HB0794 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 06906 SMS 16956 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0794

Introduced , by Rep. David B. Reis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 650/5.1

Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. In provisions concerning Type I establishments licensed under the Act, provides that the establishment shall be permitted to process meat and poultry from animals and poultry slaughtered by the owner or for the owner for his or her own personal use or for use by his or her household, to receive live animals and poultry presented to the owner to be slaughtered and processed for the owner's own personal use or for use by his or her household, and to process inspected meat and poultry for the owner's own personal use or for use by his household. Provides that the establishment shall stamp "NOT FOR SALE" in a prescribed manner on all carcasses of animals and immediate poultry containers for poultry slaughtered or processed in the establishment.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended by changing Section 5.1 as follows:

(225 ILCS 650/5.1)

Sec. 5.1. Type I licenses.

(a) A Type I establishment licensed under this Act who sells or offers for sale meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product shall, except as otherwise provided:

(1) shall be Be permitted to receive meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product for cutting, processing, preparing, packing, wrapping, chilling, freezing, sharp freezing, or storing, provided it bears an official mark of State of Illinois or of Federal Inspection; .

(2) shall be Be permitted to receive live animals and poultry for slaughter, provided all animals and poultry are properly presented for prescribed inspection to a Department employee; .

(3) may May accept meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product for sharp freezing or storage provided that the product is inspected product; .

(4) shall be permitted to receive, for processing, meat products and poultry products from animals and poultry slaughtered by the owner or for the owner for his or her own personal use or for use by his or her household;

(5) shall be permitted to receive live animals and poultry presented by the owner to be slaughtered and processed for the owner's own personal use or for use by his or her household;

(6) shall be permitted to receive, for processing, inspected meat products and inspected poultry products for the owner's own personal use or for use by his or her household; and

(7) shall stamp the words "NOT FOR SALE" in letters at least 3/8 inches in height on all carcasses of animals and immediate poultry product containers for poultry slaughtered in such establishment and on all meat products and immediate poultry product containers for poultry products processed in that establishment.

(b) Before being granted or renewing official inspection, an establishment must develop written sanitation Standard Operating Procedures as required by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 125.141.

(c) Before being granted official inspection, an establishment must conduct a hazard analysis and develop and validate an HACCP plan as required by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 125.142. A conditional grant of inspection shall be issued for a period not to exceed 90 days, during which period the establishment must validate its HACCP plan.

Any establishment subject to inspection under this 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 with regard to the type, amount, origin, and destination of the meat or meat food product.

The Director shall require that each Type I establishment subject to inspection under this Act shall, at a minimum:

(1) prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of all meat, poultry, meat food products, and poultry food products with a mark of inspection produced and shipped by the establishment;

(2) document each reassessment of the process control plans of the establishment; and

(3) upon request, make the procedures and reassessed process control plans available to inspectors appointed by the Director for review and copying.

(d) Any establishment licensed under the authority of this Act that receives wild game carcasses shall comply with the following requirements regarding wild game carcasses:

(1) Wild game carcasses shall be dressed prior to entering the processing or refrigerated areas of the licensed establishment.

(2) Wild game carcasses stored in the refrigerated area of the licensed establishment shall be kept separate and apart from inspected products.

(3) A written request shall be made to the Department on an annual basis if a licensed establishment is suspending operations regarding an amenable product due to handling of wild game carcasses.

(4) A written procedure for handling wild game shall be approved by the Department.

(5) All equipment used that comes in contact with wild game shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized prior to use on animal or poultry carcasses.

(Source: P.A. 98-611, eff. 12-27-13.)