SB0313sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Emil Jones, III

Filed: 3/28/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 313

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 313 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding Section 21.4 as follows:

(410 ILCS 620/21.4 new)

Sec. 21.4. Restaurants; transglutaminase.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption. "Primarily engaged" means having sales of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale of liquor.

"Transglutaminase" means an enzyme derived from Streptoverticillium mobaraense that is approved for use as a binder to form smaller cuts of meat into a larger serving of meat.

(b) A restaurant must disclose if an item on the restaurant's menu uses transglutaminase to form smaller cuts of meat into a larger serving of meat by (1) including the term "formed" in the item's name on the menu, and (2) by denoting on the menu that the item is "made with transglutaminase".

Meat products or poultry products produced in accordance with the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601), the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451), or the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act are exempt from the provisions of this Section.

(c) The Department of Public Health may adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.".