Sec. 21a-155. (Formerly Sec. 19-287). Wrapping of bread.
Sec. 21a-155. (Formerly Sec. 19-287). Wrapping of bread. (a) No person shall
remove any bread loaf, roll or bun or any other bread or pastry product made in a licensed
bakery from such bakery, unless the product is wrapped and sealed in clean, unused
paper, unprinted or printed on one side only, or is placed in a bag which shall be sealed
or closed in such a manner as to prevent the entry of dust or foreign substance, except
that any such product may be delivered in a closed container to hotels, restaurants, stores,
institutions, bakeries and branches of the bakery in which the product was made and
other similar places having suitable display cases or other facilities so as to enclose and
protect such products. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall prohibit the use
of any container not capable of keeping such product in a sanitary condition while in
the process of delivery. Any bread or pastry product displayed for sale shall be in a
glass showcase or in an enclosed display window unless completely wrapped. All bread
delivered to stores and other similar places when not open for business shall be placed
in closed containers or upon stands at least two feet above the ground. All bread and
pastry products, wrapped at the bakery for the purpose of retail sales, shall be labeled
with the name and address of the bakery manufacturing the product or, in lieu of such
name and address, the name and address of the packer or distributor together with the
Connecticut license number of said bakery.
(b) Any person who delivers, displays or sells any such pastry or bread product in
violation of any provision of this section or of any regulation adopted under section
21a-156 with respect thereto shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 3894; 1949, S. 2079d; 1959, P.A. 312; 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 84-97, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S.
146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts added requirement for labeling products with name and address of packer or distributor as well as
bakery's Connecticut license number and replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer
protection; Sec. 19-287 transferred to Sec. 21a-155 in 1983; P.A. 84-97 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical
changes; 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.