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| Public Act 101-0158 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Egg and Egg Products Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 6 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 615/6) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-6)
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Sec. 6. Candling; labeling; sales by producers; retail | ||||
sales; temperature
requirements. All eggs sold at retail or | ||||
purchased by institutional
consumers must be candled for | ||||
quality and graded for size.
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A producer may sell on his own premises where eggs are | ||||
produced,
direct to household consumers, for the consumer's | ||||
personal use and
that consumer's
non-paying guests, nest run | ||||
eggs
without candling
or grading those eggs.
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All eggs designated for sale off the premises where the | ||||
entire flock is located,
such as at farmers' markets, and at | ||||
retail or for institutional use must be
candled and graded and
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held in a place or room in which the temperature may not exceed | ||||
45 degrees
Fahrenheit after processing. Nest run eggs must be | ||||
held and transported at or below 45 degrees Fahrenheit ambient | ||||
temperature beginning 36 hours after the time of lay. Nest run | ||||
eggs shall be held at 60 degrees
Fahrenheit or less at all | ||||
times. During transportation, the egg
temperature may not | ||||
exceed 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Hatcheries buying eggs for hatching purposes from | ||
producers under
contract may sell their surplus eggs to a | ||
licensed packer or handler
provided that the hatchery shall | ||
keep records which indicate the
number
of cases sold, the date | ||
of sale and the name and address of the packer
or handler | ||
making the purchase.
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All eggs candled or candled and graded outside the State | ||
must meet
Federal standards before they can be sold or offered | ||
for sale in the
State. No eggs may be offered for sale for | ||
consumer use 45 days or more after the date of candling.
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Each container of eggs offered for sale or sold at | ||
wholesale or retail
must be
labeled in accordance with the | ||
standards established by the Department
showing grade, size, | ||
packer identification, and candling date,
and must be labeled | ||
with an
expiration date, or other similar language as specified | ||
by USDA standards,
that is
not later than 45 days from the | ||
candling date
for
grade A eggs and not later than 30 days after | ||
the candling date for grade AA
eggs.
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The grade and size of eggs must be conspicuously marked in | ||
bold face
type on all consumer-size containers.
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The size and height of lettering or numbering requirement | ||
shall be
set by regulation and shall conform as near as | ||
possible to those
required by Federal law.
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All advertising of shell eggs for sale at retail for a | ||
stated price
shall contain the grade and size of the eggs. The | ||
information
contained in such advertising shall not be | ||
misleading or deceptive.
In cases of food-borne disease | ||
outbreaks in which eggs are identified as the
source of the | ||
disease, all eggs from the flocks from which those
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disease-causing eggs came shall be identified with a producer | ||
identification or
flock code number to control the movement of | ||
those eggs.
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(Source: P.A. 99-732, eff. 1-1-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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