Food Safety Transportation Act.

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(410 ILCS 630/1) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2401)

Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Food Safety Transportation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1335.)

 

(410 ILCS 630/2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2402)

Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is to protect, promote and preserve the public health and general welfare by providing for the establishment and enforcement of minimum standards for the safe and sanitary transportation of food intended for human consumption.

(Source: P.A. 86-1335.)

 

(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.)

 

(410 ILCS 630/4) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2404)

Sec. 4. Any person who violates this Act shall be guilty of a business offense and fined a sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500.

(Source: P.A. 86-1335.)

 

(410 ILCS 630/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2405)

Sec. 5. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 86-1335.)


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