Sec. 22-39e. Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture.
Sec. 22-39e. Inspection by Commissioner of Agriculture. The Commissioner of
Agriculture or any of his agents shall, periodically and at a reasonable time, enter any
building or place where fruit of controlled atmosphere storage origin, from either within
or outside the state of Connecticut, is sold or offered or exposed for sale and may open
therein any box or other container of any such fruit and may take samples therefrom
upon paying or tendering the payment of the retail market price for the quantity of each
such sample taken. The commissioner shall also have the power to authorize federal
inspection of such fruit in the same manner as that provided for state inspectors. Any
person who refuses to allow said commissioner, any of his authorized agents or federal
inspectors authorized by him to enter any premises described in this section, or otherwise
interferes with him in the performance of his duties of inspection under the provisions
of this section, shall be subject to the penalties specified in section 22-39f.
(1963, P.A. 72, S. 5; P.A. 85-204, S. 9, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-204 transferred inspection powers 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Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.