Sen. Emil Jones, III
Filed: 3/28/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 313 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 313 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 21.4 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 620/21.4 new)
7    Sec. 21.4. Restaurants; transglutaminase. 
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9    "Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged 
10in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption. 
11"Primarily engaged" means having sales of ready-to-eat food for 
12immediate consumption comprising at least 51% of the total 
13sales, excluding the sale of liquor. 
14    "Transglutaminase" means an enzyme derived from 
15Streptoverticillium mobaraense that is approved for use as a 
16binder to form smaller cuts of meat into a larger serving of 
 
 
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1meat.
2    (b) A restaurant must disclose if an item on the 
3restaurant's menu uses transglutaminase to form smaller cuts of 
4meat into a larger serving of meat by (1) including the term 
5"formed" in the item's name on the menu, and (2) by denoting on 
6the menu that the item is "made with transglutaminase".
7    Meat products or poultry products produced in accordance 
8with the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601), the 
9federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451), or the 
10Meat and Poultry Inspection Act are exempt from the provisions 
11of this Section.
12    (c) The Department of Public Health may adopt any rules 
13necessary to implement this Section.".