Bill Text: IL HB2563 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates Prohibit Animal Remains in Pet Food Act. Provides that pet food is prohibited in the State if it contains: (1) any animal remains from an animal that has been euthanized by the use of any drug injected intravenously or through a nonvascular route; or (2) any dog or cat remains, regardless of how the dog or cat was killed. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2563 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2563-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning pet food.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Prohibit Animal Remains in Pet Food Act.
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6 | Section 5. Prohibitions; pet food. Pet food is prohibited | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | in this State if it contains: (1) any animal remains from an | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | animal that has been euthanized by the use of any drug injected | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | intravenously or through a nonvascular route; or (2) any dog or | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | cat remains, regardless of how the dog or cat was killed.
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11 | Section 50. The Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961 is | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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13 | (505 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.3)
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14 | Sec. 3. Definitions of words and terms. When used in this | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Act unless the context otherwise requires:
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16 | (a) The term "person" means any individual, partnership, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | corporation
and association.
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18 | (b) The term "distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | exchange,
give away or barter commercial feed or to supply, | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | furnish or otherwise
provide commercial feed to a contract | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | feeder.
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1 | (c) The term "distributor" means any person who | ||||||
2 | distributes.
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3 | (d) The term "commercial feed" means all materials,
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4 | including customer formula feeds, which are
distributed for use | ||||||
5 | as feed, or labeled with a guaranteed analysis for
use as feed, | ||||||
6 | or for mixing in feed for birds or animals
other than man | ||||||
7 | except:
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8 | (1) Whole unmixed seed or grain or physically altered | ||||||
9 | entire
unmixed seed or grain, providing such seed or grain | ||||||
10 | is not adulterated
within the meaning of Section 7 of this | ||||||
11 | Act.
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12 | (2) Unground hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks | ||||||
13 | and hulls
when not mixed with other materials and not | ||||||
14 | adulterated within the
meaning of Section 7 of this Act.
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15 | (3) Individual chemical compounds when not mixed with | ||||||
16 | other
materials and not adulterated within the meaning of | ||||||
17 | Section 7 of this Act.
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18 | (e) The term "feed ingredient" means each of the | ||||||
19 | constituent
materials making up a commercial feed.
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20 | (f) The term "mineral feed" means a commercial feed | ||||||
21 | intended to
supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic | ||||||
22 | nutrients.
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23 | (g) The term "drug" means any article intended for use in | ||||||
24 | the diagnosis,
cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of | ||||||
25 | disease in animals other than
man and articles other than feed | ||||||
26 | intended to affect the structure or any
function of the |
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1 | animal's body.
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2 | (h) The term "customer-formula feed" means commercial feed
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3 | which consists of a mixture of commercial
feeds and/or feed | ||||||
4 | ingredients each batch of which mixture is mixed
according to | ||||||
5 | the specific instructions of the final purchaser.
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6 | (i) The term "manufacture" means to grind, mix or blend or | ||||||
7 | further
process a commercial feed for distribution.
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8 | (j) The term "brand name" means any word, name,
symbol, | ||||||
9 | device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial | ||||||
10 | feed
of a distributor or manufacturer and distinguishing it | ||||||
11 | from that of
others.
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12 | (k) The term "product name" means the name of the | ||||||
13 | commercial feed which
identifies it as to kind, class, or | ||||||
14 | specific use.
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15 | (l) The term "label" means a display of written, printed or | ||||||
16 | graphic
matter upon or affixed to the container in which a | ||||||
17 | commercial feed is
distributed, or on the invoice or delivery | ||||||
18 | slip with which a commercial
feed or customer-formula feed is | ||||||
19 | distributed.
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20 | (m) The term "ton" means a net weight of 2000 pounds | ||||||
21 | avoirdupois.
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22 | (n) The term "per cent" or "percentage" means percentage by | ||||||
23 | weight.
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24 | (o) The term "official sample" means any sample of feed | ||||||
25 | taken by the
Director or his agent and designated as "official" | ||||||
26 | by the Director or
his agent.
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1 | (p) The term "contract feeder" means a person who, as an | ||||||
2 | independent
contractor, feeds commercial feed to animals | ||||||
3 | pursuant to a contract
whereby such commercial feed is | ||||||
4 | supplied, furnished or otherwise
provided to such person and | ||||||
5 | whereby such person's remuneration is
determined all or in part | ||||||
6 | by feed consumption, mortality, profits or
amount or quality of | ||||||
7 | product.
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8 | (q) The term "seed" means agricultural, grass, vegetable or | ||||||
9 | other
seeds as determined by the Department.
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10 | (r) The term "grain" means corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, | ||||||
11 | flaxseed,
sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain, and any other food | ||||||
12 | grains, feed grains, and
oilseeds for which standards are | ||||||
13 | established under the United States Grain Standards Act.
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14 | (s) The term "pet food" means any commercial feed prepared | ||||||
15 | and
distributed for consumption by dogs and cats that does not | ||||||
16 | contain any animal remains from an animal that has been | ||||||
17 | euthanized by the use of any drug injected intravenously or | ||||||
18 | through another nonvascular route or the remains of any dog or | ||||||
19 | cat .
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20 | (t) The term "specialty pet food" means any commercial feed | ||||||
21 | prepared and
distributed for consumption by specialty pets.
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22 | (u) The term "specialty pet" means any animal normally | ||||||
23 | maintained in
confinement, including but not limited to, | ||||||
24 | gerbils, hamsters, birds, fish,
snakes, turtles, and zoo | ||||||
25 | animals.
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26 | (v) The term "animal" means any living creature, domestic |
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1 | or wild, but
does not include man.
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2 | (w) The term "Department" means the Department of | ||||||
3 | Agriculture of the
State of Illinois.
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4 | (x) The term "Director" means the Director of the | ||||||
5 | Department of
Agriculture of the State of Illinois or duly | ||||||
6 | authorized representative.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 87-664.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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