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| Public Act 099-0304 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products | ||||
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 635/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2203)
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Sec. 3. Definitions.
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(a) As used in this Act "Grade A" means that milk and milk
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products are produced and processed in accordance with the | ||||
current Grade "A" A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by | ||||
the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and the | ||||
United
States Public Health Service - Food and Drug | ||||
Administration and all other applicable federal regulations. | ||||
The term Grade A is applicable to "dairy
farm", "milk | ||||
hauler-sampler", "milk plant", "milk product",
"receiving | ||||
station", "transfer station", "milk tank truck",
and | ||||
"certified pasteurizer sealer" whenever used in this Act.
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(b) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, terms | ||||
have the meaning
ascribed as follows:
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(1) (Blank).
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(2) "Milk" means the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water | ||||
buffalo, or other hooved mammals, provided that it must be | ||||
labeled in accordance with the current Grade "A" | ||||
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by the United
States | ||
Public Health Service - Food and Drug Administration, and | ||
includes skim milk and
cream. The Grade "A" Pasteurized | ||
Milk Ordinance labeling requirement does not apply to | ||
unpasteurized milk produced and distributed in accordance | ||
with Section 8 of this Act and Department rules.
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(3) (Blank).
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(4) (Blank).
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(5) "Receiving station" means any place, premise, or | ||
establishment
where
raw milk is received, collected, | ||
handled, stored or cooled and prepared
for further | ||
transporting.
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(6) "Transfer station" means any place, premise, or | ||
establishment where
milk or milk products are transferred | ||
directly from one milk tank truck to
another.
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(7) "Department" means the Illinois Department of | ||
Public Health.
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(8) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||
Department of Public
Health.
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(9) "Embargo or hold for investigation" means a | ||
detention or seizure
designed
to deny the use of milk or | ||
milk products which may be unwholesome or to
prohibit the | ||
use of equipment which may result in contaminated or | ||
unwholesome
milk or dairy products.
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(10) "Imminent hazard to the public health" means any | ||
hazard to the public
health when the evidence is sufficient | ||
to show that a product or practice,
posing or contributing | ||
to a significant threat of danger to health,
creates or may | ||
create a public health
situation (1) that should be | ||
corrected immediately to prevent
injury and (2) that should | ||
not be permitted to continue while a hearing
or other | ||
formal proceeding is being held.
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(11) "Person" means any individual, group of | ||
individuals, association,
trust, partnership, corporation, | ||
person doing business under an assumed
name, the State of | ||
Illinois, or any political subdivision or department
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thereof, or any other entity.
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(12) "Enforcing agency" means the Illinois Department | ||
of Public
Health or a
unit of local government electing to | ||
administer and enforce this Act as
provided for in this | ||
Act.
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(13) "Permit" means a document awarded to a person for | ||
compliance with
the provisions of and under conditions set | ||
forth in this Act.
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(14) (Blank).
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(15) (Blank).
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(16) (Blank).
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(17) "Certified pasteurizer sealer" means a person who | ||
has
satisfactorily
completed a course of instruction and | ||
has demonstrated the ability to
satisfactorily conduct all | ||
pasteurization control tests, as required by rules
adopted | ||
by the Department.
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(18) "Unpasteurized milk" means milk that has not been | ||
pasteurized or homogenized in accordance with the Grade "A" | ||
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by the United States | ||
Public Health Service - Food and Drug Administration and is | ||
not subject to the labeling requirements of the Ordinance. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-135, eff. 7-14-11; 98-958, eff. 1-1-15.)
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