Illinois Administrative Code

Section 55.80 Banding The Department does not require the banding of tested poultry. (Source: Added at 8 Ill. Reg. 5929, effective April 23, 1984)

Section 55.90 Sanitation Participants in the National Poultry Improvement Plan shall comply with the sanitation requirements prescribed in subpart C of 9 CFR 147 (2018), except that the Department accepts any fumigant that is registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

Section 60.10 Definitions "Bee Parasites" means the parasitic bee mites and other parasitic bee pests including but not limited to Varroa destructor (varroa mite), Tropilaelaps clareae and Aethina tumida (small hive beetle). "Exotic Strain of Bees" means any African or Africanize…

Section 60.20 Registration; Colony Identification a) Any person acquiring ownership or possession of bees shall within ten days after such acquisition file an application for registration with the Department. b) Any person moving bees into this State from another state or country…

Section 60.30 Inspection a) Every beekeeper shall when requested by the Department provide the location of all bees, colonies and bee equipment owned or in his or her possession. b) The Department may require that the beekeeper assist in locating and handling bees, colonies and b…

Section 60.40 Equipment a) Any hive from which all frames or honeycomb cannot be readily removed for inspection including cross-comb hives or any hive in any situation where adequate or efficient inspection is difficult, impractical, or impossible is hereby declared a nuisance. b…

Section 60.50 Diseased or Parasitized Colonies; Exotic Strains a) Any colony of bees within the State found to be infected with American foulbrood disease shall be abated. All combs, frames, honey and bees must be abated by burning in a pit at least 18 inches deep and then coveri…

Section 60.60 Permits a) No person shall move bees, colonies or used bee equipment from one county to another within the State, or into this State from any other state or country, without notifying the Department in person, in writing or by telephone at least ten days prior to su…

Section 60.70 Quarantine a) The area to be quarantined will be designated by commonly accepted and readily identifiable boundaries (i.e., counties). Boundaries shall be changed by the Director to include contiguous areas if it has been determined the harmful disease, parasite or …

Section 65.10 Definitions and Incorporations a) Words in the singular form shall be deemed to include the plural, words in the masculine form shall be deemed to include the feminine form, and vice versa, as the case may require. As used in these rules the following terms shall ha…

Section 65.100 Application for License or Renewal; Revocation or Suspension of License a) Except for those businesses exempted in Section 8 of the Act, applications for a license to operate as a handler, egg breaking establishment or any other business which buys, sells, trades o…

Section 65.110 Licenses a) The classifications of egg licenses and license fees for Illinois Egg Licenses (Full and Limited) are: 1) Illinois Egg License (Full) is required for the following business: A) Producer-dealer (as defined in Section 3.29 of the Act and who sells eggs pr…

Section 65.130 Required Forms and Records a) Grade Buying Slip 1) When eggs are purchased from the producer on a graded basis, a grade buying slip shall be issued by the purchaser to the producer showing that eggs are of one or more of the following grade and size designations st…

Section 65.135 Egg Lot Consolidation a) Cartons used for egg lot consolidation must be clean. b) All lot consolidation training must be preapproved by the Department. c) Only trained personnel can perform lot consolidation at the retail level. A dated record must be kept and must…

Section 65.140 Minimum Sanitation, Building and Labeling Requirements for Egg Breaking Establishments Illinois standards for sanitation, building and labeling requirements for egg breaking establishments shall be those as required by the Federal Egg Products Inspection Act (21 US…

Section 65.150 Minimum Sanitation and Operating Requirements for Shell Egg Grading Plants, Not Under Federal Inspection, Engaged in the Grading, Storage, Packaging and Distribution of Eggs a) Buildings shall be of sound construction so as to prevent the entrance or harboring of v…

Section 65.160 Minimum Sanitation Requirements for Retailers and Institutional Consumers a) Only new packaging material will be used to sell eggs at retail. This regulation applies to any size container and the packing material used therein. b) Display cases in which eggs are off…

Section 65.170 Retail Egg Inspection a) When an inspector selects inspection samples to ascertain compliance with the Egg and Egg Products Act and this Part as they apply to grade and size of shell eggs, such samples shall be taken from either the holding area or display area. b)…

Section 65.180 Enforcement a) Stop Sale Notices. Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture, upon determining that the provisions of the Act or the rules promulgated for its enforcement have been violated, shall place "Stop Sale Notices" on eggs being offered, displayed, stored,…

Section 65.190 Restricted Eggs (Definition, Labeling, Handling, Disposition) a) "Restricted eggs" means shell eggs that are checks, dirties, incubator rejects, inedibles, leakers or loss. Except for the producer exemption provided in subsection (c), checks and dirties may be used…

Section 65.20 Packaging Material, Master Containers, Packing Material and Consumer-Size Containers a) Eggs sold at retail may be packaged only in new consumer-size containers with the exception that ungraded eggs sold directly by producers to household consumers may be packaged i…

Section 65.200 Denaturants Illinois standards for use of denaturants shall be those required by the Federal Egg Products Inspection Act (21 USCA 1039) and its rules (7 CFR 59.504(c) (2004)). (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 14774, effective October 1, 2005)

Section 65.210 Egg Inspection Fee a) An inspection fee of 11¢ per case (30 dozen equals a case) or fraction of a case shall be imposed on all eggs bearing a designated size and grade that are offered for sale or sold in the State of Illinois. b) The first handler in Illinois who …

Section 65.220 Illinois Grade Standards The standards for shell eggs for the State of Illinois shall be those standards as set by the United States Department of Agriculture for shell eggs (see 7 CFR 56 (2004)). (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 14774, effective October 1, 2005)

Section 65.30 Consumer Container Labeling Requirements a) All shell eggs sold by a producer-dealer, packer, handler, or distributor to a retailer for resale to a consumer shall be labeled on the consumer-size container with the grade and size. Labeling shall be in bold type with …

Section 65.40 Restrictions a) No person shall sell or offer for sale shell eggs to retailers, institutional consumers, or food manufacturers in this State that do not meet the requirements of Grade B quality or better (see 8 Ill. Adm. Code 65.220), except that producers may sell …

Section 65.50 Master Container Labeling Requirements a) All master containers, whether full or partial containing bulk (loose) eggs offered, exposed or packed for sale, or transported for sale within the State shall bear a label stamped on the container or a removable tag affixed…

Section 65.60 Advertising a) No person other than those persons who sell only nest run eggs produced by their own flocks shall sell, offer for sale or advertise for sale shell eggs as "fresh eggs", "hennery eggs", or "strictly fresh eggs", any eggs which do not meet the minimum r…

Section 65.70 Brand or Firm Name No person except a bona fide producer as defined in the Act shall use a component of a brand name or company name any word or words which carry the connotation that he is in fact a producer or owns or operates facilities for that purpose. With the…

Section 65.80 Food Preparation Restaurants, institutional consumers, and food manufacturers shall receive and use only clean sound shell eggs of Grade B quality or better. They may buy dried, frozen or liquid eggs only if such products are prepared and pasteurized in a plant unde…

Section 65.90 Holding Temperature a) From the point of candling and grading (including transportation), all eggs designated for human consumption shall be held at a temperature not to exceed 45° F. ambient temperature after processing until they reach the retailer. b) All shell e…

Section 70.10 Enforcement The Director of the Department of Agriculture, and the authorized agents of that Department, are charged with the enforcement of said Act and shall exercise the authority therein conferred.

Section 70.100 Chilling Immediately after the carcass is stamped it shall be placed in the chill room at 50 degrees F. for a minimum of 48 hours and shall be denatured upon removal from the cooler. (Source: Amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 859, effective January 10, 1983)

Section 70.110 Marking Vehicles Used in Distribution All vehicles owned and operated by a slaughterer or wholesale distributor shall be plainly marked with the name, street address, city, and license number issued by the Department to said slaughterer or distributor on both sides…

Section 70.130 Sanitary Requirements The premises on which animals are slaughtered, processed or wholesaled must be constructed and maintained in conformity with requirements of the Illinois Sanitary Inspection Act [410 ILCS 650]: a) Floors shall be constructed of concrete, be sm…

Section 70.140 Records and Inventory All persons, firms, or corporations must keep records that will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business. The Department's representative shall be afforded access to such records and inventory during regular bus…

Section 70.150 Samples Any authorized representative of the Department must be allowed access to inventory in order to inspect and to take reasonable samples for determining compliance with this Act.

Section 70.160 Transportation and Transactions No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale, receive, or transport in commerce any slaughtered horses, mules, or other equines or parts of carcasses of such animals unless such transportation or transac…

Section 70.20 Consent Statement The licensee will be required to sign a consent statement on the license application, which will permit authorized Department personnel entrance onto the premise for inspection during reasonable business hours or at other times as deemed necessary …

Section 70.30 Types of License Each person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of either a slaughterer, processor, or wholesale distributor of horse meat shall have a separate license for each type of operation and each place of business.

Section 70.40 Breeders and Raisers of Fur-Bearing Animals A breeder and raiser of fur-bearing animals who slaughters only for his own use may apply for a $10 license; however, if he sells horse meat to anyone – even another breeder and raiser of fur-bearing animals – he must appl…

Section 70.50 Processor's License A processor's license must be had by any establishment which in any way processes or packages horse meat, or any product containing horse meat, in any form for sale either retail or wholesale, except a licensed slaughterer who merely denatures ho…

Section 70.70 Interstate Sale Nothing in this Act shall prevent undenatured horse meat coming from a federally inspected plant outside this state through the State of Illinois for sale in another state. However, if such undenatured horse meat shall be held over, or stopped, or de…

Section 70.80 Identification by Roller Stamp When an animal is slaughtered the entire carcass must be identified as HORSE MEAT, immediately after the hide has been removed, by means of a roller stamp using green ink. It shall be stamped so that no surface of 6 square inches or mo…

Section 70.90 Denaturing "Denaturing" methods defined: a) Charcoal. When charcoal is used, it shall be in powdered or pulverized form fine enough to pass through a 10 to 14 U. S. standard mesh. b) Bone. Bone means enough ground bone present in the ground horse meat, so that it ca…

Section 75.10 Official Classification of the Results of the Brucellosis Blood Test a) The official tests and classification of results for the brucellosis blood and milk tests shall be as prescribed in the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as approved by the Unite…

Section 75.100 Herds Revealing Suspects Only Only the suspects are restricted, using State Form C-41, and only the suspects need to be retested at 30-day intervals until all suspects test negative. Retest of suspects shall be conducted at State-Federal expense, provided funds are…