Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 125 - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT › Subpart C - POULTRY INSPECTION › Section 125.380 - Labeling and Containers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
				Department incorporates by reference 381.115 through 381.127, 381.129 through
				381.132(f), 381.133, 381.134, 381.136 through 381.140, 381.144(a) through
				381.144(d), 381.400, 381.402, 381.408, 381.409, 381.412, 381.413, 381.443;
				381.444; 381.445; 381.454; 381.456, 381.460, 381.461, 381.462, 381.463,
				381.469, 381.480, 381.500 (2010; 75 FR 82148, effective January 1, 2012; 76 FR
				82077, effective December 30, 2011
;
77 FR 76824,
				effective December 31, 2012; 78 FR 66826, effective January 6, 2014; 79 FR
				49566, effective October 20, 2014; 79 FR 71007, effective December 1, 2014; 79
				FR 79044, effective January 1, 2016).
b) Each shipping container and each immediate
				container containing inspected and passed poultry and/or poultry products shall
				be identified in accordance with the labeling provisions of this
				Section.
c) Immediate containers of
				poultry products packed in, bearing or containing any chemical additive shall
				bear a label naming the additive and the purpose of its use.
d) Labels for consumer packages shall be
				approved if the label is not misbranded in accordance with Section 2.20 of the
				Act and is in compliance with this Section.
e) The specific statements listed in
				9 CFR
				381.121 may be added to the label for the
				shipping container at the option of the licensee.
f) The quantity of contents as shown on the
				label shall be in compliance with the Weights and Measures Act and 8 Ill. Adm.
				Code 600.
g) No labeling or
				containers that have not been approved shall be used until a final decision is
				rendered at an administrative hearing in accordance with Section 19 of the
				Act.
h) The Department shall
				approve the manufacture of a device or label containing an official mark of
				inspection provided the device or label is in compliance with Section
				125.90.
i) Labeling and sketch labeling shall be
				approved by the Department if the label is in compliance with the provisions of
				this Section and the label is not misbranded in accordance with Section 2.20 of
				the Act. All labels and sketch labels shall be submitted to the Springfield
				office of the Department for approval.
j) The Department shall approve temporary
				labeling as stated in 9 CFR
				381.132(f). Labeling that
				has received temporary approval shall not be used beyond the temporary approval
				period unless the printer or manufacturer of the label is unable to provide the
				official establishment with the permanent labels before the expiration of the
				temporary approval.
k) A copy of
				each label submitted for approval shall be accompanied by a statement showing
				the common or usual names, the kinds and percentages of the ingredients
				comprising the poultry product and a statement indicating the method or
				preparation of the product with respect to which the label is to be used.
				Laboratories used for chemical analysis shall be any approved laboratory as
				defined in 8 Ill. Adm. Code
				20.1.
l) The Department does not approve terms for
				generic labeling and considers the approval of terms as generic to be the
				responsibility of the federal government.
m) The Department does not issue a list of
				approved packaging materials and will permit for use any packaging material
				which has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (see
				9 CFR
				317.24(1997) ).
n) Labels and devices approved for use
				pursuant to Section
				125.90
				and this Section shall be disposed of only when those labels or devices have
				been mutilated or damaged or when the establishment ceases to do business. The
				labels and devices shall be given to the inspector for disposition.
o) The inspector shall grant authorization to
				transport labels, wrappers and containers bearing official marks from one
				official establishment to another official establishment provided the official
				establishment provides to the inspector the information required in
				9
				CFR 381.138 so that the inspector can notify
				the inspector at the destination point.
p) Labels to be used for the relabeling of
				inspected and passed product shall be permitted to leave the official
				establishment when the product must be relabeled because the original labels
				have become mutilated or damaged. The official establishment shall reimburse
				the Department for any overtime costs, if applicable, involved for the
				inspector to supervise the relabeling of a product. The overtime charges shall
				be as set forth in Section
				125.80.
q) Labeling of custom slaughtered and/or
				custom processed poultry and/or poultry products and the containers containing
				custom slaughtered and/or custom processed poultry products shall be as set
				forth in Section 5 of the Act.
r)
				The Department shall approve only those abbreviations for marks of inspection
				as specifically stated in Section 2.26(j)(3), (4), (5) and (9) of the
				Act.