(410 ILCS 615/3.1) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-3.1)
Sec. 3.1.
"Adulterated" means any egg or egg product under one
or more of the following circumstances:
(a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance
that may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance
is not an
added substance, the article shall not be considered adulterated
under
this clause if the quantity of the substance in or on the article does
not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
(b) If it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious
substance (other than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw
agricultural commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive)
that
may, in the judgment of the Director, make the article unfit for
human food.
(c) If it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and
it bears or contains a pesticide chemical that is unsafe within
the meaning of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(d) If it bears or contains any food additive that is unsafe
within
the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(e) If it bears or contains any color additive that is unsafe
within
the meaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
However,
an article that is not otherwise deemed adulterated under
subparagraph (c), (d),
or (e) shall nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the pesticide
chemical,
food additive, or color additive, in or on the article, is
prohibited by
regulations of the Director in official plants.
(f) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for human food.
(g) If it has been prepared, packaged, or held under unsanitary conditions
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been
rendered injurious to health.
(h) If it is an egg that has been subjected to incubation or
the product
of any egg that has been subjected to incubation.
(i) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to
health.
(j) If it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of
the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect
under
Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(k) If any valuable constituent has been, in whole or in part,
omitted or
abstracted from the egg or egg product; or if any substance
has been substituted, wholly or in
part for the egg or egg product; or if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or
if any
substance has been added to the egg or egg product or mixed or
packed with the egg or egg product so as to increase its
bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or
of
greater value than it is.
(l) If the egg is processed in a manner that does not allow the
examination of the content of the individual egg and allows the egg content
to commingle with the egg shell or shell membrane during processing.
(Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)
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