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Illinois Refrigerated Warehouses Act

  • 240 ILCS 35/1— For the purpose of this Act: (a) "Artificially cooled refrigeration" hereinafter referred to as "refrigeration" means the storage or keeping of articles of food at or below a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit in an artificially cooled refrigerated warehouse
  • 240 ILCS 35/2— No person, firm or corporation shall maintain or operate a refrigerated warehouse without a license to do so issued by the Department
  • 240 ILCS 35/3
  • 240 ILCS 35/5— The Department shall inspect and supervise all refrigerated warehouses and make such inspection of articles of food therein as it deems necessary to secure the proper enforcement of this Act, and shall have access to all refrigerated warehouses at all reasonable times
  • 240 ILCS 35/6
  • 240 ILCS 35/7
  • 240 ILCS 35/8— No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter keep or permit to remain in any refrigerated warehouse any article of food which has been held in a refrigerated warehouse within the State for a longer aggregate period than 24 months except with the written approval of the Director
  • 240 ILCS 35/9— It is unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh any article of food which has been in refrigeration for a period of 30 days or more
  • 240 ILCS 35/10— It is unlawful to transfer any article of food from one refrigerated warehouse to another within the State of Illinois if such transfer is made for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of Section 8 of this Act
  • 240 ILCS 35/11— The Department shall make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
  • 240 ILCS 35/12— The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder
  • 240 ILCS 35/13— Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a business offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 for each offense
  • 240 ILCS 35/13a— This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Refrigerated Warehouses Act"