Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 1
  In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (1) "Horse Meat" means the flesh of any animal of the equine family....
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 1.5
  Slaughter for human consumption unlawful. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful for any person to slaughter a horse if that person...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 2
  No person shall engage in business as slaughterer, processor, breeder and raiser, or wholesale distributor without a license secured from the Department. The form...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 2.1
  No carcass or part of a carcass of a horse, donkey, mule or other animal of the genus equus shall be transported into or...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 3
  Each person engaged in business as a slaughterer, processor, breeder and raiser, or wholesale distributor shall pay an annual license of $50 for each...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 3.1
  Upon receipt of an application for a license, the Director of the Department shall cause the said applicant, his premises and facilities to be...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 3.2
  The following persons are ineligible for licenses: a. A person who is not a resident of the city, village or county in which the...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 4
  Each person engaged in business as a slaughterer or wholesale distributor and operating from any vehicle, unless the vehicle is operated as a part...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 5
  Each applicant for a license and each licensee shall operate its business in a sanitary manner and be subject to inspection by authorized agents...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 6
  Each person engaged in business as a slaughterer or wholesale distributor who uses vehicles to distribute horse meat shall mark plainly on both sides...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 7
  Any vehicle operating independently in distributing horse meat shall be marked plainly on both sides with the name of the operator and his license...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 8
  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring any person to secure a license for any vehicle which is operating as a common...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 9
  No distributor of horse meat shall have in his possession horse meat ready for distribution unless each package is plainly labeled or tagged with...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 10
  No slaughterer shall have any package of horse meat ready for distribution in its possession unless such package is plainly labeled as is provided...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 11
  No retailer, stock or pet ranch, or place where food is served for consumption on the premises shall have in his or its possession...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 12
  No person shall, with intent to mislead or deceive, deface, erase or remove any label or mark required by any provision of this Act....
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 13
  No person shall sell horse meat or mixture of horse meat and the meat of any other animal unless the package is plainly labeled...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 14
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3891. Repealed by P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 14.1
  The Department of Agriculture shall make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Source: Laws 1953,...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 15
  For the violation of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made by the Department pursuant to this Act,...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 16
  Whoever violates any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2508.)
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 17
  All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all...
• Illinois Horse Meat Act. - 225 ILCS 635, Section 18
  Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Horse Meat Act. (Source: P.A. 83-760.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015