Bill Text: IL HB3440 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that provisions prohibiting the offer for sale of any bulk food in a manner other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the consumer shall not prohibit self-service by consumers provided that take-home containers, including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner. Provides that a retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Provides that county health departments and municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0510 [HB3440 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3440-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3440 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 620/3.15 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that provisions prohibiting the offer for sale of any bulk food in a manner other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the consumer shall not prohibit self-service by consumers provided that take-home containers, including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner. Provides that a retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food. Provides that county health departments and municipalities shall not prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
(410 ILCS 620/3.15) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.15)
Sec. 3.15. To offer for sale any bulk food in a manner
other than to prevent direct handling of such items by the
consumer. This Section shall not prohibit self-service by
consumers provided that the dispensers utilized prevent the
direct handling of such foods and that take-home containers,
including bags, cups, and lids, provided for consumer use are
stored and dispensed in a sanitary manner.
A retailer may allow a consumer to fill or refill a
personal container with bulk food if the dispensers used
prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.
County health departments and municipalities shall not
prohibit the ability of a retailer to allow a consumer to fill
or refill a personal container with bulk food if the dispensers
used prevent the direct handling of the bulk food.
(Source: P.A. 84-891.)