CGS § 21a-104a. Sulfiting agents.

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Incidental additive” has the same meaning as provided in 21 CFR 101.100, as amended from time to time;

(2) “Manufacturer” means any person, firm or corporation which (A) produces or grows food, and (B) packages such food for resale or distribution;

(3) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company or corporation; and

(4) “Sulfiting agent” means any sulfur dioxide, sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, potassium bisulfite, sodium metabisulfite or potassium metabisulfite.

(b) No person who sells, offers for sale or distributes food, other than a manufacturer of food, shall add any sulfiting agent, other than an incidental additive, to any food sold, offered for sale or distributed in this state.

(c) Each sulfiting agent that is added to any food or to any ingredient in any food shall comply with the requirements established in 21 CFR 101.100(a)(4), as amended from time to time.

(d) Except as provided in 21 CFR 101.100, as amended from time to time, with respect to incidental additives, any manufacturer who adds a sulfiting agent to any food or to any ingredient in any food, which sulfiting agent is present in the finished food product, shall include such sulfiting agent as an ingredient of the food in the ingredient statement of the label attached to such food product. Such ingredient statement shall indicate the name of the sulfiting agent and the function of such sulfiting agent.

Short History

(P.A. 86-322, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 76, 189; P.A. 23-99, S. 23.)

Long History

History: P.A. 95-79 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 23-99 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (1) defining “incidental additive”, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) defining “manufacturer” as Subdiv. (2) and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subdivs. (3) and (4), amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re incidental additive, deleted former Subsec. (c) re bulk display of unpackaged food containing sulfiting agent, added new Subsec. (c) re compliance with 12 CFR 101.100(a)(4), as amended from time to time, amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re incidental additives, and made technical and conforming changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective June 29, 2023.