Bill Text: IL HB5534 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions regarding the handling of bulk food: replaces references to personal containers with references to consumer-owned containers; provides that clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to a restaurant or retailer for filling may be filled and returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container is filled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer or the owner of the consumer-owned container; requires consumer-owned containers filled to be designed and constructed for reuse in accordance with a specified provision of the 2017 Food Code; requires restaurants and retailers to meet specified requirements. Provides that consumer-owned containers that are not food-specific may be filled at a beverage vending machine or system; requires the Department of Public Health to produce materials for restaurants and retailers indicating that consumer-owned containers are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying best practices for food safety requirements for such containers. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5534 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5534-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5534 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 620/3.15 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions regarding the handling of bulk food: replaces references to personal containers with references to consumer-owned containers; provides that clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to a restaurant or retailer for filling may be filled and returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container is filled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer or the owner of the consumer-owned container; requires consumer-owned containers filled to be designed and constructed for reuse in accordance with a specified provision of the 2017 Food Code; requires restaurants and retailers to meet specified requirements. Provides that consumer-owned containers that are not food-specific may be filled at a beverage vending machine or system; requires the Department of Public Health to produce materials for restaurants and retailers indicating that consumer-owned containers are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying best practices for food safety requirements for such containers. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
(410 ILCS 620/3.15) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15)
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.
A restaurant or retailer may allow a consumer to fill or
refill a consumer-owned personal container with bulk food if
the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk
food. Consumer-owned 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 consumer-owned personal
container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the

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direct handling of the bulk food and the consumer-owned
personal containers used are clean and sanitary.
Clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to
the restaurant or retailer for filling may be filled and
returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container
is filled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer
or the owner of the consumer-owned container. A consumer-owned
container filled under this Section shall be designed and
constructed for reuse in accordance with Section
3-304.17(B)(1) of the 2017 Food Code published by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.
The restaurant or retailer shall:
(1) either isolate the consumer-owned container from
the serving surface or sanitize the serving surface after
each filling, except for bulk food if the dispensers used
prevent the direct handling of the bulk food;
(2) prepare, maintain, and adhere to written
procedures to prevent cross-contamination and make the
written procedures available to the Department of Public
Health upon request or at the time of an inspection; and
(3) ensure compliance with any handwashing
requirements.
Consumer-owned containers that are not food-specific may
be filled at a beverage vending machine or system.
The Department of Public Health shall produce materials for
restaurants and retailers, to be made available electronically

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or in print format, indicating that consumer-owned containers
are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying
best practices for food safety requirements for such
containers.
(Source: P.A. 101-510, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.