Connecticut General Statutes 22-203a – Testing of milk and milk products for drug residues or other inhibitory substances. Maintenance of records
(a) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in receiving, handling, processing or packaging milk or milk products shall test each tank truck load of milk or milk products for the presence of drug residues or other inhibitory substances upon receipt of such milk or milk product at the receiving plant prior to processing. In the case of interplant shipments of bulk milk or milk products, each bulk tank load, or portion thereof, shall be tested prior to processing for the presence of drug residues or other inhibitory substances. The Commissioner of Agriculture may require a milk producer holding a permit issued under § 22-172 or a retail raw milk producer holding a permit issued under § 22-173a who violates § 22-129 to test milk produced by him for the presence of drug residues or inhibitory substances prior to shipment. For purposes of this section and sections 22-203b to 22-203d, inclusive, “drug” means (1) articles recognized in the Official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or Official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (2) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals; (3) articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; or (4) articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in subdivision (1), (2) or (3), but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22-203a
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
- 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.
- 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. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
- milk or milk products: means products for which a standard of identity has been established pursuant to 21 C. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
- 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. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
- 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. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
- Retail raw milk producer: means any person, firm, corporation or cooperative association engaged in the production, handling, distribution or sale of retail raw milk. See Connecticut General Statutes 22-127
(b) Any test administered pursuant to this section shall be approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture and shall be capable of determining compliance with standards for drug residue tolerance levels recommended by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Any test approved by the commissioner shall be rapid and economically feasible and shall be performed at a facility or location and in a manner acceptable to the commissioner. The results of any test required shall be recorded by the person administering such test and kept on file at the location where the test was conducted or at the processing plant for not less than two years.
(c) Each retail raw milk producer and intrastate dealer with ten or fewer milking age animals shall maintain records, which shall be available for inspection by the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, for each individual animal treated with a drug. Such records shall include the name of the drug or drugs, withdrawal time required for each drug, treatment dates, and, after completion of such treatment, the date such animal’s milk is offered for sale. Retail raw milk producers and intrastate dealers with more than ten milking age animals shall comply with this section.