Full Text of HB3607 95th General Assembly
HB3607 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3607
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 650/5 |
from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 305 |
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Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Creates an exemption under the Meat and Poultry Inspection act for livestock raisers for livestock under 500 pounds if such raisers slaughter, eviscerate, or further process not
more than 300 livestock during the calendar year. Prohibits exempt livestock raisers from engaging in
buying or selling livestock products other than those produced from livestock
raised on their own farms or premises. Requires such livestock or livestock
products to be slaughtered, otherwise prepared, sold or delivered to the
consumer on or from the premises for which the exemption is given. Requires the
slaughter or preparation by the exempt raiser to be performed in sanitary facilities, in a
sanitary manner, and subject to periodic inspection by Department of Agriculture
personnel. Requires persons desiring such exemptions to submit in writing a
request to the Department of Agriculture. Provides that the exemption shall be effective upon
written notice from the Department of Agriculture and shall remain in effect for a period
of 2 years, unless revoked. Requires adequate records must be maintained by exempt raisers to assure
that not more than the number of exempted livestock are slaughtered or
processed in one calendar year and that such records shall be kept for one year
following the termination of each exemption. Requires any advertisement by exempt raisers regarding
the exempt livestock or livestock products to reflect the fact of exemption
so as not to mislead the consumer to presume official inspection has been
made under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3607 |
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LRB095 04457 RAS 24504 b |
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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 Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 650/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 305)
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| Sec. 5. Exemptions - Producers, Retailers, and Poultry | 8 |
| Raisers.
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| The following types of establishments are exempt from the | 10 |
| specific
provisions of this Act:
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| (A) A "producer" means any person engaged in producing | 12 |
| agricultural
products, for personal or family use, on whose | 13 |
| farm the number of animals
or poultry is in keeping with
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| size of the farm or with the volume or character of the | 15 |
| agricultural
products produced thereon, but does not mean any | 16 |
| person engaged in
producing agricultural products who:
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| 1. actively engages in buying or trading animals or | 18 |
| poultry or both; or
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| 2. actively engages directly or indirectly in | 20 |
| conducting a business
which includes the slaughter of | 21 |
| animals or poultry or both, for human food
purposes; or
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| 3. actively engages, directly or indirectly, in | 23 |
| canning, curing,
pickling, freezing, salting meat or |
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| poultry, or in preparing meat or
poultry products for sale; | 2 |
| or
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| 4. slaughters or permits any person to slaughter on his | 4 |
| or their farm
animals or poultry not owned by the producer | 5 |
| for more than 30 days.
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| (A-5) Retail dealers or retail butchers with
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| meat or poultry products sold directly to consumers in retail
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| stores; provided, that the only processing operation performed | 9 |
| by such
retail dealers or retail butchers is the cutting up of | 10 |
| meat or poultry
products which have been inspected under the | 11 |
| provisions of this Act and is
incidental to the operation of | 12 |
| the retail food store.
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| (B) Poultry raisers with respect to poultry raised on their | 14 |
| own
farms or
premises (a) if such raisers slaughter, | 15 |
| eviscerate, or further process not
more than 5,000 poultry | 16 |
| during the calendar year for which this exemption is
being | 17 |
| granted; (b) such poultry raisers do not engage in
buying or | 18 |
| selling poultry products other than those produced from poultry
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| raised on their own farms or premises; (c) such poultry or | 20 |
| poultry
products are slaughtered, otherwise prepared, sold or | 21 |
| delivered to the
consumer on or from the premises for which the | 22 |
| exemption is given; (d) such
slaughter or preparation shall be | 23 |
| performed in sanitary facilities, in a
sanitary manner, and | 24 |
| subject to periodic inspection by Department
personnel; (e) | 25 |
| persons desiring such exemptions shall submit in writing a
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| request to the Department. The exemption shall be effective |
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| upon
written notice from the Department and shall remain in | 2 |
| effect for a period
of 2 years, unless revoked. Adequate | 3 |
| records must be maintained to assure
that not more than the | 4 |
| number of exempted poultry are slaughtered or
processed in one | 5 |
| calendar year. Such records shall be kept for one year
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| following the termination of each exemption. Any advertisement | 7 |
| regarding
the exempt poultry or poultry products shall reflect | 8 |
| the fact of exemption
so as not to mislead the consumer to | 9 |
| presume official inspection has been
made under the Meat and | 10 |
| Poultry Inspection Act. | 11 |
| (C) Livestock raisers with respect to livestock under 500 | 12 |
| pounds raised on their own
farms or
premises (a) if such | 13 |
| raisers slaughter, eviscerate, or further process not
more than | 14 |
| 300 livestock during the calendar year for which this exemption | 15 |
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being granted; (b) such livestock raisers do not engage in
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| buying or selling livestock products other than those produced | 17 |
| from livestock
raised on their own farms or premises; (c) such | 18 |
| livestock or livestock
products are slaughtered, otherwise | 19 |
| prepared, sold or delivered to the
consumer on or from the | 20 |
| premises for which the exemption is given; (d) such
slaughter | 21 |
| or preparation shall be performed in sanitary facilities, in a
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| sanitary manner, and subject to periodic inspection by | 23 |
| Department
personnel; (e) persons desiring such exemptions | 24 |
| shall submit in writing a
request to the Department. The | 25 |
| exemption shall be effective upon
written notice from the | 26 |
| Department and shall remain in effect for a period
of 2 years, |
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| unless revoked. Adequate records must be maintained to assure
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| that not more than the number of exempted livestock are | 3 |
| slaughtered or
processed in one calendar year. Such records | 4 |
| shall be kept for one year
following the termination of each | 5 |
| exemption. Any advertisement regarding
the exempt livestock or | 6 |
| livestock products shall reflect the fact of exemption
so as | 7 |
| not to mislead the consumer to presume official inspection has | 8 |
| been
made under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00; 91-614, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, | 10 |
| eff.
6-28-01.)
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