Bill Text: IL HB3440 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.html
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-Enrolled.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 Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 620/3.15) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15)
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7 | Sec. 3.15.
To offer for sale any bulk food in a manner | ||||||
8 | other than to prevent
direct handling of such items by the | ||||||
9 | consumer. This Section shall not prohibit
self-service by | ||||||
10 | consumers provided that the dispensers utilized prevent
the | ||||||
11 | direct handling of such foods and that take-home containers, | ||||||
12 | including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are | ||||||
13 | cleaned, stored, and dispensed in a sanitary manner .
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14 | A retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a | ||||||
15 | personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used | ||||||
16 | prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Personal | ||||||
17 | containers used for this purpose shall be clean and sanitary. | ||||||
18 | Except as provided under Part 750 of Title 77 of the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Administrative Code, county health departments and | ||||||
20 | municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to | ||||||
21 | allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with | ||||||
22 | bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of | ||||||
23 | the bulk food and the personal containers used are clean and |
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1 | sanitary. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 84-891.)
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