Bill Text: IL HB3440 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that provisions prohibiting the offer for sale of any bulk food in a manner other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the consumer shall not prohibit self-service by consumers provided that take-home containers, including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner. Provides that a retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Provides that county health departments and municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0510 [HB3440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3440-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 101-0510 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 620/3.15) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15)
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Sec. 3.15.
To offer for sale any bulk food in a manner | ||||
other than to prevent
direct handling of such items by the | ||||
consumer. This Section shall not prohibit
self-service by | ||||
consumers provided that the dispensers utilized prevent
the | ||||
direct handling of such foods and that take-home containers, | ||||
including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are | ||||
cleaned, stored, and dispensed in a sanitary manner .
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A retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a | ||||
personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used | ||||
prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Personal | ||||
containers used for this purpose shall be clean and sanitary. | ||||
Except as provided under Part 750 of Title 77 of the | ||||
Illinois Administrative Code, county health departments and | ||||
municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to | ||||
allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with | ||||
bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of | ||||
the bulk food and the personal containers used are clean and |
sanitary. | ||
(Source: P.A. 84-891.)
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