Connecticut § 22-152 - Standard quality of milk.
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§ 22-152. Standard quality of milk.
Sec. 22-152. Standard quality of milk. Any milk which is sold or exchanged or offered for sale or exchange shall be deemed to be sold, exchanged or offered as of standard quality, unless otherwise expressly stated at the time of such sale, exchange or offer. Milk of standard quality shall contain not more than eighty-eight and one-half per cent of watery fluid, not less than eleven and one-half per cent of milk solids, not less than eight and one-quarter per cent of solids not fat and not less than three and one-quarter per cent of butterfat, and the certificate of the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station or chemist in charge thereof, or of the director of the laboratory of the Department of Public Health, shall be evidence of the composition of any milk.
(1949 Rev., S. 3193; 1951, 1953, S. 1738d; 1957, P.A. 312; 1961, P.A. 175; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1961 act deleted provisions limiting plate count bacterial colonies for unpasteurized milk to 300,000 per milliliter and for pasteurized milk to 30,000 per milliliter; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Power of municipalities to enact ordinances not in conflict with section; such an ordinance upheld. 91 C. 69. Former statute cited. 103 C. 519; 111 C. 439. Cited. 148 C. 341.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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