Public Act 100-0618
 
HB4428 EnrolledLRB100 18210 MJP 33412 b

    AN ACT concerning health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products
Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 635/10)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2210)
    Sec. 10. After proper identification, authorized
representatives of the enforcing agency are authorized and
shall have the power to enter, at reasonable times, all dairy
farms, milk plants, cleaning and sanitizing facilities,
receiving stations, transfer stations, or vehicles used to
transport milk and milk products under its jurisdiction, for
the purpose of inspecting, sampling, and investigating
conditions relating to the enforcement of this Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
    The enforcing agency has the responsibility to prevent the
distribution of adulterated milk and milk products and to
inform the public of adulterated milk and milk products already
in commerce. In response to a confirmed foodborne outbreak or
when a high risk of infection exists, the enforcing agency
shall require pathogen testing to be performed on the
implicated milk and milk products. At least 4 times during
every 6-month period, representatives of the enforcing agency
shall collect samples of milk from each milk plant for testing
in accordance with the rules adopted under this Act and the
Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. Examination standards and
enforcement thereof shall be in accordance with the rules
adopted under this Act and the Grade A Pasteurized Milk
Ordinance.
    Written notice of all violations shall be given to the
dairy farm, milk plant, cleaning and sanitizing facility,
receiving or transfer station, milk hauler-sampler, milk tank
truck, or certified pasteurizer sealer. The enforcing agency
shall provide a dairy farm with a paper copy of the dairy
farm's inspection report created in accordance with this Act at
the time of inspection.
(Source: P.A. 98-958, eff. 1-1-15.)