(410 ILCS 637/10)
Sec. 10.
Deception prohibited.
(a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for any person to make any oral or written
statement that
directly or indirectly tends to deceive or otherwise lead a reasonable
individual to believe that a non-halal food or food product
is halal.
(b) The presence of any non-halal food or food product in any place of
business that advertises or represents itself in any manner
as selling, offering for sale, preparing, or serving halal food or food
products only, is presumptive evidence that the person in
possession offers the food or food product for sale in violation of subsection
(a).
(c) It shall be a complete defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)
that
the defendant relied in
good faith upon the representations of an animals' farm, slaughterhouse,
manufacturer,
processor, packer, or distributor, or any person or
organization which certifies or represents any food or food product at issue
to be halal or as having been prepared under or
sanctioned by Islamic religious requirements.
(Source: P.A. 92-394, eff. 1-1-02.)
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