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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products | ||||||
| 5 | Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 635/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2203)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. Definitions.
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| 8 | (a) As used in this Act "Grade A" means that milk and milk
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| 9 | products are produced and processed in accordance with the | ||||||
| 10 | current Grade "A" A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by | ||||||
| 11 | the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and the | ||||||
| 12 | United
States Public Health Service - Food and Drug | ||||||
| 13 | Administration and all other applicable federal regulations. | ||||||
| 14 | The term Grade A is applicable to "dairy
farm", "milk | ||||||
| 15 | hauler-sampler", "milk plant", "milk product",
"receiving | ||||||
| 16 | station", "transfer station", "milk tank truck",
and | ||||||
| 17 | "certified pasteurizer sealer" whenever used in this Act.
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| 18 | (b) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, terms | ||||||
| 19 | have the meaning
ascribed as follows:
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| 20 | (1) (Blank).
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| 21 | (2) "Milk" means the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water | ||||||
| 22 | buffalo, or other hooved mammals, provided that it must be | ||||||
| 23 | labeled in accordance with the current Grade "A" | ||||||
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| 1 | Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by the United
States | ||||||
| 2 | Public Health Service - Food and Drug Administration, and | ||||||
| 3 | includes skim milk and
cream and unpasteurized milk sold in | ||||||
| 4 | accordance with Section 8 of this Act.
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| 5 | (3) (Blank).
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| 6 | (4) (Blank).
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| 7 | (5) "Receiving station" means any place, premise, or | ||||||
| 8 | establishment
where
raw milk is received, collected, | ||||||
| 9 | handled, stored or cooled and prepared
for further | ||||||
| 10 | transporting.
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| 11 | (6) "Transfer station" means any place, premise, or | ||||||
| 12 | establishment where
milk or milk products are transferred | ||||||
| 13 | directly from one milk tank truck to
another.
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| 14 | (7) "Department" means the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Public Health.
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| 16 | (8) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Department of Public
Health.
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| 18 | (9) "Embargo or hold for investigation" means a | ||||||
| 19 | detention or seizure
designed
to deny the use of milk or | ||||||
| 20 | milk products which may be unwholesome or to
prohibit the | ||||||
| 21 | use of equipment which may result in contaminated or | ||||||
| 22 | unwholesome
milk or dairy products.
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| 23 | (10) "Imminent hazard to the public health" means any | ||||||
| 24 | hazard to the public
health when the evidence is sufficient | ||||||
| 25 | to show that a product or practice,
posing or contributing | ||||||
| 26 | to a significant threat of danger to health,
creates or may | ||||||
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| 1 | create a public health
situation (1) that should be | ||||||
| 2 | corrected immediately to prevent
injury and (2) that should | ||||||
| 3 | not be permitted to continue while a hearing
or other | ||||||
| 4 | formal proceeding is being held.
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| 5 | (11) "Person" means any individual, group of | ||||||
| 6 | individuals, association,
trust, partnership, corporation, | ||||||
| 7 | person doing business under an assumed
name, the State of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois, or any political subdivision or department
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| 9 | thereof, or any other entity.
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| 10 | (12) "Enforcing agency" means the Illinois Department | ||||||
| 11 | of Public
Health or a
unit of local government electing to | ||||||
| 12 | administer and enforce this Act as
provided for in this | ||||||
| 13 | Act.
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| 14 | (13) "Permit" means a document awarded to a person for | ||||||
| 15 | compliance with
the provisions of and under conditions set | ||||||
| 16 | forth in this Act.
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| 17 | (14) (Blank).
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| 18 | (15) (Blank).
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| 19 | (16) (Blank).
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| 20 | (17) "Certified pasteurizer sealer" means a person who | ||||||
| 21 | has
satisfactorily
completed a course of instruction and | ||||||
| 22 | has demonstrated the ability to
satisfactorily conduct all | ||||||
| 23 | pasteurization control tests, as required by rules
adopted | ||||||
| 24 | by the Department.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 97-135, eff. 7-14-11; 98-958, eff. 1-1-15.)
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