§ 22-127 — Definitions.

Connecticut § 22-127

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals
• Ch. 430: Milk and Milk Products

Text

The terms defined in this section shall, as used in this chapter, have the meanings set forth in this section unless otherwise clearly indicated in the context. (1) “Adulterated” means any milk, milk product, retail raw milk or cheese: (A) Which bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, provided if the substance is not an added substance, such milk, milk product, retail raw milk or cheese shall not be considered adulterated if the quantity of such substance in such milk, milk product, retail raw milk or cheese would not ordinarily render it injurious to health, (B) which bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe, (C) which consists in whole or in part of any diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for food, (D) which has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome or injurious to health, or (E) whose packaging or container is composed in whole or in part of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health. (2) “Bulk tank unit” means a dairy farm or group of dairy farms from which raw milk is collected for pasteurization for which a single entity sanitation compliance rating is issued. (3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture. (4) “Cheese manufacturer” means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the production, receiving or handling of milk or milk products, which milk products, in whole or in part, are intended to be manufactured into cheese for distribution or sale in or outside this state. (5) “Dealer” means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the receiving, handling, purchasing, distribution or sale of fluid milk or milk products, which fluid milk or milk products, in whole or in part, are intended for bottling, manufacturing, processing, distribution or sale in this state. (6) “Filled milk” means any combination of nonmilk fat or oil and milk, whether or not it is fresh, cultured, reconstituted or modified by the addition of nonfat milk solids, with or without milkfat, so that the product, including stabilizers, emulsifiers or flavoring, resembles milk or any other fluid milk product, and contains less than six per cent nonmilk fat or oil. (7) “Handler” means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the receiving, handling, distribution or sale of fluid milk or milk products, which fluid milk or milk products, in whole or in part, are intended for bottling, manufacturing, processing, distribution or sale in this state. (8) “Misbranded” means the use of any label, written or printed advertising or graphic upon or accompanying a product or container of milk, milk products or cheese, including, but not limited to, signs, electronic displays, electronic communication, placards or other means of communication intended to provide information to consumers, which is false or misleading or which violates any applicable municipal, state or federal labeling requirement. (9) “Nonstandardized milk products” means milk-based products modified so they do not meet the definition of optional ingredients established in 21 CFR 131.110, contain milk and milk products, are intended to replace or be a substitute for standardized fluid milk products. Nonstandardized milk products may contain safe and suitable ingredients not present in standardized milk products. (10) “Pasteurization” or “pasteurized” has the same meaning, as defined in section 1 of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as promulgated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (11) “Producer” means any person, firm or corporation that operates a dairy farm that provides, sells or offers milk to any dealer, person, handler, company or cooperative for sale. (12) “Public eating places” means places where meals are served to the general public, including, but not limited to, public or private schools and colleges, hotels, restaurants, clubs, lunchrooms, bars, fountains or any place of public entertainment. (13) “Raw milk” or “milk for pasteurization” means normal lacteal secretion that is practically free of colostrum and that is obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy hooved mammals. (14) “Raw milk cheese” means aged hard cheese that meets the sanitary provisions of this chapter and that is produced from retail raw milk. (15) “Retail raw milk” means normal lacteal secretion that is practically free of colostrum, that is obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy goats, sheep or cows, that is intended for human consumption in the unpasteurized state and that meets the sanitary standards of this chapter. (16) “Retail raw milk producer” means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the production, handling, distribution or sale of retail raw milk. (17) “Retail raw milk cheese manufacturer” means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the production, handling, distribution or sale of cheese manufactured from retail raw milk. (18) “Safe and suitable ingredients” are food ingredients generally recognized as safe, as referenced in 21 CFR 184 and 21 CFR 186. (19) “Standardized milk and milk products” or “milk or milk products” means products for which a standard of identity has been established pursuant to 21 CFR 131.110. See Secs. 22-152 and 22-153 re milk standards. See Sec. 22-194 for definition of “pasteurization”.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3175; 1951, 1953, S. 1731d; 1957, P.A. 359, S. 1; 419; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 188; 518, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 173, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 412, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 56, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-119, S. 1; P.A. 90-66, S. 1; P.A. 91-312, S. 1; P.A. 93-320, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-175, S. 4; P.A. 06-19, S. 3; P.A. 09-229, S. 23.) History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 acts deleted definition of “milk drinks” as “the same as flavored milk”, incorporating references to milk drinks in following definition of “flavored milk”, defined “low-fat milk” and included reference to it in definition of “milk products” and replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1963 act defined “fortified low-fat milk”; 1965 act allowed addition of optional ingredients in sour cream and buttermilk, redefined buttermilk to require 8.25% rather than 8% milk-solids-not-fat and to replace “wholesome milk products” with “approved milk, low-fat milk or a combination thereof”, defined “acidified milk and milk products” and “half and half” and added references to “soured cream”, “salad cream” and “half and half” under “milk products”; 1969 act added reference to milk regulation board's power to change definitions and redefined “milk products” by replacing list of products included with general statement; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 85-119 revised the definition of sour cream to establish a milk fat content and increased the permitted acidity from 0.2% to 0.5%, revised the definition of low-fat milk to reduce the minimum butterfat percentage from a range of 1.75% to 2.25% to a range of 0.5% to 2%, revised the definition of fortified low-fat milk to reduce the minimum butterfat percentage from a range of 1.75% to 2.25% to a range of 0.5% to 2%, and revised the definition of half and half to increase the minimum milk fat content from 10% to 10.5%; P.A. 90-66 defined “ultrapasteurized” and “aseptically processed milk and milk product”; P.A. 91-312 alphabetized definitions, revised definitions of “fortified low-fat milk”, “goats' milk”, “half and half”, “fortified skimmed milk” or “fortified nonfat milk” and “ultrapasteurized”, added definitions of “eggnog”, “filled milk”, “manufactured dairy product”, “pasteurization” or “pasteurized” and “yogurt”, “low-fat yogurt” and “nonfat yogurt”, replaced “commissioner of weights and measures” with “commissioner of consumer protection” in definition of “gaging milk” and replaced defined term of “aseptically processed milk and milk product” with “ultra-high-temperature processed and aseptically packaged milk and milk product”; P.A. 93-320 added Subdiv. (27) defining “handler”; (Revisor's note: In 1999, a reference in Subdiv. (27) to “mild products” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “milk products” to correct a typographical error in P.A. 93-320); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single 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 made a technical change, deleted provision re regulation of Milk Regulation Board and replaced former definitions with new definitions in Subdivs. (1) to (17); P.A. 06-19 redefined “raw milk” in Subdiv. (11) and “retail raw milk” in Subdiv. (13) and made a technical change in Subdiv. (17), effective May 2, 2006; P.A. 09-229 defined “adultered” in new Subdiv. (1) and “misbranded” in new Subdiv. (8), redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (6) and (7) to (17) as Subdivs. (2) to (7) and (9) to (19), and replaced “21 CFR 184.1” with “21 CFR 184 and 21 CFR 186” in redesignated Subdiv. (18). Section deals with definitions only and its terms are not regulatory or prohibitory. 148 C. 341.