97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0718
 
Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 





225 ILCS 635/1  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 240
    Amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.



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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:

 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Meat Act is amended by 
5changing Section 1 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 635/1)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 240)



7    Sec. 1. 
In this Act, unless the
the context or subject 
8matter otherwise
requires:
9    (1) "Horse Meat" means the flesh of any animal of the 
10equine family.

11    (2) "Slaughterer" means any person engaged in killing 
12animals of the
equine family where the carcasses are butchered 
13for any purpose other than
that of manufacturing tankage.

14    (3) "Wholesale Distributor" means any person not licensed 
15as a
slaughterer who is engaged in the business of securing 
16horse meat from a
slaughterer, distributor or any other person 
17and distributing it to any
retailer, stock or pet ranch, or 
18place where food is served for consumption
on the premises.

19    (4) "Package" means any closed and sealed container which 
20is sold as an
unopened unit to the purchaser.

21    (5) "Bulk meat" means whole carcass, half carcass or 
22quarter carcass.

23    (6) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture.

 
 
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1    (7) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.

2    (8) "Processor" means an establishment in which carcasses, 
3parts of
carcasses, meat or meat-by-products derived from any 
4animal of the equine
family are wholly or in part canned, 
5packed or otherwise processed or
prepared for sale.

6    (9) "Breeder and Raiser of Fur Bearing Animals" means and 
7includes any
person who is actively engaged in breeding and 
8raising fur bearing animals
who kills and butchers animals of 
9the equine family for feed for such fur
bearing animals and 
10does not sell or distribute any part of meat therefrom
except 
11in ground form, in which the meat and bones have been ground

12together, and then only to other persons who also are engaged 
13in the
breeding and raising of fur bearing animals.

14(Source: Laws 1955, p. 388.)