Connecticut General Statutes 22-38e – Use of terms “Connecticut Farm Winery”, “Connecticut Farm Brewery”, “Connecticut Farm Cidery” and “Connecticut Grown” when advertising or promoting alcoholic liquor. Regulations
(a) The holder of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 545 who manufactures alcoholic liquor, as defined in § 30-1, on a farm in this state, using farm products grown in this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for permission to use the words “Connecticut Farm Winery”, “Connecticut Farm Brewery”, “Connecticut Farm Cidery”, or substantially similar words, as approved by the commissioner, when advertising or promoting such alcoholic liquor. Not less twenty-five per cent of the permittee’s total annual alcoholic liquor product ingredients shall be grown in this state. Prior to using such words in its advertising or product promotion, and annually thereafter, the permittee shall submit an application to the commissioner, upon a form approved by the commissioner, accompanied by a registration fee of twenty-five dollars.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22-38e
- 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
(b) The holder of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 545 who manufactures alcoholic liquor, as defined in § 30-1, using farm products grown in this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for permission to the use the words “Connecticut Grown”, when advertising or promoting such alcoholic liquor. Not less fifty-one per cent of the permittee’s total annual alcoholic liquor product ingredients shall be grown in this state. Prior to using such words in its advertising or product promotion, and annually thereafter, the permittee shall submit an application to the commissioner, upon a form approved by the commissioner, accompanied by a registration fee of twenty-five dollars.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, the establishment of minimum standards for advertising, promoting, growing, harvesting, processing and manufacturing of alcoholic liquor ingredients specified in said subsections.