96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2739


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














225 ILCS 635/1
  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 240







    Amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Horse Meat Act is amended by 
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changing Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 635/1)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 240)



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    Sec. 1. 
In this Act, unless the
the context or subject 
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matter otherwise
requires:
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    (1) "Horse Meat" means the flesh of any animal of the 
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equine family.

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    (2) "Slaughterer" means any person engaged in killing 
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animals of the
equine family where the carcasses are butchered 
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for any purpose other than
that of manufacturing tankage.

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    (3) "Wholesale Distributor" means any person not licensed 
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as a
slaughterer who is engaged in the business of securing 
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horse meat from a
slaughterer, distributor or any other person 
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and distributing it to any
retailer, stock or pet ranch, or 
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place where food is served for consumption
on the premises.

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    (4) "Package" means any closed and sealed container which 
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is sold as an
unopened unit to the purchaser.

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    (5) "Bulk meat" means whole carcass, half carcass or 
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quarter carcass.

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    (6) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture.

 


 






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    (7) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.

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    (8) "Processor" means an establishment in which carcasses, 
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parts of
carcasses, meat or meat-by-products derived from any 
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animal of the equine
family are wholly or in part canned, 
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packed or otherwise processed or
prepared for sale.

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    (9) "Breeder and Raiser of Fur Bearing Animals" means and 
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includes any
person who is actively engaged in breeding and 
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raising fur bearing animals
who kills and butchers animals of 
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the equine family for feed for such fur
bearing animals and 
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does not sell or distribute any part of meat therefrom
except 
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in ground form, in which the meat and bones have been ground

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together, and then only to other persons who also are engaged 
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in the
breeding and raising of fur bearing animals.

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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 388.)