Connecticut General Statutes 22-38 – Advertising of Connecticut-Grown farm products. Advertising of locally-grown farm products. Selling of Connecticut-Grown farm products at farmers’ markets
(a) For purposes of this section, “farm products” means products resulting from the practice of agriculture or farming, as defined in § 1-1 and “Connecticut-Grown” or “CT-Grown” means produce and other farm products that have a traceable point of origin within Connecticut.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22-38
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- farm: includes farm buildings, and accessory buildings thereto, nurseries, orchards, ranges, greenhouses, hoophouses and other temporary structures or other structures used primarily for the raising and, as an incident to ordinary farming operations, the sale of agricultural or horticultural commodities. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- farming: include cultivation of the soil, dairying, forestry, raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training and management of livestock, including horses, bees, the production of honey, poultry, fur-bearing animals and wildlife, and the raising or harvesting of oysters, clams, mussels, other molluscan shellfish or fish. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(b) Only farm products grown or produced in Connecticut shall be advertised or sold in Connecticut as “Connecticut-Grown” or “CT-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 or labeling farm products as “Connecticut-Grown” or “CT-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 subsection shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each product label in violation of this subsection.
(c) In addition to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, any person who sells any farm product as “Connecticut-Grown” or “CT-Grown” at a farmers’ market in this state shall offer such product for sale in the immediate proximity of a sign that is: (1) Readily visible to consumers, (2) not less than three inches by five inches in size, and (3) in a form that is substantially as follows:
CONNECTICUT-GROWN FARM PRODUCT. (INSERT THE NAME AND THE TOWN FOR THE FARM OF ORIGIN).
The lettering on any such sign shall be of a size, font or print that is clearly and easily legible. Such a sign shall accompany each type of farm product that any such person sells as “Connecticut-Grown” or “CT-Grown”. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall receive a warning for the first violation and for any subsequent violation shall be fined one hundred dollars for each violation.