Sec. 22-197b. Last sale date required on containers. Regulations. Penalty.
Sec. 22-197b. Last sale date required on containers. Regulations. Penalty.
Each person, handler, firm or corporation shall clearly mark each container of milk or
milk product, cream, yogurt, cream cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, soft cheese,
eggnog or sour cream offered for retail sale with a last sale date. In accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54, the Milk Regulation Board shall adopt regulations establishing
standards and criteria for label type size, color and wording that is consistent with national standards and said board may incorporate by reference The Nutritional Education
and Labeling Act, 21 CFR 101. The commissioner may impose a civil penalty, in accordance with the provisions of section 22-7, for a violation of this section.
(P.A. 73-269, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-161, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-102, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-19, S. 1; P.A. 91-312, S. 30; P.A. 98-12, S.
20, 22; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-175, S. 12, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 97;
P.A. 06-19, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 81-161 amended Subsec. (a) by adding cream, yogurt, cream cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese and
sour cream to products requiring container dating, changed "January 1, 1974" to "January 1, 1982" and specified that last
sale date shall not exceed 10 days from pasteurization date if milk or cream pasteurized at less than 212 degrees Fahrenheit
and amended Subsec. (b) to require that regulations be in accordance with chapter 54 and to empower board to change last
sale date; P.A. 82-102 amended Subsec. (a) to extent the last sale date from 10 to 12 days and amended Subsec. (b) to
authorize the milk regulation board to establish a procedure whereby the commissioner could extend the last sale date beyond
12 days for an individual milk processor; P.A. 84-19 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing the pasteurization temperature from
200 degrees Fahrenheit to 212 degrees Fahrenheit; P.A. 91-312 amended Subsec. (a) to require each container of eggnog
to be marked with the last sale date; P.A. 98-12 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 22-135, effective July 1, 1998; June 30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effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; P.A. 05-175, in Sec. 12, replaced former
section with new provisions re last sale date on containers, regulations to be adopted by Milk Regulation Board and
commissioner's authority to impose civil penalty for violation of section and, in Sec. 25, repealed the section; June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Sec. 25 of P.A. 05-175 to remove section from list of sections to be repealed; P.A. 06-19 made
technical changes, effective May 2, 2006.
See chapter 54 re uniform administrative procedure.