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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1921
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1921 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning livestock."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Meat Act is amended by
8 adding Section 1.5 and changing Section 14 as follows:
9 (225 ILCS 635/1.5 new)
10 Sec. 1.5. Meat for human consumption.
11 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is
12 unlawful for any person to slaughter a horse if that person
13 knows or should know that any of the horse meat will be used
14 for human consumption.
15 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is
16 unlawful for any person to possess, to import into or export
17 from this State, or to sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept
18 any horse with the intent of slaughtering that horse if that
19 person knows or should know that any of the horse meat will
20 be used for human consumption.
21 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is
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1 unlawful for any person to possess, to import into or export
2 from this State, or to sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept
3 any horse meat if that person knows or should know that the
4 horse meat will be used for human consumption.
5 (225 ILCS 635/14) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 253)
6 Sec. 14. Horse meat labeled as such in hermetically
7 sealed containers and registered under the Illinois
8 Commercial Feed Act of 1961 is excluded from the provisions
9 of this Act. Horse meat prepared in federally inspected
10 plants located in the State of Illinois, for sale outside of
11 the State of Illinois, is excluded from the provisions,
12 except for Section 1.5, of this Act.
13 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3891.)
14 Section 10. The Animals Intended for Food Act is amended
15 by changing Section 2.1 as follows:
16 (410 ILCS 605/2.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 107.1)
17 Sec. 2.1.
18 When in the interest of the general public and in the
19 opinion of the Department of Agriculture it is deemed
20 advisable, the Department has authority to quarantine or
21 restrict any and all animals intended for human consumption
22 that contain poisonous or deleterious substances which may
23 render meat or meat products or poultry or poultry products
24 from such animals or poultry injurious to health; except in
25 case the quantity of such substances in such animals does not
26 ordinarily render meat or meat products or poultry or poultry
27 products from such animals injurious to health.
28 The Department or its duly authorized agent shall
29 investigate or cause to be investigated all cases where it
30 has reason to believe that animals intended for human
31 consumption are contaminated with any poisonous or
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1 deleterious substance which may render them unfit for human
2 consumption.
3 The Department or its duly designated agent in performing
4 the duties vested in it under this Act is empowered to enter
5 any premises, barns, stables, sheds, or other places for the
6 purposes of administering this Act.
7 The Department may allow the sale or transfer of animals
8 under quarantine or restriction subject to reasonable rules
9 and regulations as may be prescribed.
10 For the purposes of this Act, the term "Animal" means
11 cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules or other equidae,
12 goats, poultry and any other animal which can be or may be
13 used in and for meat or poultry or their products for human
14 consumption.
15 (Source: P.A. 77-2117.)
16 Section 15. The Humane Slaughter of Livestock Act is
17 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
18 (510 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 229.52)
19 Sec. 2. As used in this Act:
20 (1) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
21 Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
22 (2) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
23 corporation, or association doing business in this State, in
24 whole or in part.
25 (3) "Slaughterer" means any person regularly engaged in
26 the commercial slaughtering of livestock.
27 (4) "Livestock" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine,
28 horses, mules, goats, and any other animal which can or may
29 be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products
30 for consumption by human beings or animals. "Livestock",
31 however, does not include horses, mules, or other equidae to
32 be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products
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1 for consumption by human beings, which is prohibited under
2 Section 1.5 of the Illinois Horse Meat Act.
3 (5) "Packer" means any person engaged in the business of
4 slaughtering or manufacturing or otherwise preparing meat or
5 meat products for sale, either by such person or others; or
6 of manufacturing or preparing livestock products for sale by
7 such person or others.
8 (6) "Humane method" means either (a) a method whereby
9 the animal is rendered insensible to pain by gunshot or by
10 mechanical, electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid
11 and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast
12 or cut; or (b) a method in accordance with ritual
13 requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith
14 whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of
15 the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous
16 severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
17 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2023.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".