HB2196 EngrossedLRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended 5 by changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 650/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 305) 7 Sec. 5. Exemptions; producers, retailers, and poultry 8 raisers. Exemptions - Producers, Retailers, and Poultry 9 Raisers. 10 The following types of establishments are exempt from the 11 specific provisions of this Act: 12 (A) A "producer" means any person engaged in producing 13 agricultural products, for personal or family use, on 14 whose farm the number of animals or poultry is in keeping 15 with the size of the farm or with the volume or character 16 of the agricultural products produced thereon, but does 17 not mean any person engaged in producing agricultural 18 products who: 19 1. actively engages in buying or trading animals 20 or poultry or both; or 21 2. actively engages directly or indirectly in 22 conducting a business which includes the slaughter of 23 animals or poultry or both, for human food purposes; HB2196 Engrossed LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed- 2 -LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b 1 or 2 3. actively engages, directly or indirectly, in 3 canning, curing, pickling, freezing, salting meat or 4 poultry, or in preparing meat or poultry products for 5 sale. ; or 6 4. slaughters or permits any person to slaughter 7 on his or their farm animals or poultry not owned by 8 the producer for more than 30 days. 9 (A-5) Retail dealers or retail butchers with respect 10 to meat or poultry products sold directly to consumers in 11 retail stores; provided, that the only processing 12 operation performed by such retail dealers or retail 13 butchers is the cutting up of meat or poultry products 14 which have been inspected under the provisions of this Act 15 and is incidental to the operation of the retail food 16 store. 17 (B) Poultry raisers with respect to poultry raised on 18 their own farms or premises if: 19 (a) if such raisers slaughter, eviscerate, or 20 further process not more than 7,500 5,000 poultry 21 during the calendar year for which this exemption is 22 being granted; 23 (b) such poultry raisers do not engage in buying 24 or selling poultry products other than those produced 25 from poultry raised on their own farms or premises; 26 (c) such poultry or poultry products are HB2196 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed- 3 -LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b 1 slaughtered, otherwise prepared, sold or delivered to 2 the consumer on or from the premises for which the 3 exemption is given, including sales at the poultry 4 raiser's farm, at a farmers' market, at a roadside 5 stand, or through delivery to the consumer; 6 (d) such slaughter or preparation shall be 7 performed in sanitary facilities, in a sanitary 8 manner, and subject to periodic inspection by 9 Department personnel; 10 (e) persons desiring such exemptions shall submit 11 in writing a request to the Department; 12 (f) there is at least one person who is 13 responsible for all periods of operation for the 14 premises for which the exemption is given who has 15 successfully obtained a certification as a Certified 16 Food Protection Manager from a program that is 17 accredited by the American National Standards 18 Institute; 19 (g) the poultry products are labeled in at least 20 10-point font to include the producer's name and 21 address, the date on which the poultry product was 22 processed, and the statement "NOT INSPECTED-Exempt 23 P.L. 90-492"; 24 (h) at the point of sale, notice is provided in a 25 prominent location and states the following: "These 26 poultry products were processed in an on-farm facility HB2196 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed- 4 -LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b HB2196 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b 1 that is exempt from continuous inspection by the 2 Illinois Department of Agriculture or the United 3 States Department of Agriculture.". A notice on a 4 physical display shall be displayed on a placard. A 5 notice displayed online shall be displayed in the form 6 of a message on the farm's online sales interface at 7 the point of sale. 8 An The exemption under this Section shall be effective 9 upon written notice from the Department and shall remain 10 in effect for a period of 2 years, unless revoked. 11 Adequate records must be maintained to assure that not 12 more than the number of exempted poultry are slaughtered 13 or processed in one calendar year. Such records shall be 14 kept for one year following the termination of each 15 exemption. Any advertisement regarding the exempt poultry 16 or poultry products shall reflect the fact of exemption so 17 as not to mislead the consumer to presume official 18 inspection has been made under the Meat and Poultry 19 Inspection Act. 20 (Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00; 91-614, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, 21 eff. 6-28-01.) HB2196 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 11666 AAS 21755 b