Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 635 — Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act"

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act". (Source: P.A. 83-102.)

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 cleanliness and safe sanitation practices for all Grade A milk and milk products and to provide for inspection and issuance of permits to operato…

Definitions

Definitions. (a) As used in this Act "Grade A" means that milk and milk products are produced and processed in accordance with the current Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as adopted by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and the United States Public Health Service - Food and Drug Administration an…

The Illinois Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce this Act

The Illinois Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce this Act. However, any local unit of government with a population of 1,000,000 or more and having or contracting with a health department with a qualified administrative and inspectional staff meeting the personnel standards promulgated by the Illino…

After the effective date of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct, or operate a dairy farm, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station processing milk or milk products, to establish and operate a cleaning and sanitizing facility or milk tank truck, to haul or sample milk,…

(a) The Department shall charge a fee of $100 for each permit issued to a milk plant; $50 for each permit issued to a receiving station, transfer station, or cleaning and sanitizing facility; $25 for each permit issued to a milk hauler-sampler; $25 for each permit issued for a milk tank truck; and $100 for each certifi…

If the Department finds that a dairy farm, milk hauler-sampler, milk plant, cleaning and sanitizing facility, receiving station, transfer station, milk tank truck, or pasteurizer sealer for which a permit is sought is not in compliance with the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations relating thereto, but t…

After the effective date of this Act, properly prepared plans for all dairy farm milking facilities, transfer stations, receiving stations, cleaning and sanitizing facilities and milk plants regulated under this Act which are hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall be submitted to the enforci…

After the effective date of this Act, no person shall sell or distribute, offer to sell or distribute any milk or milk product for human use or consumption unless such milk or milk product has been pasteurized and has been produced and processed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Department. Th…

All permits for farms, plants or stations as provided for in this Act shall be displayed in a conspicuous place for public view within or on the premises

All permits for farms, plants or stations as provided for in this Act shall be displayed in a conspicuous place for public view within or on the premises. A sticker or decal identifying the permit number must be displayed on the milk tank truck immediately adjacent to the manufacturer's identification plate. A milk hau…

After proper identification, authorized representatives of the enforcing agency are authorized and shall have the power to enter, at reasonable times, all dairy farms, milk plants, cleaning and sanitizing facilities, receiving stations, transfer stations, or vehicles used to transport milk and milk products under its j…

When the enforcing agent has reasonable cause to suspect that a disease has been transmitted from any dairy farm, milk plant, cleaning and sanitizing facility, receiving station or transfer station, owner, operator, employee or milk hauler-sampler, the enforcing agency shall secure a morbidity history of the suspected…

Whenever the enforcing agency finds that an imminent hazard to the public health exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health, it may, without any administrative procedure to bond, bring an action for immediate injunctive relief to require that such action be taken as the court may deem necessary…

The enforcing agency is authorized to embargo or hold for investigation any milk, milk product or equipment which it may have reason to believe constitutes or may be contributing to a health hazard or violates this Act or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Such milk, milk product or equipment shall not be…

Whenever the enforcing agency finds in any dairy farm, milk plant, receiving station, transfer station or vehicle any milk, milk product or other dairy product which contains any unwholesome substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, such milk, milk product or other dairy product…

(a) A milk tank truck used to haul grade A milk or milk products may be used only for that purpose, and may not be used to haul any other substance, except those substances listed pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. (b) Milk introduced into any tank truck that has been previously used to haul any chemical or fo…

The Department shall, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate, publish and adopt rules, regulations and standards as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of this Act. The rules, regulations and standards shall include but not be limited to requirements for dairy farms, milk haule…

Violation; penalty

Violation; penalty. (a) Any person who violates this Act or any rule or regulation adopted by the Department under this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and fined a sum of not less than $100, except that a milk hauler-sampler or certified pasteurizer sealer shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Each day…

The Administrative Review Law governs all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department under this Act

The Administrative Review Law governs all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department under this Act. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Source: P.A. 83-102.)

The provisions of The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are adopted and apply to and govern all administrative procedures under this Act

The provisions of The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are adopted and apply to and govern all administrative procedures under this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-102.)

It is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution that the regulation of dairy farms, milk plants, cleaning and sanitizing facilities, receiving stations, transfer stations, milk tank trucks, milk hauler-samplers, and certified pasteu…