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.