Bill Text: IL HB4112 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Provides that commercial feed, pet food, and specialty pet food that contains peanuts, may contain peanuts, or is processed in a facility that processes peanuts, shall contain a prominent warning label stating that the product contains peanuts or may contain peanuts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-03 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4112-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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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 Commercial Feed Act of 1961 is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (505 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Labeling.
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| 8 | (a) Any commercial feed, except customer-formula feed, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | distributed
in this State shall be accompanied by a legible | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | label bearing the following information:
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| 11 | (1) The net weight.
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| 12 | (2) The product and brand name, if any, under
which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the commercial feed is distributed.
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| 14 | (3) The guaranteed analysis of the commercial feed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | stated in terms
as the Director determines by regulation, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | that are necessary to advise the
consumer of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | composition of the commercial feed or to support claims
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| 18 | made in the labeling. The substances or elements must be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | determinable by
laboratory methods as published by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Association of Official
Analytical Chemists or other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | recognized methods as adopted in Section 9. When
any items | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | analysis
by the Director.
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| 1 | (4) The common or usual names of each ingredient used | ||||||
| 2 | in the
manufacture of the commercial feed, except as the | ||||||
| 3 | Director may, by
regulation, permit the use of a | ||||||
| 4 | collective term for a group of ingredients
which perform | ||||||
| 5 | similar functions.
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| 6 | (5) The name and principal address of the person | ||||||
| 7 | responsible for
distributing the commercial feed.
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| 8 | (6) Directions for use for all commercial feeds | ||||||
| 9 | containing drugs and
adequate directions for other | ||||||
| 10 | commercial feeds as the Director
determines necessary for | ||||||
| 11 | their safe and effective use.
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| 12 | (7) Such precautionary statements as the Director | ||||||
| 13 | determines necessary
for the safe and effective use of the | ||||||
| 14 | commercial feed.
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| 15 | (b) A customer-formula feed shall be accompanied by a
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| 16 | label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document, | ||||||
| 17 | bearing the
following information:
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| 18 | (1) Name and address of the manufacturer.
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| 19 | (2) Name and address of the purchaser.
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| 20 | (3) Date of delivery or sale.
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| 21 | (4) The name of the product and brand name, if any, and | ||||||
| 22 | the net
weight of each commercial feed and each other | ||||||
| 23 | ingredient used in the
mixture.
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| 24 | (5) Directions for use and precautionary statements | ||||||
| 25 | for medicated and
non-medicated feeds as necessary for | ||||||
| 26 | their safe and effective use.
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| 1 | (c) Any commercial feed, pet food, and specialty pet food | ||||||
| 2 | that contains peanuts, may contain peanuts, or is processed in | ||||||
| 3 | a facility that processes peanuts, shall contain a warning | ||||||
| 4 | label. If the commercial feed, pet food, or specialty pet food | ||||||
| 5 | contains peanuts, the warning label shall state "CONTAINS | ||||||
| 6 | PEANUTS". If the commercial feed, pet food, or specialty pet | ||||||
| 7 | food may contain peanuts or is processed in a facility that | ||||||
| 8 | processes peanuts, the warning label shall state "MAY CONTAIN | ||||||
| 9 | PEANUTS". | ||||||
| 10 | (1) The warning label shall be located in a prominent | ||||||
| 11 | place on the front of the item or package such that | ||||||
| 12 | consumers are likely to see the label when it is examined | ||||||
| 13 | under retail conditions. | ||||||
| 14 | (2) The label shall be conspicuous and not obscured by | ||||||
| 15 | other written matter. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) The label shall be legible. | ||||||
| 17 | (4) The label shall contrast with the typography, | ||||||
| 18 | layout, and color of the other printed matter. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 87-664.)
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