Sec. 22-35. Potatoes.
Sec. 22-35. Potatoes. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, at
retail, potatoes in any package or container which is not plainly marked or labeled with
the name of the official Connecticut or United States grade which represents a standard
no higher than the actual grade of the potatoes contained therein, provided the term
"unclassified" or "ungraded" may be substituted at the discretion of the retailer. The
Commissioner of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this section and is authorized to establish necessary regulations therefor. Any person, firm or corporation which
violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the
first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 3073; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 11; P.A. 85-204, S. 5, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189,
S. 1.)
History: 1959 act transferred enforcement power from commissioner of agriculture to commissioner of consumer
protection; P.A. 85-204 transferred enforcement power from commissioner of consumer protection to commissioner of
agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture 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Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.