Bill Text: IL SB1470 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that any establishment subject to inspection under the Act that believes, or has reason to believe, that an adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food product received by or originating from the establishment has entered into commerce shall promptly notify the Director of Agriculture. Provides that the Director shall require that each Type I establishment subject to inspection under this Act to meet minimum recall and documentation procedures. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-12-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0611 [SB1470 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1470-Introduced.html


98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1470

Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 650/5.1

Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that any establishment subject to inspection under the Act that believes, or has reason to believe, that an adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food product received by or originating from the establishment has entered into commerce shall promptly notify the Director of Agriculture. Provides that the Director shall require that each Type I establishment subject to inspection under this Act to meet minimum recall and documentation procedures. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended
5by changing Section 5.1 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 650/5.1)
7 Sec. 5.1. Type I licenses.
8 (a) A Type I establishment licensed under this Act who
9sells or offers for sale meat, meat product, poultry, and
10poultry product shall, except as otherwise provided:
11 (1) Be permitted to receive meat, meat product,
12 poultry, and poultry product for cutting, processing,
13 preparing, packing, wrapping, chilling, freezing, sharp
14 freezing, or storing, provided it bears an official mark of
15 State of Illinois or of Federal Inspection.
16 (2) Be permitted to receive live animals and poultry
17 for slaughter, provided all animals and poultry are
18 properly presented for prescribed inspection to a
19 Department employee.
20 (3) May accept meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry
21 product for sharp freezing or storage provided that the
22 product is inspected product.
23 (b) Before being granted or renewing official inspection,

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1an establishment must develop written sanitation Standard
2Operating Procedures as required by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 125.141.
3 (c) Before being granted official inspection, an
4establishment must conduct a hazard analysis and develop and
5validate an HACCP plan as required by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 125.142.
6A conditional grant of inspection shall be issued for a period
7not to exceed 90 days, during which period the establishment
8must validate its HACCP plan.
9 Any establishment subject to inspection under this Act that
10believes, or has reason to believe, that an adulterated or
11misbranded meat or meat food product received by or originating
12from the establishment has entered into commerce shall promptly
13notify the Director with regard to the type, amount, origin,
14and destination of the meat or meat food product.
15 The Director shall require that each Type I establishment
16subject to inspection under this Act shall, at a minimum:
17 (1) prepare and maintain current procedures for the
18 recall of all meat, poultry, meat food products, and
19 poultry food products produced and shipped by the
20 establishment;
21 (2) document each reassessment of the process control
22 plans of the establishment; and
23 (3) upon request, make the procedures and reassessed
24 process control plans available to inspectors appointed by
25 the Director for review and copying.
26 (d) Any establishment licensed under the authority of this

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1Act that receives wild game carcasses shall comply with the
2following requirements regarding wild game carcasses:
3 (1) Wild game carcasses shall be dressed prior to
4 entering the processing or refrigerated areas of the
5 licensed establishment.
6 (2) Wild game carcasses stored in the refrigerated area
7 of the licensed establishment shall be kept separate and
8 apart from inspected products.
9 (3) A written request shall be made to the Department
10 on an annual basis if a licensed establishment is
11 suspending operations regarding an amenable product due to
12 handling of wild game carcasses.
13 (4) A written procedure for handling wild game shall be
14 approved by the Department.
15 (5) All equipment used that comes in contact with wild
16 game shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized prior to use
17 on animal or poultry carcasses.
18(Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.
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