HB4978 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4978

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Chris Miller

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 620/3.25 new

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any packaging of beef sold in Illinois must have a label on the packaging that contains the beef's country of origin.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding Section 3.25 as follows:

(410 ILCS 620/3.25 new)

Sec. 3.25. Beef packaging; country of origin. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any packaging of beef sold in Illinois must have a label on the packaging that contains the beef's country of origin.