(815 ILCS 505/2LL)
Sec. 2LL. Halal food; disclosure.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Dealer" means any establishment that advertises, represents, or holds
itself out as growing animals in a halal way or selling, preparing, or
maintaining food as halal,
including, but not limited to, manufacturers, animals' farms, slaughterhouses,
wholesalers, stores, restaurants, hotels, catering facilities,
butcher shops, summer camps, bakeries, delicatessens, supermarkets,
grocery stores, licensed health care facilities, freezer dealers, and food
plan companies. These establishments may also sell, prepare or maintain
food not represented as halal.
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture.
"Food" means an animal grown to become food for human consumption, a food, a
food product, a food ingredient, a dietary
supplement, or a beverage.
"Halal" means prepared under and maintained in strict compliance with the
laws and customs of the Islamic religion including but not limited to those
laws and customs of zabiha/zabeeha (slaughtered according to appropriate
Islamic codes), and as expressed by reliable recognized Islamic entities and
scholars.
(b) Any dealer who grows animals represented to be grown in a halal way or
who prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale any
food represented to be halal shall
disclose the basis upon which those representations are made by posting the
information required by the Director, in accordance with rules adopted by
the Director, on a sign of a type and size
specified by the Director, in a conspicuous place upon the premises at which
the food is sold or exposed for sale, as required
by the Director.
(c) Any person subject to the requirements of subsection (b) does not
commit an unlawful practice if the person shows
by a preponderance of the evidence that the person relied in
good faith upon the representations of an animals' farm,
slaughterhouse, manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor of any food
represented to be halal.
(d) Possession by a dealer of any animal grown to become food for
consumption or any food not in conformance with the
disclosure required by subsection (b) with respect to that food is presumptive
evidence that the person is in possession of that food with the intent to sell.
(e) Any dealer who grows animals represented to be grown in a halal way or
who prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale any
food represented to be halal shall comply
with all requirements of the Director, including, but not limited to,
recordkeeping, labeling and filing, in accordance with rules adopted by the
Director.
(f) Neither an animal represented to be grown in a halal way to become food
for human consumption, nor a food commodity represented as halal, may be
offered for sale by a dealer until the dealer has registered, with the
Director, documenting
information of the certifying Islamic entity specialized in halal food or the
supervising Muslim Inspector of Halal Food.
(g) The Director shall adopt rules to carry out this Section in
accordance with the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act.
(h) It is an unlawful practice under this Act to violate this Section or
the rules adopted by the Director to carry out this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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