: P.A. 95-79 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine "person" to include a limited liability company, effective May
31, 1995.