# 8 Ill. Adm. Code 90.5: Section 90.5 Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 8 Ill. Adm. Code 90.5
- **Heading:** Section 90.5 Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 8 AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS / CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE / Part 90 ILLINOIS DEAD ANIMAL DISPOSAL ACT / Section 90.5 Definitions

## Text

Section 90
Section 90.5  Definitions
For the purposes of this Part,
the following definitions shall apply:
"Compost"
means the humus-like product of the process of composting waste, which may be
used as a soil conditioner.
"Composting"
means the biological treatment process by which microorganisms decompose the
organic fraction of waste, producing compost.
"Dead
animal" means the carcass or tissue from a deceased domesticated animal,
poultry, fish, captive wild animal or captive wildlife.
"Disposed
of" means the initiation of the process of proper carcass disposal as set
forth in the Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act [225 ILCS 610] and this Part.
"Fish"
means the bodies and parts of bodies of all animal aquatic life and the parts
or waste thereof.
"Poultry"
means chickens, turkeys, domestic game birds, and domestic water fowl.
"Poultry
litter" means a nitrogen source such as manure or cake (i.e., the wet,
compact crust that forms around feeders and waterers or litter such as found in
layer operations and slatted-floor breeders).
"Straw"
or "bulking agent" means straw or any alternative carbon source including,
but not limited to, corn stover, soybean pods and trash, hay, sawdust, grass
clippings, rice and peanut hulls, tomatoes, peat moss, pomace of grapes, wood
chips, bark, shredded brush, and leaves.

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