Bill Text: IL HB3495 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Requires restaurants to be aware of food allergy recalls from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Requires restaurants to indicate on a placard, poster, or menu that consumers with food allergies should inform a waiter or waitress of the restaurant of their allergy. Sets forth the requirements for the placard or poster or menu information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3495 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3495-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. The General Assembly recognizes that: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | (1) the 2013 Food Code published by the U.S. Food and Drug | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Administration recognizes that food allergies are a food safety | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | issue; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (2) 8.5% of children aged 14 to 18 have a food allergy; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (3) the National Restaurant Association estimates that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | restaurant industry receives 47% of the consumer's food dollar; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (4) the free movement of safe and wholesome food is an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | essential aspect of the market and contributes significantly to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the health and well-being of citizens and to their social and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | economic interests; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (5) to achieve a level of health protection for consumers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | and to guarantee their right to information, it should be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | ensured that consumers are appropriately informed as regards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the food they consume; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (6) that there has been a massive recall over the spice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | cumin that has been cross-contacted with peanut, one of the 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | major allergens listed in the Food Allergen Labeling and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Consumer Protection Act of 2004; and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (7) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimated that it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | affected 350,000 pounds of beef, pork, and poultry, in addition |
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1 | to hundreds of other products containing cumin.
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2 | Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is | ||||||
3 | amended by adding Section 5 as follows:
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4 | (410 ILCS 625/5 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 5. Food allergen information in restaurants. | ||||||
6 | Restaurants, including Category I facilities and Category II | ||||||
7 | facilities under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 750.10, must be aware of | ||||||
8 | food allergy recalls. The food safety sanitation manager at a | ||||||
9 | Category I facility or Category II facility must sign up for | ||||||
10 | the federal Food and Drug Administration food safety recalls | ||||||
11 | for notification in an electronic format, such as by text | ||||||
12 | message or electronic mail, to determine if any of the major | ||||||
13 | food allergens, as defined in the Food Allergy Labeling and | ||||||
14 | Consumer Protection Act of 2004, are involved in a recall. The | ||||||
15 | food sanitation manager is responsible for receiving the | ||||||
16 | recalls, notifying the restaurant staff, and checking the | ||||||
17 | establishment's supplies. | ||||||
18 | In addition to receiving notifications, the restaurant | ||||||
19 | must put a placard, poster, or notification on its menu that | ||||||
20 | customers with food allergies should notify a waiter or | ||||||
21 | waitress of the restaurant if they have a food allergy. Any | ||||||
22 | placard or poster shall be easily accessible, visible, and | ||||||
23 | clearly legible to the consumer, with a font height of at least | ||||||
24 | 3/4 inch, and shall not be hidden, obscured, or detracted from |
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1 | by any other written or pictorial matter. Any information on | ||||||
2 | menus should be clearly legible to the consumer, with a font | ||||||
3 | size of no less than 12 point in a non-condensed type.
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