Bill Text: IL HB2556 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that a carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product, or poultry or poultry food product is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat or meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a cell-cultured food product. Defines "cell-cultured food product". Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat or meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a cell-cultured food product as defined in the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2556 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2556-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 650/2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 302)
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7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | "Adulterated" means any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | food product, or poultry or poultry food product under one or | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | more of the following circumstances: | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | deleterious substance which may render it injurious to | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | health; but in case the substance is not an added | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | substance, such article shall not be considered | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | it injurious to health; | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2)(A) if it bears or contains (by reason of | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | administration of any substance to the live animal or | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | otherwise) any added poisonous or added deleterious | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | substance (other than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii) a food | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the |
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1 | judgment of the Director, make such article unfit for human | ||||||
2 | food; | ||||||
3 | (B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural | ||||||
4 | commodity and such commodity bears or contains a pesticide | ||||||
5 | chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 346a | ||||||
6 | of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; | ||||||
7 | (C) if it bears or contains any food additive which is | ||||||
8 | unsafe within the meaning of Section 348 of the federal | ||||||
9 | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; | ||||||
10 | (D) if it bears or contains any color additive which is | ||||||
11 | unsafe within the meaning of Section 379e of the federal | ||||||
12 | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That an article | ||||||
13 | which is not adulterated under clause (B), (C), or (D) | ||||||
14 | shall nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the | ||||||
15 | pesticide chemical, food additive, or color additive in or | ||||||
16 | on such article is prohibited by regulations of the | ||||||
17 | Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture or | ||||||
18 | under Section 13 or 16 of this Act; | ||||||
19 | (3) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, | ||||||
20 | putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason | ||||||
21 | unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for | ||||||
22 | human food; | ||||||
23 | (4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under | ||||||
24 | insanitary conditions whereby it may have become | ||||||
25 | contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been | ||||||
26 | rendered injurious to health; |
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1 | (5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an | ||||||
2 | animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter; | ||||||
3 | (6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, | ||||||
4 | of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render | ||||||
5 | the contents injurious to health; | ||||||
6 | (7) if it has been intentionally subjected to | ||||||
7 | radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in | ||||||
8 | conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect | ||||||
9 | pursuant to Section 348 of the federal Food, Drug, and | ||||||
10 | Cosmetic Act; | ||||||
11 | (8) if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in | ||||||
12 | part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance | ||||||
13 | has been substituted, wholly or in part therefor; or if | ||||||
14 | damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or | ||||||
15 | if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed | ||||||
16 | therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce | ||||||
17 | its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of | ||||||
18 | greater value than it; or | ||||||
19 | (9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of | ||||||
20 | the raw material used therein consisted in whole or in part | ||||||
21 | of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
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22 | "Amenable" means foods containing 3% or more raw, or more | ||||||
23 | than 2% cooked, red meat or poultry, other edible portions of | ||||||
24 | carcass or bird, or products that historically have been | ||||||
25 | considered by customers as products of the meat or poultry | ||||||
26 | industry.
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1 | "Animals" means cattle, calves, American bison (buffalo),
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2 | catalo, cattalo, sheep, swine, domestic deer, domestic elk,
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3 | domestic antelope, domestic reindeer, ratites, water buffalo, | ||||||
4 | and
goats.
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5 | "Capable of use as human food" means the carcass of any
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6 | animal or poultry, or part or product of a carcass of any | ||||||
7 | animal
or poultry, unless it is denatured to deter its use as | ||||||
8 | human food
or it is naturally inedible by humans.
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9 | "Cell-cultured food product" means food products derived | ||||||
10 | from the cells of animals or poultry grown in laboratories from | ||||||
11 | cell cultures. | ||||||
12 | "Custom processing" means the cutting up, packaging,
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13 | wrapping, storing, freezing, smoking, or curing of meat or | ||||||
14 | poultry
products as a service by an establishment for the owner | ||||||
15 | or the
agent of the owner of the meat or poultry products | ||||||
16 | exclusively
for use in the household of the owner and his or | ||||||
17 | her nonpaying guests
and employees
or slaughtering with respect | ||||||
18 | to live poultry purchased by the consumer at this
establishment | ||||||
19 | and processed by a custom plant operator in accordance with the
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20 | consumer's instructions.
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21 | "Custom slaughter" means the slaughtering, skinning,
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22 | defeathering, eviscerating, cutting up, packaging, or wrapping | ||||||
23 | of
animals or poultry as a service by an establishment for the | ||||||
24 | owner
or the agent of the owner of the animals or poultry | ||||||
25 | exclusively
for use in the household of the owner and his or | ||||||
26 | her nonpaying guests
and employees.
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1 | "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the
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2 | State of Illinois.
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3 | "Director" means, unless otherwise provided, the Director | ||||||
4 | of
the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois or | ||||||
5 | his or her
duly appointed representative.
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6 | "Establishment" means all premises where animals,
poultry, | ||||||
7 | or both, are slaughtered or otherwise prepared either
for | ||||||
8 | custom, resale, or retail for food purposes, meat or poultry
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9 | canneries, sausage factories, smoking or curing operations,
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10 | restaurants, grocery stores, brokerages, cold storage plants,
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11 | processing plants, and similar places.
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12 | "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the Act
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13 | approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), as now or hereafter
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14 | amended.
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15 | "Federal inspection" means the meat and poultry inspection
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16 | service conducted by the United States Department of | ||||||
17 | Agriculture
by the authority of the Federal Meat Inspection Act | ||||||
18 | and the
Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.
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19 | "Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the Act approved March
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20 | 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260), as now or hereafter amended by the
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21 | Wholesome Meat Act (81 Stat. 584), as now or hereafter amended.
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22 | "Illinois inspected and condemned" means that the meat or
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23 | poultry product so identified and marked is unhealthful,
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24 | unwholesome, adulterated, or otherwise unfit for human food and
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25 | shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by the | ||||||
26 | Department.
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1 | "Illinois inspected and passed" means that the meat or
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2 | poultry product so stamped and identified has been inspected | ||||||
3 | and
passed under the provisions of this Act and the rules and
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4 | regulations pertaining thereto at the time of inspection and
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5 | identification was found to be sound, clean, wholesome, and
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6 | unadulterated.
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7 | "Illinois retained" means that the meat or poultry product
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8 | so identified is held for further clinical examination by a
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9 | veterinary inspector to determine its disposal.
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10 | "Immediate container" means any consumer package or any
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11 | other container in which livestock products or poultry | ||||||
12 | products,
not consumer packaged, are packed.
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13 | "Inspector" means any employee of the Department | ||||||
14 | authorized
by the Director to inspect animals and poultry or | ||||||
15 | meat and
poultry products.
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16 | "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic
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17 | matter upon any article or the immediate container, not | ||||||
18 | including
package liners, of any article.
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19 | "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or
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20 | graphic matter (i) upon any article or any of its containers or
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21 | wrappers or (ii) accompanying the article.
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22 | "Meat broker", "poultry broker", or "meat and poultry | ||||||
23 | broker"
means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the | ||||||
24 | business of
buying, negotiating for purchase of, handling or | ||||||
25 | taking
possession of, or selling meat or poultry products on | ||||||
26 | commission
or otherwise purchasing or selling of such articles |
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1 | other than for
the person's own account in their original
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2 | containers without changing the character of the products in | ||||||
3 | any
way. A broker shall not possess any processing equipment in | ||||||
4 | his
or her licensed facility.
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5 | "Meat food product" means any product capable of use as
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6 | human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or | ||||||
7 | other
portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or | ||||||
8 | goats,
except products that contain meat or other portions of | ||||||
9 | such
carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or | ||||||
10 | products that historically
have not been considered by | ||||||
11 | consumers as products of the meat
food industry and that are | ||||||
12 | exempted from definition as a meat
food product by the Director | ||||||
13 | under such conditions as the
Director may prescribe to assure | ||||||
14 | that the meat or other portions
of such carcass contained in | ||||||
15 | such product are not adulterated and
that such products are not | ||||||
16 | represented as meat food products.
This term as applied to food | ||||||
17 | products of equines or domestic deer
shall have a meaning | ||||||
18 | comparable to that provided in this
definition with respect to | ||||||
19 | cattle, sheep, swine, and goats.
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20 | "Misbranded" means any carcass, part thereof, meat or
meat | ||||||
21 | food product, or poultry or poultry food product if:
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22 | (1) its labeling is false or misleading in any
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23 | particular;
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24 | (2) it is offered for sale under the name of another
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25 | food;
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26 | (3) it is an imitation of another food, unless its |
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1 | label
bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the | ||||||
2 | word
"imitation" followed immediately by the name of the | ||||||
3 | food
imitated;
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4 | (4) its container is made, formed, or filled so as to | ||||||
5 | be
misleading;
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6 | (5) it does not bear a label showing (i) the name and | ||||||
7 | place
of business of the manufacturer, packer, or | ||||||
8 | distributor and (ii)
an accurate statement of the quantity | ||||||
9 | of the contents in terms of
weight, measure, or numerical | ||||||
10 | count; however, reasonable
variations in such statement of | ||||||
11 | quantity may be permitted;
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12 | (6) any word, statement, or other information required | ||||||
13 | by
or under authority of this Act to appear on the label or | ||||||
14 | other
labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such
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15 | conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements,
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16 | designs, or devices in the labeling and in such terms as to | ||||||
17 | make
the label likely to be read and understood by the | ||||||
18 | general public
under customary conditions of purchase and | ||||||
19 | use;
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20 | (7) it purports to be or is represented as a food for
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21 | which a definition and standard of identity or composition | ||||||
22 | is
prescribed in Sections 13 and 16 of this Act unless (i) | ||||||
23 | it
conforms to such definition and standard and (ii) its | ||||||
24 | label bears
the name of the food specified in the | ||||||
25 | definition and standard
and, as required by such | ||||||
26 | regulations, the common names of
optional ingredients |
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1 | other than spices and flavoring present in
such food;
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2 | (8) it purports to be or is represented as a food for
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3 | which a standard of fill of container is prescribed in | ||||||
4 | Section 13
of this Act and it falls below the applicable | ||||||
5 | standard of fill
of container applicable thereto, unless | ||||||
6 | its label bears, in such
manner and form as such | ||||||
7 | regulations specify, a statement that it
falls below such | ||||||
8 | standard;
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9 | (9) it is not subject to the provisions of paragraph
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10 | (7), unless its label bears (i) the common or usual name of | ||||||
11 | the
food, if any, and (ii) if it is fabricated from 2 or | ||||||
12 | more
ingredients, the common or usual name of each | ||||||
13 | ingredient, except
that spices and flavorings may, when | ||||||
14 | authorized by standards or
regulations adopted in or as | ||||||
15 | provided by Sections 13 and 16 of
this Act, be designated | ||||||
16 | as spices and flavorings without naming
each;
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17 | (10) it purports to be or is represented for special
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18 | dietary uses, unless its label bears such information | ||||||
19 | concerning
its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary | ||||||
20 | properties as determined
by the Secretary of Agriculture of | ||||||
21 | the United States in order
to fully inform purchasers as to | ||||||
22 | its value for such uses;
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23 | (11) it bears or contains any artificial flavoring,
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24 | artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it | ||||||
25 | bears
labeling stating that fact or is exempt; or
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26 | (12) it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its
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1 | container, the inspection legend and unrestricted by any of | ||||||
2 | the
foregoing provisions, such other information as | ||||||
3 | necessary to
assure that it will not have false or | ||||||
4 | misleading labeling and
that the public will be informed of | ||||||
5 | the manner of handling
required to maintain the article in | ||||||
6 | a wholesome condition ; or .
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7 | (13) it purports to be or is represented as a meat or | ||||||
8 | meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a | ||||||
9 | cell-cultured food product. | ||||||
10 | "Official establishment" means any establishment as
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11 | determined by the Director at which inspection of the slaughter
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12 | of livestock or poultry or the preparation of livestock | ||||||
13 | products
or poultry products is maintained under the authority | ||||||
14 | of this
Act.
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15 | "Official mark of inspection" means the official mark of
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16 | inspection used to identify the status of any meat product or
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17 | poultry product or animal under this Act as established by | ||||||
18 | rule.
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19 | Prior to the manufacture, a complete and accurate
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20 | description and design of all the brands, legends, and symbols
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21 | shall be submitted to the Director for approval as to | ||||||
22 | compliance
with this Act. Each brand or symbol that bears the | ||||||
23 | official
mark shall be delivered into the custody of the | ||||||
24 | inspector in
charge of the establishment and shall be used only | ||||||
25 | under the
supervision of a Department employee. When not in | ||||||
26 | use, all such
brands and symbols bearing the official mark of |
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1 | inspection shall
be secured in a locked locker or compartment, | ||||||
2 | the keys of which
shall not leave the possession of Department | ||||||
3 | employees.
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4 | "Person" means any individual or entity, including, but not
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5 | limited to, a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation,
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6 | cooperative, association, limited liability company,
estate, | ||||||
7 | or trust.
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8 | "Pesticide chemical", "food additive", "color additive", | ||||||
9 | and
"raw agricultural commodity" have the same meanings for | ||||||
10 | purposes
of this Act as under the federal Food, Drug, and | ||||||
11 | Cosmetic Act.
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12 | "Poultry" means domesticated birds or rabbits, or both, | ||||||
13 | dead
or alive, capable of being used for human food.
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14 | "Poultry products" means the carcasses or parts of | ||||||
15 | carcasses
of poultry produced entirely or in substantial part | ||||||
16 | from such
poultry, including but not limited to such products | ||||||
17 | cooked,
pressed, smoked, dried, pickled, frozen, or similarly | ||||||
18 | processed.
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19 | "Poultry Products Inspection Act" means the Act approved | ||||||
20 | August
28, 1957 (71 Stat. 441), as now or hereafter amended by | ||||||
21 | the
Wholesome Poultry Products Act, approved August 18, 1968 | ||||||
22 | (82 Stat. 791), as now
or hereafter amended.
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23 | "Poultry Raiser" means any person who raises poultry,
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24 | including rabbits, on his or her own farm or premises who does | ||||||
25 | not
qualify as a producer as defined under
this Act.
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26 | "Processor" means any person engaged in the business of
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1 | preparing food from animals, including poultry, derived wholly | ||||||
2 | or in
part from livestock or poultry carcasses or parts or | ||||||
3 | products of
such carcasses.
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4 | "Shipping container" means any container used or intended
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5 | for use in packaging the product packed in an immediate
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6 | container.
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7 | "Slaughterer" means an establishment where any or all of | ||||||
8 | the
following may be performed on animals or poultry: (i) | ||||||
9 | stunning;
(ii) bleeding; (iii) defeathering, dehairing, or | ||||||
10 | skinning; (iv)
eviscerating; or (v) preparing carcasses for | ||||||
11 | chilling.
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12 | "State inspection" means the meat and poultry inspection
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13 | service conducted by the Department of Agriculture of the State
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14 | of Illinois by the authority of this Act.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 100-843, eff. 8-14-18.)
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16 | Section 10. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is | ||||||
17 | amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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18 | (410 ILCS 620/11) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 511)
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19 | Sec. 11.
A food is misbranded - (a) If its labeling is | ||||||
20 | false or misleading
in any particular.
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21 | (b) If it is offered for sale under the name of another | ||||||
22 | food.
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23 | (c) If it is an imitation of another food other than honey, | ||||||
24 | unless its label bears, in
type of uniform size and prominence, |
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1 | the word "imitation" and, immediately
thereafter, the name of | ||||||
2 | the food imitated.
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3 | (d) If its container is so made, formed or filled as to be | ||||||
4 | misleading.
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5 | (e) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing | ||||||
6 | (1) the name
and place of business of the manufacturer, packer | ||||||
7 | or distributor; and (2) an
accurate statement of the quantity | ||||||
8 | of the contents in terms of weight,
measure or numerical count. | ||||||
9 | However, under paragraph (2) of
this subsection
reasonable | ||||||
10 | variations shall be permitted and exemptions as to small
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11 | packages which shall be established by regulations prescribed | ||||||
12 | by the
Director.
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13 | (f) If any word, statement or other information required by | ||||||
14 | or under
authority of this Act to appear on the label or | ||||||
15 | labeling is not prominently
placed thereon with such | ||||||
16 | conspicuousness (as compared with other words,
statements, | ||||||
17 | designs or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to
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18 | render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary | ||||||
19 | individual under
customary conditions of purchase and use.
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20 | (g) If it purports to be or is represented as a food for | ||||||
21 | which a
definition and standard of identity has been prescribed | ||||||
22 | by regulations as
provided by Section 9, unless (1) it conforms | ||||||
23 | to such definition and
standard, and (2) its label bears the | ||||||
24 | name of the food specified in the
definition and standard and, | ||||||
25 | in so far as may be required by such
regulations, the common | ||||||
26 | names of optional ingredients (other than spices,
flavoring and |
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1 | coloring) present in such food.
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2 | (h) If it purports to be or is represented as:
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3 | (1) a food for which a standard of quantity has been | ||||||
4 | prescribed by
regulations as provided by Section 9 and its | ||||||
5 | quantity falls below such
standard unless its label bears, in | ||||||
6 | such manner and form as such
regulations specify, a statement | ||||||
7 | that it falls below such standard; or
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8 | (2) a food for which a standard or standards of fill of | ||||||
9 | container have
been prescribed by regulation as provided by | ||||||
10 | Section 9 and it falls below
the standard of fill of container | ||||||
11 | applicable thereto, unless its label
bears, in such manner and | ||||||
12 | form as such regulations specify, a statement
that it falls | ||||||
13 | below such standard.
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14 | (i) If it is not subject to subsection (g) of this Section, | ||||||
15 | unless it
bears labeling clearly giving (1) the common or usual | ||||||
16 | name of the food, if
any there be, and (2) in case it is | ||||||
17 | fabricated from 2 or more ingredients,
the common or usual name | ||||||
18 | of each such ingredient; except that spices,
flavorings and | ||||||
19 | colorings, other than those sold as such, may be designated
as | ||||||
20 | spices, flavorings and colorings, without naming each. | ||||||
21 | However, to the
extent that compliance with the requirements of | ||||||
22 | paragraph (2) of this
subsection is impractical or results in | ||||||
23 | deception or unfair competition,
exemptions shall be | ||||||
24 | established by regulations promulgated by the Director.
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25 | (j) If it purports to be or is represented for special | ||||||
26 | dietary uses,
unless its label bears such information |
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1 | concerning its vitamin, mineral and
other dietary properties as | ||||||
2 | the Director determines to be, and by
regulations prescribes as | ||||||
3 | necessary in order to fully inform purchasers as
to its value | ||||||
4 | for such uses.
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5 | (k) If it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, | ||||||
6 | artificial
coloring or chemical preservative, unless it bears | ||||||
7 | labeling stating that
fact. However, to the extent that | ||||||
8 | compliance with the requirements of this
paragraph is | ||||||
9 | impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations
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10 | promulgated by the Director. This subsection and
subsections | ||||||
11 | (g) and (i) with
respect to artificial coloring do not apply to | ||||||
12 | butter, cheese or ice cream.
This subsection with respect to | ||||||
13 | chemical preservatives
does not apply to a
pesticide chemical | ||||||
14 | when used in or on a raw agricultural commodity which is
the | ||||||
15 | produce of the soil.
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16 | (l) If it is a raw agricultural commodity for direct human | ||||||
17 | consumption
which is the produce of the
soil, bearing or | ||||||
18 | containing a pesticide chemical applied after harvest,
unless | ||||||
19 | the shipping container of such commodity bears labeling which
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20 | declares the presence of such chemical in or on such commodity | ||||||
21 | and the
common usual name and the function of such chemical; | ||||||
22 | provided, however,
that no such declaration shall be required | ||||||
23 | while such commodity, having
been removed from the shipping | ||||||
24 | container, is being held or displayed for
sale at retail out of | ||||||
25 | such container in accordance with the custom of the trade.
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26 | (m) If it is a product intended as an ingredient of another |
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1 | food and
when used according to the directions of the purveyor | ||||||
2 | will result in the
final food product being adulterated or | ||||||
3 | misbranded.
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4 | (n) If it is a color additive unless its packaging and | ||||||
5 | labeling are in
conformity with such packaging and labeling | ||||||
6 | requirements applicable to such
color additive prescribed | ||||||
7 | under Section 706 of the Federal Act.
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8 | (o) If a meat or meat food product or poultry or poultry | ||||||
9 | food product
has been frozen prior to sale unless when offered | ||||||
10 | for sale, the package,
container or wrapping bears, in type of | ||||||
11 | uniform size and prominence, the
words "previously frozen" so | ||||||
12 | as to be readable and understood by the
general public except | ||||||
13 | that this subsection does not apply to products
mentioned | ||||||
14 | herein which are precooked and packaged in hermetically sealed
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15 | containers.
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16 | (p) If its labeling includes the word "honey" or the term
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17 | "imitation honey" and the product is not pure honey | ||||||
18 | manufactured by honeybees.
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19 | (q) If it contains saccharin, unless its label and labeling | ||||||
20 | and retail
display comply with the requirements of Sections | ||||||
21 | 403(o) and 403(p) of the Federal Act.
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22 | (r) If it contains saccharin and is offered for sale, but | ||||||
23 | not for immediate
consumption, at a retail establishment, | ||||||
24 | unless such retail establishment
displays prominently, where | ||||||
25 | such food is held for sale, notice (provided
by the | ||||||
26 | manufacturer of such food pursuant to the Federal Act) for |
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1 | consumers
respecting the information required by subsection | ||||||
2 | (q) to be on food labels
and labeling.
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3 | (s) If it purports to be or is represented as a meat or | ||||||
4 | meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a | ||||||
5 | cell-cultured food product as defined in the Meat and Poultry | ||||||
6 | Inspection Act. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 84-891.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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