Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
133 - The Production, Handling and Distribution of Milk and Milk Products Certified Milk
Sanitation and Quality Standards for the Production, Processing, Storage, Handling and Distribution of Milk for Pasteurization and Pasteurized Milk or Milk Products
Section 22-133-132 - Retail raw milk. Labeling
Current through September 9, 2024
In addition to section 22-133-131 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, retail raw milk labels shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The name of the food "Raw Cow's Milk", "Raw Sheep Milk" or "Raw Goat's Milk", as is appropriate, shall be plainly labeled;
(2) The label shall contain the name, address and zip code of the producing farm;
(3) The label shall state the net amount of the contents.
(4) The consumer shall be informed of the risks involved with the consumption of raw or undercooked animal food by conspicuously labeling each container with the following advisory statement fRaw milk is not pasteurized, pasteurization destroys organisms that may be harmful to human health." The advisory statement shall be legible, in contrasting color from the label or contents and in type of no less one eighth (1/8) of an inch in height. The advisory statement shall be part of the label affixed to the container or printed on hangtags attached to the container;
(5) The last sale date shall be calculated by adding a maximum of (7) days to the date the milk is bottled; and
(6) Retail raw milk shall only be sold only in original containers.
