Sec. 22-38. Advertising of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Advertising of locally-grown farm products.
Sec. 22-38. Advertising of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Advertising of
locally-grown farm products. (a) For purposes of this section, "farm products" means
products resulting from the practice of agriculture or farming, as defined in section 1-1
and "Connecticut-Grown" means produce and other farm products that have a traceable
point of origin within Connecticut.
(b) Only farm products grown or produced in Connecticut shall be advertised or
sold in Connecticut as "Connecticut-Grown". Farm products grown or produced in Connecticut may be advertised or sold in Connecticut as "Native", "Native-Grown", "Local"
or "Locally-Grown". Farm products grown or produced within a ten-mile radius of the
point of sale for such farm products may be advertised or sold in Connecticut as "Native",
"Native-Grown", "Local", or "Locally-Grown". Any person, firm, partnership or corporation advertising farm products as "Native", "Native-Grown", "Local", "Locally-Grown", or "Connecticut-Grown" shall be required to furnish written proof within ten
days of the sale of such products that such products were grown or produced in Connecticut or within a ten-mile radius of the point of sale, as applicable, if requested to do so
by the Commissioner of Agriculture or said commissioner's designee. Any person who
violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars
for each product label in violation of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 3076; 1949, S. 1705d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 13; P.A. 85-204, S. 7, 14; P.A. 92-45, S. 1; P.A. 02-45, S. 1;
P.A. 03-161, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-109, S. 5; P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 08-13, S. 5.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 85-204 transferred authority from the commissioner of consumer protection to the commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 02-45 replaced
"Connecticut-Grown" with "Local, Locally-Grown", replaced "in Connecticut" with "within the specified region" and
included provision to allow products produced within a ten-mile radius of where the products are to be sold in the state as
"Native", "Native-Grown", "Local", "Locally-Grown" or similar terms, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-161 delineated
those farm products and eggs that may be sold or advertised as "Connecticut-Grown" and those farm products and eggs
that may be sold as "Native", "Native-Grown", "Local" or "Locally-Grown"; 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. 04-109
made technical changes, effective May 21, 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; P.A. 08-13 added
Subsec. (a) defining "farm products" and "Connecticut-Grown", designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and amended
same to add provisions re ten-day written proof, commissioner's designee and product label and to make technical changes,
effective April 29, 2008.
See Sec. 22-44 re terms used to describe eggs.