99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2690

 

Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 635/8  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2208

    Amends the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act. Permits the sale and distribution of any milk or milk product for human use or consumption only if such milk or milk product has been produced and processed in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Public Health. Requires the Department to adopt rules for the production and processing of unpasteurized milk or milk product. Provides that a seller or distributor is not liable for any injury caused to another person by that person's consumption of unpasteurized milk or milk product if that product has been produced and processed in accordance with the Department's rules.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products
5Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 635/8)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2208)
7    Sec. 8. A After the effective date of this Act, no person
8may shall sell or distribute or , offer to sell or distribute
9any milk or milk product for human use or consumption only if
10unless such milk or milk product has been pasteurized and has
11been produced and processed in accordance with rules adopted
12and regulations promulgated by the Department.
13    The Department shall adopt rules for the production and
14processing of unpasteurized milk or milk product under this
15Section.
16    A seller or distributor of unpasteurized milk or milk
17product is not liable for any injury caused to another person
18from that person's consumption of unpasteurized milk or milk
19product if that product has been produced and processed in
20accordance with the Department's rules.
21    The term "sell or distribute for use or consumption" means
22to sell or distribute to a person for human use or consumption
23and not for processing or resale in any form.

 

 

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1    The pasteurization requirement of this Section shall not be
2applicable to milk produced in accordance with Department rules
3and regulations if sold or distributed on the premises of the
4dairy farm.
5(Source: P.A. 83-102.)