Sec. 22-6r. Certified farmers' markets. Definitions. Sale of farm products at farmers' kiosks and food service establishments.
Sec. 22-6r. Certified farmers' markets. Definitions. Sale of farm products at
farmers' kiosks and food service establishments. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Farmers' market" means a cooperative or nonprofit enterprise or association
that consistently occupies a given site throughout the season, which operates principally
as a common marketplace for a group of farmers, at least two of whom are selling
Connecticut-grown fresh produce, to sell Connecticut-grown farm products in conformance with the applicable regulations of Connecticut state agencies and where the farm
products sold are produced by the participating farmers with the sole intent and purpose
of generating a portion of household income;
(2) "Fresh produce" means fruits and vegetables that have not been processed in
any manner;
(3) "Certified farmers' market" means a farmers' market that is authorized by the
commissioner to operate;
(4) "Farmer's kiosk" means a structure or area located within a certified farmers'
market used by a farm business to conduct sales of Connecticut-grown farm products;
(5) "Connecticut-grown" means produce and other farm products that have a traceable point of origin within Connecticut;
(6) "Farm" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (q) of section 1-1;
(7) "Farm products" means any fresh fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, shell
eggs, honey or other bee products, maple syrup or maple sugar, flowers, nursery stock
and other horticultural commodities, livestock food products, including meat, milk,
cheese and other dairy products, food products of "aquaculture", as defined in subsection
(q) of section 1-1, including fish, oysters, clams, mussels and other molluscan shellfish
taken from the waters of the state or tidal wetlands, products from any tree, vine or
plant and their flowers, or any of the products listed in this subdivision that have been
processed by the participating farmer, including, but not limited to, baked goods made
with farm products.
(b) A farmer's kiosk at a certified farmers' market shall be considered an extension
of the farmer's business and regulations of Connecticut state agencies relating to the
sale of farm products on a farm shall govern the sale of farm products at a farmer's
kiosk.
(c) A farmer offering farm products for sale at a certified farmers' market shall
obtain and maintain any license required to sell such products.
(d) A food service establishment, as defined in section 19-13-B42 of the regulations
of Connecticut state agencies, may purchase farm products that have been produced and
are sold in conformance with the applicable regulations of Connecticut state agencies at
a farmers' market, provided such establishment requests and obtains an invoice from
the farmer or person selling farm products. The farmer or person selling farm products
shall provide to the food service establishment an invoice that indicates the source and
date of purchase of the farm products at the time of the sale.
(e) Section 22-6g or this section shall not supersede the provisions of any state or
local health and safety laws, regulations or ordinances.
(P.A. 06-52, S. 1; P.A. 07-252, S. 59; P.A. 08-184, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 06-52 effective May 8, 2006; P.A. 07-252 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to include sale of fresh produce to
food service establishments within definition of "farmers' market", designated existing provisions of Subsec. (c) as Subsec.
(c)(1) and added Subsec. (c)(2) to require food service establishments to request and obtain invoice from the farmer or
person selling fresh produce that indicates source and date of purchase of the fresh produce at time of sale, effective July
12, 2007; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to redefine "farmers' market" by replacing provision re sale to consumers
and food service establishments with provision re sale "in conformance with the applicable regulations of Connecticut
state agencies", redesignated existing Subsecs. (c)(1) and (c)(2) as new Subsecs. (c) and (d), amended new Subsec. (d) by
substituting "farm products" for "fresh produce" and providing that food service establishment may purchase farm products
that have been produced and are sold in conformance with applicable state regulations at a farmers' market, and redesignated
existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective June 12, 2008.