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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2702 Introduced 10/14/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 410 ILCS 635/8 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2208 |
| Amends the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act. Provides for an exception from the pasteurization requirement for milk produced in accordance with Department of Public Health rules if the milk is sold or distributed directly to the final consumer (1) on the premises of the dairy farm where it was produced or (2) at an off-farm location or through delivery, provided that the producer holds a raw milk permit issued by the Department and complies with all sanitary, labeling, recordkeeping, and transportation requirements established by the Department to ensure consumer safety. |
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| | SB2702 | | LRB104 15613 BDA 28780 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products |
| 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 635/8) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2208) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8. After the effective date of this Act, no person |
| 8 | | shall sell or distribute, offer to sell or distribute any milk |
| 9 | | or milk product for human use or consumption unless such milk |
| 10 | | or milk product has been pasteurized and has been produced and |
| 11 | | processed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated |
| 12 | | by the Department. |
| 13 | | The term "sell or distribute for use or consumption" means |
| 14 | | to sell or distribute to a person for human use or consumption |
| 15 | | and not for processing or resale in any form. |
| 16 | | The pasteurization requirement of this Section shall not |
| 17 | | be applicable to milk produced in accordance with Department |
| 18 | | rules and regulations if: sold or distributed on the premises |
| 19 | | of the dairy farm |
| 20 | | (1) the milk is sold or distributed directly to the |
| 21 | | final consumer on the premises of the dairy farm where it |
| 22 | | was produced; or |
| 23 | | (2) the milk is sold or distributed directly to the |