| 24 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) The Commissioner of 1 |
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| 25 | | - | Agriculture shall be the state official in charge of inspecting any 2 |
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| 26 | | - | producer and any producer that also operates as a rabbit processing 3 |
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| 27 | | - | facility. Any inspection conducted pursuant to this section by the 4 |
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| 28 | | - | commissioner, or the commissioner's designated agent, shall be 5 |
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| 29 | | - | consistent with the requirements of any applicable provision of the 6 |
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| 30 | | - | Code of Federal Regulations, including, but not limited to, any health, 7 |
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| 31 | | - | sanitary and safety-related provision. Rabbit processing facilities that 8 |
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| 32 | | - | have passed Department of Agriculture facility inspections pursuant to 9 |
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| 33 | | - | this section shall be designated as approved food sources for household 10 |
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| 34 | | - | consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and retail food 11 |
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| 35 | | - | establishments. For purposes of this section, "producer" means any 12 |
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| 36 | | - | person who is engaged in farming, as defined in section 1-1 of the 13 |
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| 37 | | - | general statutes, and who breeds, raises or keeps not more than one 14 |
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| 38 | | - | thousand rabbits in a calendar year for the purpose of food production. 15 |
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| 39 | | - | Committee Bill No. 5134 |
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| 42 | | - | LCO No. 4702 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 47 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section |
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| 23 | + | That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of 1 |
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| 24 | + | Agriculture to: (1) Serve as the official in charge of inspecting rabbit 2 |
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| 25 | + | processing facilities, (2) conduct inspections of such facilities, and (3) 3 |
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| 26 | + | enable such facilities to serve as direct food sources for consumers, 4 |
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| 27 | + | including restaurants, individuals and hotels. 5 |
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