Sec. 22-36. Culls.
Sec. 22-36. Culls. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may, after investigation
and public hearing, establish and promulgate definitions of "culls" as applied to farm
products, or any of them; and may alter such definitions from time to time.
(b) No person shall sell, expose for sale or transport for sale farm products in open or
closed packages, if the package containing them or the label on them bears any statement,
design or device regarding such farm products which is false or misleading in any particular. No person shall sell or offer for sale or transport for sale in either open or closed
packages farm products packed in such manner that the face or shown surface is not an
average of the contents of the package.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt such regulations generally to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this section, and specifically to regulate
the marketing, packing, labeling and shipping of culls, as he deems necessary. Such
regulations shall be filed and open for public inspection at the principal office of the
Department of Agriculture and shall be published at least once in three newspapers
published in this state.
(d) 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. 3074; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 12; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 6,
14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts required consultation with commissioner of consumer protection re culls in Subsec. (a), transferred
regulation powers and duties in Subsec. (c) from commissioner and department of agriculture to commissioner and department of consumer protection and later replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation
and natural resources; 1961 act dropped "conservation" from commissioner's title; 1971 act replaced commissioner of
agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-204 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating the
requirement that the commissioner of agriculture consult with the commissioner of consumer protection and amended
Subsec. (c) by transferring regulatory authority from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of
agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and
Department 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.