97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6251

 

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules requiring that a breakfast cereal company whose product is the subject of a recall on or after the date 10 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act shall file documentation with the Department asserting that all manufacturing equipment used to produce cereal sold by the company (1) is in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations; and (2) is free from contaminating metals. Provides that the required documentation shall be filed on an annual basis for a period of 5 years. Provides penalties for noncompliance.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by adding Section 2310-665 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new)
8    Sec. 2310-665. Cereal recall reporting.
9    (a) The Department shall adopt rules requiring that a
10breakfast cereal company whose product is the subject of a
11recall on or after the date 10 years before the effective date
12of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall file
13documentation with the Department asserting that all
14manufacturing equipment used to produce cereal sold by the
15company:
16        (1) is in compliance with all applicable rules and
17    regulations; and
18        (2) is free from contaminating metals.
19    (b) The documentation required by this Section shall be
20filed on an annual basis for a period of 5 years.
21    (c) A company that knowingly fails to comply with the rules
22adopted under this Section is guilty of a business offense and
23shall be fined as follows:

 

 

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1        (1) $100,000 per day, if the company has annual gross
2    revenue of $50 million or more; and
3        (2) $10,000 per day, if the company has annual gross
4    revenue less than $50 million.