Connecticut General Statutes 22-323a – Intensive poultry farming. Regulations. Inspection for noncompliance
(a) As used in this section and § 22-326f, intensive poultry farming means the raising or maintaining of more than twenty thousand fowl, fed primarily by methods other than grazing, and confined within one or more pens or buildings. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning acceptable management practices of intensive poultry farming including transportation of poultry waste on public roads.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22-323a
- 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
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture may inspect or cause to be inspected by his agents any intensive poultry operation for compliance with the regulations adopted under subsection (a) of this section. He may issue orders as he deems necessary for the correction of such noncompliance including the quarantine of premises and fowl.