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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2556 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 650/2 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 302 |
410 ILCS 620/11 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 511 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |