No milk may be offered for sale in Connecticut unless produced from herds complying with sections 22-298, 22-299a, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306 and 22-307 and this section. Before a permit may be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the sale of milk, information must be available from the state Department of Agriculture or from the livestock official of the state where milk is produced that such herd producing milk for sale has reacted negatively to tests which meet Connecticut specifications for the control of tuberculosis and brucellosis.
(1955, S. 1788d; 1957, P.A. 36, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 477, S. 4; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1963, P.A. 391, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 10-32, S. 83.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources and replaced references to “brucellosis-free animals” with “herds complying with this act” and reference to herd which has reacted negatively to test; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1963 act replaced reference to repealed Sec. 22-299 with reference to Sec. 22-299a; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp.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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; P.A. 10-32 substituted “state Department of Agriculture” for “Livestock Division”, effective May 10, 2010.
See Sec. 22-192a re prohibition against sale of milk as if from tuberculin-tested or brucellosis-tested cows unless cows are so tested.