HB4112 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4112

Introduced 9/3/2021, by Rep. Jonathan Carroll - Daniel Swanson - Terra Costa Howard - Joyce Mason - Chris Bos, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

505 ILCS 30/5

from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.5

Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Provides that commercial feed, pet food, and specialty pet food that contains peanuts, may contain peanuts, or is processed in a facility that processes peanuts, shall contain a prominent warning label stating that the product contains peanuts or may contain peanuts.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning agriculture.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(505 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.5)

Sec. 5. Labeling.

(a) Any commercial feed, except customer-formula feed, distributed in this State shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing the following information:

(1) The net weight.

(2) The product and brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed.

(3) The guaranteed analysis of the commercial feed stated in terms as the Director determines by regulation, that are necessary to advise the consumer of the composition of the commercial feed or to support claims made in the labeling. The substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods as published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists or other recognized methods as adopted in Section 9. When any items are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis by the Director.

(4) The common or usual names of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed, except as the Director may, by regulation, permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform similar functions.

(5) The name and principal address of the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed.

(6) Directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and adequate directions for other commercial feeds as the Director determines necessary for their safe and effective use.

(7) Such precautionary statements as the Director determines necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.

(b) A customer-formula feed shall be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document, bearing the following information:

(1) Name and address of the manufacturer.

(2) Name and address of the purchaser.

(3) Date of delivery or sale.

(4) The name of the product and brand name, if any, and the net weight of each commercial feed and each other ingredient used in the mixture.

(5) Directions for use and precautionary statements for medicated and non-medicated feeds as necessary for their safe and effective use.

(c) Any commercial feed, pet food, and specialty pet food that contains peanuts, may contain peanuts, or is processed in a facility that processes peanuts, shall contain a warning label. If the commercial feed, pet food, or specialty pet food contains peanuts, the warning label shall state "CONTAINS PEANUTS". If the commercial feed, pet food, or specialty pet food may contain peanuts or is processed in a facility that processes peanuts, the warning label shall state "MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS".

(1) The warning label shall be located in a prominent place on the front of the item or package such that consumers are likely to see the label when it is examined under retail conditions.

(2) The label shall be conspicuous and not obscured by other written matter.

(3) The label shall be legible.

(4) The label shall contrast with the typography, layout, and color of the other printed matter.

(Source: P.A. 87-664.)