Bill Text: IL HB2196 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the requirements for an exemption for poultry raisers with respect to poultry raised on the poultry raisers' own farms, provides that a notice on a physical display shall be prominently displayed on a placard in at least 18-point font (rather than shall be displayed on a placard). Adds the following requirements to provisions exempting poultry raisers with respect to poultry raised on the poultry raisers' own farms: (i) at the point of sale at farmers' markets, information in the form of a placard, flyer, or product label shall be provided to consumers regarding safe handling instructions for poultry or poultry products produced under the provisions concerning exemptions with the rationale statement provided in federal rules; (ii) poultry and poultry products produced under the provisions concerning exemptions shall be maintained at temperatures as provided in the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act during storage, transportation, shipping, and delivery; and (iii) poultry or poultry products produced under the provisions concerning exemptions that are sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed at farmers' markets shall be sealed in a watertight or leakproof bag or other watertight or leakproof packaging.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-7)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0210 [HB2196 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2196-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended
by changing Section 5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 650/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 305)
Sec. 5. Exemptions; producers, retailers, and poultry
raisers. Exemptions - Producers, Retailers, and Poultry
Raisers.
The following types of establishments are exempt from the
specific provisions of this Act:
(A) A "producer" means any person engaged in producing
agricultural products, for personal or family use, on
whose farm the number of animals or poultry is in keeping
with the size of the farm or with the volume or character
of the agricultural products produced thereon, but does
not mean any person engaged in producing agricultural
products who:
1. actively engages in buying or trading animals
or poultry or both; or
2. actively engages directly or indirectly in
conducting a business which includes the slaughter of
animals or poultry or both, for human food purposes;

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or
3. actively engages, directly or indirectly, in
canning, curing, pickling, freezing, salting meat or
poultry, or in preparing meat or poultry products for
sale. ; or
4. slaughters or permits any person to slaughter
on his or their farm animals or poultry not owned by
the producer for more than 30 days.
(A-5) Retail dealers or retail butchers with respect
to meat or poultry products sold directly to consumers in
retail stores; provided, that the only processing
operation performed by such retail dealers or retail
butchers is the cutting up of meat or poultry products
which have been inspected under the provisions of this Act
and is incidental to the operation of the retail food
store.
(B) Poultry raisers with respect to poultry raised on
their own farms or premises if:
(a) if such raisers slaughter, eviscerate, or
further process not more than 7,500 5,000 poultry
during the calendar year for which this exemption is
being granted;
(b) such poultry raisers do not engage in buying
or selling poultry products other than those produced
from poultry raised on their own farms or premises;
(c) such poultry or poultry products are

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slaughtered, otherwise prepared, sold or delivered to
the consumer on or from the premises for which the
exemption is given, including sales at the poultry
raiser's farm, at a farmers' market, at a roadside
stand, or through delivery to the consumer;
(d) such slaughter or preparation shall be
performed in sanitary facilities, in a sanitary
manner, and subject to periodic inspection by
Department personnel;
(e) persons desiring such exemptions shall submit
in writing a request to the Department;
(f) there is at least one person who is
responsible for all periods of operation for the
premises for which the exemption is given who has
successfully obtained a certification as a Certified
Food Protection Manager from a program that is
accredited by the American National Standards
Institute;
(g) the poultry products are labeled in at least
10-point font to include the producer's name and
address, the date on which the poultry product was
processed, and the statement "NOT INSPECTED-Exempt
P.L. 90-492";
(h) at the point of sale, notice is provided in a
prominent location and states the following: "These
poultry products were processed in an on-farm facility

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that is exempt from continuous inspection by the
Illinois Department of Agriculture or the United
States Department of Agriculture.". A notice on a
physical display shall be prominently displayed on a
placard in at least 18-point font. A notice displayed
online shall be displayed in the form of a message on
the farm's online sales interface at the point of
sale;
(i) at the point of sale at farmers' markets,
information in the form of a placard, flyer, or
product label shall be provided to consumers regarding
safe handling instructions for poultry or poultry
products produced under this Section as described in 9
CFR 381.125(b) with the rationale statement provided
in 9 CFR 381.125(b)(2)(ii);
(j) poultry and poultry products produced under
this Section shall be maintained at temperatures as
provided in Section 3.3 of the Food Handling
Regulation Enforcement Act during storage,
transportation, shipping, and delivery; and
(k) poultry or poultry products produced under
this Section that are sold, offered for sale, or
otherwise distributed at farmers' markets shall be
sealed in a watertight or leakproof bag or other
watertight or leakproof packaging.
An The exemption under this Section shall be effective

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upon written notice from the Department and shall remain
in effect for a period of 2 years, unless revoked.
Adequate records must be maintained to assure that not
more than the number of exempted poultry are slaughtered
or processed in one calendar year. Such records shall be
kept for one year following the termination of each
exemption. Any advertisement regarding the exempt poultry
or poultry products shall reflect the fact of exemption so
as not to mislead the consumer to presume official
inspection has been made under the Meat and Poultry
Inspection Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00; 91-614, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
eff. 6-28-01.)