As used in sections 22-118k to 22-118u:

(1) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association;

(2) “Distribute” means to offer for sale, sell, exchange or barter, or to supply, furnish or otherwise provide;

(3) “Distributor” means any person who distributes;

(4) “Commercial feed” means all materials which are distributed or intended for distribution for use as feed or for mixing in feed, but does not mean (A) unmixed whole seeds and physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when such whole or physically altered seeds are not chemically changed or are not adulterated within the meaning of section 22-118o, and (B) commodities such as hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls and individual chemical compounds or substances when such commodities, compounds or substances are not intermixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of section 22-118o;

(5) “Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed;

(6) “Mineral feed” means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients;

(7) “Drug” means any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in animals other than natural persons and substances other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body;

(8) “Customer-formula feed” means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial feeds or feed ingredients each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser;

(9) “Manufacture” means to grind, mix or blend or further process a commercial feed for distribution;

(10) “Brand name” means any word, name, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others;

(11) “Product name” means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class or specific use;

(12) “Label” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed;

(13) “Labeling” means any written, printed or graphic matter (A) upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper, or (B) accompanying such commercial feed;

(14) “Ton” means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois;

(15) “Per cent” or “percentages” means percentages by weights;

(16) “Official sample” means a sample of feed taken by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designated agent, in accordance with the provisions of section 22-118r;

(17) “Contract feeder” means a person who, as an independent contractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby such commercial feed is supplied, furnished or otherwise provided to such person and whereby such person's remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits or amount or quality of product;

(18) “Pet food” means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by pets;

(19) “Pet” means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household of the owner thereof;

(20) “Specialty pet food” means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by specialty pets;

(21) “Specialty pet” means any domesticated animal pet normally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes and turtles;

(22) “Quantity statement” means the net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry) or count;

(23) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; and

(24) “Director” means the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

(P.A. 98-69, S. 1, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-102, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 98-69 effective July 1, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to repealed Sec. 22-118v was changed editorially by the Revisors to “22-118u” for accuracy); P.A. 16-102 amended Subdiv. (16) to redefine “official sample” by replacing “his designee” with “the commissioner's designated agent”.