Section 125.90  Official Marks of Inspection, Devices and Certificates

a)         The official inspection legend which indicates the meat, poultry, buffalo, catalo, cattalo, domestic deer, domestic elk, domestic antelope, domestic reindeer, water buffalo, and/or poultry product was inspected and passed shall be as prescribed in Section 2.26 of the Act.

b)         The Department incorporates by reference 9 CFR 312.2(b)(2), 312.4, 312.5, 312.6, 312.9, 381.98, 381.99, 381.100, 381.101, 381.103, and 381.108, 381.110 through 381.111 (2004), except that the inscription on the mark of inspection shall contain the word "Illinois" rather than "U.S.".

c)         The brands shall be in the forms as prescribed in Section 2.26 of the Act.

d)         The Department shall supply all Illinois Retained, Illinois Seizure, and Illinois Rejected paper tags.  The Illinois Seizure tag is used in lieu of the federal detained tag.

e)         The seal referred to in 9 CFR 312.5 and 381.98 shall be a padlock or metal self-locking tab as shown in the illustration for the federal rules.

f)         The only official brands, symbols, legends and devices shall be those set forth in this Section.

g)         Certificates shall be those set forth in the incorporated federal rules.

h)         Reference to federal forms FSIS 6502-2 and FSIS 6501-1 shall mean Illinois paper tags as identified in this Section and FSIS 9061-2 shall mean Illinois form IL 406-0372.  A seal is used by the Department in lieu of issuing a form the equivalent of federal form FSIS 7350-1.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 5661, effective April 13, 2005)