(410 ILCS 615/8) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-8)
Sec. 8.
Any person or business who buys, sells, trades, or traffics in
eggs in this State and is a broker, distributor, handler, packer, producer, or
producer-dealer, as defined in this Act, must be licensed in this State. A
limited or full license must be purchased annually. No person or business
shall buy,
sell,
trade,
or traffic in
eggs in this State without having obtained a license as
provided in Section 9, except the following:
(a) a producer who obtains eggs from his own flock, |
| regardless of the size of the flock, and sells them as nest run eggs, either to household consumers on the premises where the flock is located, or to a holder of an Illinois Egg License;
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(b) hatcheries which purchase eggs to be used
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| exclusively for hatching purposes;
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(c) institutional consumers where all eggs purchased
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| are served in the establishment;
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(d) manufacturers of food products who use all eggs
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| purchased in their products such as bakeries, confectioneries, and ice cream manufacturers, etc.;
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(e) agents employed and carried on the payroll on a
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| salary basis by licensed dealers or distributors;
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(f) a consumer buying eggs for his own consumption;
(g) a retailer who buys eggs from licensed
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| distributors or from licensed handlers only and sells eggs only at retail.
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(Source: P.A. 92-677, eff. 7-16-02.)
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