SLAUGHTERING, RENDERING AND PACKING ESTABLISHMENTS* (7-38-460 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 7, ch. 7-38, art. V

in effect

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-460 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-460, which pertained to reports.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-465 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-465, which pertained to receiving and delivery requirements.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-470 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-470, which pertained to storage time limit.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-475 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-475, which pertained to time limit extension – report.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-480 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-480, which pertained to transfer restrictions.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-485 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3, repealed § 7-38-485, which pertained to return to cold storage restricted.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-495 Notice to alderman.

7-38-495 Notice to alderman. Thirty (30) calendar days before a wholesale food establishment license which authorizes an applicant to engage in the business of a slaughtering, rendering and packing establishment may be issued to an applicant who has not been previously licensed to engage in such business, the city clerk shall mail a notice of such application to the alderman representing the ward in which the applicant intends to engage in such business, and to the alderman whose ward or any part thereof is within a radius of three miles from the proposed location for which application is made to carry on such business. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-500 Unlicensed premises - Slaughtering permitted when.

7-38-500 Unlicensed premises - Slaughtering permitted when. The slaughtering of animals for food shall not be permitted or conducted in any place in the city other than in a duly licensed slaughterhouse. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 146; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. X, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 3)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-510 Slaughtering on public ways prohibited.

7-38-510 Slaughtering on public ways prohibited. No animals shall be slaughtered, or the meat or any part thereof dressed, or hung, wholly or partly, within any public way or place; nor shall any blood or dirty water or other substance from such animals, meat or place of killing, or the appurtenances thereof, be allowed to run, fall, or be in any such public way or place. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-515 Slaughterhouse - Maintenance and construction.

7-38-515 Slaughterhouse - Maintenance and construction. Every slaughterhouse or any part thereof shall at all times be kept adequately and thoroughly ventilated. No blood shall be allowed to remain therein over night. Adequate underground connections shall be made from every such building with a public sewer, and the floor of any building on which slaughtering is done and any yard connected therewith shall be cemented and paved with brick or other suitable material so as not to absorb blood and so as to carry all liquids into the sewers. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-520 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-520, which pertained to hours for slaughtering.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-525 Method of slaughtering.

7-38-525 Method of slaughtering. The keeping and slaughtering of livestock, the preparation and keeping of all meat, birds and fowls, the rendering of all animal matter, and the manufacture of glue and all byproducts from animal matter, shall be conducted in the manner which is, or is generally reputed or known to be, the best adapted to secure and continue their safety and wholesomeness as food, and to avoid all offensiveness of such keeping, slaughtering, rendering and manufacturing. Blood from slaughtered animals shall not be allowed to flow into any sewer or into the Chicago River or any of its branches, but while still fresh shall be treated so as not to become offensive. All offensive odors arising from the handling of meat or other animal matter, melting or rendering, and the treating of and caring for offal, blood or any other material stored or manufactured, shall be destroyed by combustion, condensation or other means equally effective, and according to the best and most approved means and processes, and shall not be allowed to escape into the outside air. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-530 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-530, which pertained to method of condensation.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-535 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-535, which pertained to offensive gases and odors prohibited.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-540 Reserved. Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 7-38-540, which pertained to diseased cattle.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-545 Entry of carcasses prohibited.

7-38-545 Entry of carcasses prohibited. No person shall bring, or cause to be brought, into any slaughterhouse in the city the carcass of any dead animal. (Added Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-550 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-550, which pertained to conveyance of refuse.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-555 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-555, which pertained to sleeping on premises prohibited.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-560 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-560, which pertained to inspection.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-38-570 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45214, Art. IV, § 3, repealed former § 7-38-570, which pertained to abatement of nuisance.

Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2642490Fetched: 10/24/2026