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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2563 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| New Act | | 505 ILCS 30/3 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.3 |
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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.
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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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