(410 ILCS 630/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2403)
Sec. 3.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any carrier which provides
transportation in intrastate commerce by motor vehicle to transport food,
drugs, devices or cosmetics as defined in Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 of
the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or food packaging, in any motor
vehicle that has, within 2 years before transporting food, drugs, devices,
or cosmetics, transported a substance which would render a food adulterated
within the meaning of Section 10 of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(b) For purposes of this Act, food packaging is defined as those
articles which are constructed wholly, in part, or in combination from
paper, paperboard, molded pulp, plastic, metals, coating or similar
materials having a food product contact surface and used in the packaging,
handling, storage or serving of food and food products and which are
intended for one use only.
(c) This Act shall not apply to delivery vehicles which transport mixed
loads of prepackaged food and non-food items of a type covered by the United
States Department of Transportation package performance standards.
(d) This Act shall not apply to vehicles that transport only food not
for human consumption.
(e) This Act shall not apply to the transportation of raw
agricultural commodities by the producer from the producer's own
agricultural, horticultural,
or livestock raising operation to the first point of delivery.
(Source: P.A. 86-1335.)
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