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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.16 - Dead animal collectors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ANNUAL LICENSE REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person
				may operate as a dead animal collector without an annual license from the
				department. A license expires on February 28 of each year. A license is not
				transferable.
(b) No license is
				required under par. (a) for a renderer or animal food processor licensed under
				s.
				ATCP
				57.10 or
				57.12
				who collects or transports carcasses or carcass materials for processing by
				that licensed renderer or animal food processor.
(c) A license under par. (a) does not
				authorize a license holder to do any of the following:
1. Process carcasses or carcass
				materials.
2. Collect or transport
				anything other than whole carcasses with hide or feathers intact.
3. Collect, transport or deliver carcasses
				for processing or use as human food.
4. Collect, transport or deliver carcasses
				for processing or use as animal feed, other than for processing by a renderer
				or animal food processor licensed under s.
				ATCP
				57.10 or
				57.12.
Note:
Animal markets, dealers and truckers that
				  handle
live
animals are regulated under ch. ATCP 12. Live
				  animal movements are also governed by ch. ATCP 10. No person may transport
				  carcasses or carcass materials in the same vehicle used to transport live
				  animals, except that if a live animal dies in transit the animal trucker may
				  deliver the carcass directly to a renderer or animal food processor licensed
				  under s.
				  ATCP
				  57.10 or
				  57.12.
				  See s.
				  ATCP
				  57.20 (1) (b) 6. and
				  (5).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.18 - Truck transfer station

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERMIT REQUIRED. No person may operate a
				truck transfer station without an annual permit from the department. An annual
				permit expires on February 28 of each year.
Note:
The department shall issue permits only to
				  persons licensed under this section, or under a reciprocity agreement with a
				  contiguous state with Wisconsin.
(2) PERMIT PROCEDURES.
(a) To obtain a permit under sub. (1), an
				applicant shall apply with the department on a form provided by the department.
				The completed form shall include all of the following information:
1. The applicant's legal name and any trade
				names under which the applicant does business in this state.
2. A statement indicating whether the
				applicant is an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative, limited
				liability company, trust, or other legal entity.
3. The applicant's principal business
				address.
4. Other relevant
				information reasonably required by the department for permitting
				purposes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.20 - Transporting carcasses and carcass materials

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSE
				REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b),
				no person may transport carcasses or carcass materials on a public road without
				a license from the department under s.
				ATCP
				57.10,
				57.12
				or
				57.16.
(b) No license is required under par. (a) for
				any of the following:
1. The transportation of
				meat or meat food products produced and transported according to ch. ATCP
				55.
2. A farmer transporting
				carcasses of animals raised on his or her farm.
3. Transportation solely for purposes of
				destruction, burial or landfill disposal.
4. Transportation by a government
				agency.
5. Transportation by a bona
				fide research institution, for purposes of scientific research.
6. An animal market operator licensed under
				s.
				ATCP
				12.02, an animal dealer licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.03, or an animal trucker licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.04 who transports, for direct delivery to a person
				licensed under s.
				ATCP
				57.10,
				57.12
				or
				57.16,
				an animal that died during a live animal shipment.
7. The transportation of hides, feathers, or
				fully rendered products.
8. A fur
				farm operator's transportation of carcasses or carcass materials solely to feed
				fur-bearing animals on the operator's fur farm.
9. The transportation of legally harvested
				wild animals by or on behalf of the person who harvested them.
10. An employee of a license holder, acting
				within the scope of his or her employment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.22 - Denaturing carcasses and carcass materials

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DENATURING
				REQUIRED. No person may transport, freeze, or receive for processing any
				carcasses or carcass materials other than the following:
(a) Complete carcasses with hide or feathers
				intact.
(b) Carcasses or carcass
				materials that are denatured according to sub. (2).
(c) Fully rendered products.
(d) Carcasses or carcass materials that are
				naturally incapable of being consumed by humans.
(e) Lungs and lung lobes originating from a
				meat establishment licensed or inspected under s.
				ATCP
				55.03.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.24 - Labeling processed products

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)LABELING
				REQUIRED. No person may sell, distribute or hold for sale or distribution any
				rendered product, animal feed or grease unless that product is clearly and
				conspicuously labeled with all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the renderer,
				animal food processor or grease processor.
(b) A clear identification of the
				product.
(c) The net quantity of
				product included in any package or bulk shipment.
(d) The clear and conspicuous statement
"INEDIBLE (SPECIES) NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN FOOD"
if the product is
				susceptible to consumption by humans.
(e) The clear and conspicuous statement
"DO NOT FEED TO CATTLE OR OTHER RUMINANTS"
if required under
				21 CFR
				589.2000.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 57 - Inedible Animal By-Products › Section ATCP 57.26 - Prohibitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FEED FOR FOOD ANIMALS. No person may
				process, sell or distribute any carcass or carcass material as feed for food
				animals.
Note:
Subsection (1) does not apply to fully
				  rendered products. See s.
				  ATCP
				  57.01 (5) and (7).
(2) RUMINANT FEED. No person may sell or
				distribute protein derived from mammalian tissues as feed for cattle or other
				ruminants, in violation of 21 CFR 589.2000.
(3) NO HUMAN FOOD.
(a) No person may produce, sell, store or
				distribute food for human consumption pursuant to a renderer license under s.
				ATCP
				57.10, an animal food processor license under s.
				ATCP
				57.12, or a grease processor license under s.
				ATCP
				57.14.
(b)
				No person may process food in the same facilities used for a rendering plant,
				animal food processing plant or grease processing plant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter II - License and Permit Requirements; Fees › Section ATCP 60.02 - Milk producer license; fees (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
See s.
						ATCP
						60.25.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter II - License and Permit Requirements; Fees › Section ATCP 60.03 - Grade A permit (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
See s.
						ATCP
						60.25.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter III - Dairy Farm Standards › Section ATCP 60.08 - Water supply (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Paragraph (b) does not limit the use of heat exchanger
						discharge water for nonpotable uses involving no contact with potable water,
						milk, milk contact surfaces, or potable water contact surfaces. Before using or
						discharging heat exchanger discharge water, contact the Division of Water,
						Bureau of Drinking Water and Ground Water, at the Department of Natural
						Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707, telephone 608-266-0821 or TTY
						access via relay - 711 or
						http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/environmentprotect/water.html [File Link Not
						Available].
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter III - Dairy Farm Standards › Section ATCP 60.12 - Milking procedure (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Cows are the same species, even if they are of different
						breeds, so their milk may be commingled. However, cows and goats are different
						species and their milk may not be commingled.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.15 - Milk quality standards (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.16 - Examining milk by sight and smell (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.17 - Collecting milk samples (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.18 - Bacteriological testing (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.19 - Drug residue testing (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
If a drug residue test is performed on a bulk load of
						milk collected from several dairy farms, the test must be completed within 72
						hours after the milk hauler collects milk from the first farm. Confirmation of
						positive drug residue screening tests, if required under s.
						ATCP
						60.22(1) (b) 3., must be completed
						within the same 72-hour period.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.20 - Testing for somatic cells (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.22 - Certified testers; test methods; reporting (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.23 - Dairy plant operator to furnish producer milk samples to department upon request (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter IV - Milk Quality Standards; Examination of Milk From Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 60.235 - Raw milk sales prohibited; exemptions (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter V - Inspection and Enforcement › Section ATCP 60.26 - Suspension or revocation of grade A farm permit; general (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Cause for which a producer's grade A permit may be
						suspended or revoked may include violation of a dairy farm standard under
						subchapter III; violation of a milk quality standard under s.
						ATCP
						60.15; willful interference with, or refusal to
						permit, a lawful dairy farm inspection; or failure to pay fees for which the
						producer is liable under s.
						ATCP
						60.05(3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter V - Inspection and Enforcement › Section ATCP 60.27 - Violation of grade A milk quality standards; suspension of grade A farm permit by food division (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 60 - Dairy Farms (Repealed) › Subchapter V - Inspection and Enforcement › Section ATCP 60.28 - Violation of grade A farm standards; suspension of grade A farm permit by food division (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Subsection (3) does not prohibit the food safety
						division from summarily suspending a milk producer's license and grade A permit
						under s.
						ATCP
						60.25 without prior warning if the food division
						determines that any of the circumstances identified under s.
						ATCP
						60.25(2)
						exist.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter I - Definitions and General Requirements › Section ATCP 65.02 - Milk producer licenses and permits; fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MILK PRODUCER
				  LICENSE REQUIREMENT.
(a) No person may
				  operate as a milk producer offering milk for sale without an annual license
				  from the department for each farm operated, as provided under s.
				  97.22(2),
				  Stats. A license expires on April 30 of each year. Whenever the department
				  first issues a milk producer license, that license shall bear a livestock
				  premises code issued under s.
				  ATCP
				  17.02(7) for the dairy farm
				  associated with the milk producer license. A license is not transferable
				  between persons or dairy farms. As a condition to licensing, a milk producer
				  shall comply with applicable provisions of this chapter.
(b) A separate license is required for any of
				  the following:
1. Each species of milking
				  animal milked by each milk producer on a dairy farm.
2. Each dairy farm operated by a milk
				  producer at which milk is produced and offered for sale.
3. Each dairy plant, if a milk producer is
				  shipping milk to more than one dairy plant, including a milk contractor that
				  submits a milk producer license application on behalf of a milk producer and
				  thereby certifies that the milk producer's dairy farm and milking operations
				  comply with applicable requirements under this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter I - Definitions and General Requirements › Section ATCP 65.04 - Dairy plant licenses and permits; fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DAIRY PLANT
				  LICENSE REQUIRED.
(a)
License
				  required.
Except as provided under par. (b), no person may operate a
				  dairy plant, or act as a milk contractor who submits a milk producer license
				  application on behalf of a milk producer and thereby certifies that the milk
				  producer's dairy farm and milking operations comply with applicable
				  requirements under this chapter, without a valid license issued by the
				  department for that dairy plant or milk contractor. A dairy plant license
				  expires on April 30 annually and is not transferable between persons or
				  locations. A dairy plant receiving or procuring milk from milk producers shall
				  hold a current milk contractor license.
Note:
See ss.
					 97.20, and
					 126.40,
					 Stats.
(b)
License
				  exemptions.
A dairy plant license is not required, under par. (a), for
				  any of the following:
1. A farm manufacturing
				  or processing dairy products solely for consumption by the owner or operator of
				  the farm, members of the farm household, or nonpaying farm guests or
				  employees.
2. The retail
				  preparation or processing of meals for sale directly to consumers or through
				  vending machines if the preparation and processing of dairy products, made from
				  commercially pasteurized dairy products, is covered under a restaurant license
				  or other license issued under s.
				  97.605,
				  Stats. Packaging of grade A dairy products for retail sale by exempted
				  establishments under this section is prohibited.
3. A retail food establishment, including a
				  restaurant, licensed under s.
				  97.30,
				  Stats., if the establishment processes non-grade A dairy products made from
				  commercially pasteurized and packaged dairy products solely for retail sale at
				  the establishment.
4. A milk
				  receiving station or transfer station operated at the same location, and by the
				  same person, as a processing plant licensed under sub. (1).
5. A milk transfer station operated at the
				  same location, and by the same person, as a milk receiving station licensed
				  under sub. (1).
6. A food
				  processing plant licensed, under s.
				  97.29,
				  Stats., that meets the requirements of s.
				  97.20(2)
				  (e) 5, Stats.
7. A dairy plant that is exempted from
				  licensing by department rule.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter II - Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 65.06 - Milking barn or parlor

Current through June 24, 2024
All milking operations on a dairy farm shall be conducted
					 in a milking barn or parlor, which shall be constructed and maintained in
					 compliance with the following requirements:
(1) FLOORS AND GUTTERS; CONSTRUCTION. Except
				  as authorized by the division in writing, floors, gutters, and gutter covers in
				  milking barns and parlors shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) They shall be constructed of concrete or
				  other materials that are equally impervious and cleanable.
(b) They shall be constructed and maintained
				  so they can be kept clean.
(c) They
				  shall be sloped to drain sufficiently to prevent pooling of liquids and shall
				  be free of excessive breaks or worn areas that may allow pooling of liquid
				  wastes. Floors and gutters constructed after July 1, 1989, shall have a slope
				  of at least one inch per 10 feet.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter II - Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 65.12 - Equipment and utensils

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CONSTRUCTION; GENERAL. Equipment and
				  utensils shall be constructed of smooth, non-absorbent, corrosion-resistant,
				  and non-toxic materials. Equipment and utensils shall be designed and
				  constructed so that they can be easily cleaned and shall be durable under
				  repeated conditions of use. Surfaces shall be free of breaks and corrosion.
				  Joints and seams shall be smooth and flush. Milk pails used for hand milking
				  and stripping shall be seamless. Multiple-use woven material shall not be used
				  for straining milk. Milking and milk handling systems shall comply with s.
				  ATCP
				  65.14.
(2)
				  MILK CONTACT SURFACES; CONSTRUCTION. Milk contact surfaces of equipment and
				  utensils shall be constructed of smooth, non-toxic, and non-absorbent
				  materials. Only the following materials may be used on milk contact surfaces,
				  unless another material is specifically authorized by the division in writing:
(a) Stainless steel of the American Iron and
				  Steel Institute 300 Series, or an equally corrosion-resistant metal.
(b) Heat resistant glass.
(c) Plastic, rubber, or rubber-like materials
				  that are fat resistant and insoluble; that are resistant to scratching,
				  scoring, decomposition, crazing, chipping, and distortion under normal use
				  conditions; that do not impart chemicals, flavor, or odor to milk; and that
				  maintain their original properties under repeated and prolonged use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter II - Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 65.14 - Milking and milk handling systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SANITARY
				  REQUIREMENTS; GENERAL. Milking and milk handling systems shall be of sanitary
				  design and construction, and shall be installed and maintained for sanitary
				  operation. Pressurized air that contacts a milk or milk contact surface shall
				  be clean, safe, and free of contaminants. The milking and milk handling system
				  shall comply with "3-A Accepted Practices for the Design, Fabrication and
				  Installation of Milking and Milk Handling Equipment, 606-05." Milk contact
				  surfaces shall be accessible for inspection. If it is necessary to disassemble
				  any portion of a milking or milk handling system in order to inspect a milk
				  contact surface, all tools necessary for the disassembly shall be readily
				  available in the milkhouse.
Note:
Guidelines for sanitary design and
					 construction of milking and milk handling systems are set forth in the "3-A
					 Accepted Practices for the Design, Fabrication and Installation of Milking and
					 Milk Handling Equipment," 606-05, as amended effective November 2002, published
					 by 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc., 6888 Elm Street, Suite 2D, McLean, VA
					 22101-3850, telephone (703) 790-0295, website
www.3-a.org
. Milking and milk handling systems
					 manufactured in compliance with the "3-A Accepted Practices" meet the sanitary
					 design and construction requirements of this subsection. Copies of the "3-A
					 Accepted Practices" are on file with the division and the legislative reference
					 bureau. Copies may be obtained from 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. Online Store,"
					 at
http://www.techstreet.com
.
(2) MILK CONTACT SURFACES;
				  CONSTRUCTION. Milk contact surfaces of milking and milk handling systems shall
				  be constructed of smooth, nontoxic, and nonabsorbent materials. Materials shall
				  be of any of the following types, unless another material is specifically
				  authorized by the division in writing:
(a)
				  Stainless steel of the American Iron and Steel Institute 300 series, or an
				  equally corrosion resistant metal.
(b) Heat resistant glass.
(c) Plastic, rubber, or rubber-like materials
				  that are fat resistant and insoluble; that are resistant to scratching,
				  scoring, decomposition, crazing, chipping, and distortion under normal use
				  conditions; that do not impart chemicals, flavor or odor to milk; and that
				  maintain their original properties under repeated use conditions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter II - Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 65.20 - Abnormal milk; milking diseased animals

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)Milking animals
				  that appear to be secreting abnormal milk from one or more quarters shall be
				  milked last or with separate equipment, and their milk shall be
				  discarded.
(2)If milking animals
				  consume or are treated with chemical, medicinal, or radioactive agents which
				  may be secreted in milk and that may be deleterious to human health, the
				  milking animals shall be milked last or with separate equipment, and their milk
				  shall be discarded.
(3)Milk that is
				  bloody, stringy, off-colored, visibly abnormal, abnormal in odor, or abnormal
				  in any other respect shall be discarded.
(4)Equipment and utensils used to handle
				  abnormal milk shall not be used to handle milk produced for human consumption
				  unless the equipment and utensils are first thoroughly cleaned and
				  sanitized.
(5)Drugs prescribed by a
				  veterinarian for use on milking animals shall be clearly labeled with the name
				  of the drug, each active ingredient, directions for use, the length of time for
				  which milk must be withheld following the cessation of drug therapy, any
				  applicable warnings or precautions to be observed by the milk producer, and the
				  name and complete address, including zip code, of the prescribing veterinarian.
				  No drug or medicinal item may be used in a manner inconsistent with label
				  directions or the veterinarian's prescription, or in a negligent
				  manner.
(6)Abnormal milk or milk
				  from diseased animals shall not be stored or held in the milkhouse or milking
				  parlor after being collected. The milk shall be immediately removed and
				  discarded.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter II - Dairy Farms › Section ATCP 65.22 - Farm premises

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. Farm premises adjacent to a
				  milking barn, milking parlor, or milkhouse shall be kept free of conditions
				  that may result in the contamination of milk.
(2) MANURE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL. Manure shall
				  be removed and stored in a manner that inhibits the breeding of flies. No
				  milking animals may have access to a manure storage area. This does not
				  prohibit a cold weather manure pack in a cowyard if the manure pack is properly
				  maintained to prevent excessive accumulations of manure on the udders and
				  flanks of milking animals.
(3)
				  COWYARD. A cowyard shall be graded for proper drainage and shall be kept free
				  of standing pools of water and accumulations of manure or feed waste. In
				  loafing pens, manure shall be removed or clean bedding added with sufficient
				  frequency to prevent visible soiling on the udders and flanks of milking
				  animals. Waste feed shall be promptly removed. Manure packs shall be properly
				  drained and shall provide a reasonably firm footing. Swine shall be kept out of
				  the cowyard.
(4) STATIONARY FEEDERS
				  IN COWYARD. Stationary feeders in a cowyard shall be fully surrounded by a
				  paved surface on which milking animals stand while feeding. The paved surface
				  shall extend at least 12 feet in all directions from the feeder, except that a
				  paved surface installed before January 1, 1979, shall extend at least 8 feet in
				  all directions from the feeder. If the distance between a feeder and another
				  building or permanent structure is less than the paved surface width prescribed
				  under this subsection, the paved surface shall extend to the building or other
				  permanent structure.
(5) STOCK
				  WATERING DEVICES AND PORTABLE FEEDERS IN COWYARD. Stock watering devices and
				  portable feeders shall be located in an area that is well drained and provides
				  reasonably firm footing for animals using the facilities.
(6) TOILETS.
(a) Every dairy farm shall have one or more
				  sanitary toilets that are conveniently accessible by persons engaged in milking
				  operations. A conveniently accessible toilet may include a toilet in a farm
				  residence or other farm building.
(b) Toilets, under par. (a), shall comply
				  with ch. SPS 362. Toilets shall be kept in clean and sanitary
				  condition.
(c) There shall be no
				  mixing or storage of human waste or septage with animal manure on a dairy
				  farm.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.23 - Federal requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GRADE A DAIRY PLANTS.
(a) A grade A dairy plant that is a qualified
				  facility shall comply with the requirements of 21 CFR 117 Subparts A, B and E,
				  and
				  21 CFR
				  117.201.
(b) A grade A dairy plant that is a facility
				  shall comply with the requirements of 21 CFR 117 Subpart B and the
				  PMO.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.24 - Construction and maintenance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) Buildings, facilities, and equipment used
				  in the operation of a dairy plant shall be soundly constructed and shall be
				  capable of being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The interior and
				  exterior portions of a dairy plant and the premises on which a dairy plant is
				  located shall be kept free of unhealthful and unsanitary conditions and shall
				  be maintained in compliance with this chapter.
(b) The division may issue a written waiver
				  granting a variance from a construction standard under this subchapter if the
				  division finds that the variance is reasonable and necessary under the
				  circumstances, and will not compromise the purpose served by the construction
				  standard and the facility does not hold a grade A permit. A waiver under this
				  paragraph may be issued by the administrator of the division or the
				  administrator's designee.
(c) After
				  the effective date of this chapter, a dairy plant may not be directly connected
				  to a milking barn, milking parlor or animal housing area. A dairy plant may be
				  separated from a milking barn, milking parlor or animal housing area by a room
				  not used for animal husbandry or milking, provided doors between the dairy
				  plant, the room not used for animal husbandry or milking, and the milking barn,
				  milking parlor, or animal housing area are self-closing and kept closed when
				  not in use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.26 - Personnel; sanitation standards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CLEANLINESS AND
				  SANITATION; GENERAL.
(a) Within a dairy
				  plant, access to processing areas shall be restricted to dairy plant employees
				  and other authorized personnel.
(b)
				  Persons who handle or process dairy products shall maintain a high degree of
				  personal cleanliness, and shall observe good hygienic practices during all
				  working periods.
(c) Persons who
				  handle or process dairy products shall thoroughly wash their hands before
				  beginning work and before returning to work after using toilet facilities,
				  eating, smoking, or engaging in other activities that may contaminate their
				  hands.
(d) A person with a
				  discharging or infected lesion on a hand or arm may not handle or process
				  unpackaged dairy products without appropriate sanitary protection. Appropriate
				  sanitary protection shall include any of the following:
1. An impermeable bandage on the
				  lesion.
2. Single-use sanitary
				  gloves or, if the lesion is on the arm, a full sleeved garment with tight
				  fitting cuffs.
(e) A
				  person who handles or processes dairy products shall keep his or her
				  fingernails clean and neatly trimmed and shall not wear fingernail polish
				  unless he or she wears sanitary gloves at all times when working.
(f) No person exhibiting reportable symptoms
				  of communicable disease, as defined in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (1),
				  or who has received a reportable diagnosis of communicable disease as defined
				  in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (2) may work in a dairy plant in any
				  capacity that may contaminate dairy products.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.28 - Equipment and utensils

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(a) Equipment and utensils, including C-I-P
				  systems, shall be of sanitary design and construction. Equipment and utensils,
				  including C-I-P systems installed after the effective date of this chapter,
				  shall comply with applicable "3-A Sanitary Standards" and "3-A Accepted
				  Practices" listed in ch. ATCP 65 Appendix A.
Note:
The "3-A Sanitary Standards" and "3-A
					 Accepted Practices" listed in Appendix A are published by 3-A Sanitary
					 Standards, Inc., 1451 Dolley Madison Boulevard, Suite 210, McLean, VA
					 22101-3850, telephone (703) 790-0295, website
www.3-a.org
. Copies are on file with the division and
					 the legislative reference bureau and may be obtained from the "3-A Sanitary
					 Standards, Inc. Online Store" at
http://www.techstreet.com
.
(b) Equipment and utensils shall be readily
				  accessible for cleaning and inspection and shall be designed and constructed so
				  that they can be easily cleaned. Equipment and utensils shall be kept clean and
				  in good repair.
(c) Tanks, vats,
				  separators, and other containers used to store or process dairy products shall
				  be designed or equipped with appropriate devices to prevent surface
				  condensation and drainage from entering the container.
(d) Pipeline systems used to convey dairy
				  products shall contain no dead ends in which dairy products may collect.
				  Pipelines and other equipment shall be designed and constructed to prevent
				  cross-contamination between pasteurized dairy products, unpasteurized dairy
				  products, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions.
(e) If it is necessary to disassemble any
				  equipment or utensil to inspect a product contact surface, all tools needed for
				  the disassembly shall be readily available at the dairy plant.
(f) Water hoses used to wash dairy products
				  or add ingredient water to dairy products shall be constructed of approved food
				  grade materials and shall be used and stored in a sanitary manner.
(g) A dairy plant operator may use sanitary
				  flexible pipelines to transfer partially processed products in the intermediate
				  stages of production or to load and unload bulk loads of milk from transport
				  vehicles, if all the following apply:
1. The
				  use of rigid pipelines for that purpose in a sanitary manner is not possible
				  due to the location of walls, floors, ceiling or other equipment.
2. The dairy plant operator properly cleans
				  and sanitizes the flexible pipeline after completing the transfer of product,
				  or at least once during each day of use.
3. The operator uses only a length of
				  flexible pipeline necessary to conduct the transfer operation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.30 - C-I-P systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; GENERAL.
				  C-I-P systems shall be designed, constructed, installed, and maintained in
				  compliance with s.
				  ATCP
				  65.28.
(2)
				  CLEANING AND SANITIZING C-I-P SYSTEMS.
(a) A
				  dairy plant operator shall clean and sanitize all C-I-P systems in compliance
				  with s.
				  ATCP
				  65.28(7). Surfaces that cannot be
				  cleaned and sanitized by C-I-P procedures shall be cleaned and sanitized
				  manually or by a clean-out-of-place mechanical process.
(b) A dairy plant operator shall keep records
				  on the cleaning and sanitizing of all C-I-P systems. The records shall identify
				  every C-I-P system that has been cleaned and sanitized, the date and time when
				  each C-I-P system was cleaned and sanitized, the temperature of the cleaning
				  and sanitizing solutions, and the length of time for which the C-I-P system was
				  exposed to the cleaning and sanitizing solutions. Records shall be made at the
				  time the cleaning and sanitizing process is completed. Records shall be signed
				  or initialed by a responsible person at the dairy plant. The division shall
				  review the records as part of every routine inspection of the dairy
				  plant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.32 - Dairy product packages

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) Dairy product packages shall be of
				  sanitary design and construction. Packages shall be designed and constructed to
				  protect packaged dairy products from reasonably foreseeable
				  contaminants.
(b) Product contact
				  surfaces of dairy product packages shall be smooth, nontoxic, noncorrosive,
				  nonabsorbent, and durable under foreseeable use conditions. Product contact
				  surfaces shall not impart any odor, color, taste, or adulterating substance to
				  packaged dairy products.
(c) Dairy
				  product packages shall be clean, sanitary, and free of any extraneous or
				  deleterious substance. Dairy products shall not be sold or distributed in
				  packages with a broken seal or that are damaged to the extent that package
				  contents could become adulterated as a result of the damage.
(d) Single-service packages shall be made of
				  clean and sanitary materials, shall be protected from contamination prior to
				  use, shall be handled in a sanitary manner, and shall be clean and sanitary at
				  the time of use. Single service packages shall not be re-used.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.34 - Sanitizers and sanitizing methods

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SANITIZING
				  METHODS. Cleaned product contact surfaces shall be sanitized by using any of
				  the following methods:
(a) Complete and
				  continuous exposure to clean water at a temperature of at least 170° F.
				  (70° C.) for at least 5 minutes.
(b) Complete and continuous exposure to steam
				  resulting in a food contact surface temperature of at least 170° F.
				  (70° C.) for at least 15 minutes or resulting in a food contact surface
				  temperature of at least 200° F. (93° C.) for at least 5
				  minutes.
(c) Complete and
				  continuous exposure for at least 2 minutes to a sanitizing solution containing
				  at least 50 ppm of free residual chlorine and having a pH not higher than 8.3,
				  at a temperature not less than 75° F. (24° C.) or more than 110° F.
				  (44° C.)
(d) Complete and
				  continuous exposure for at least one minute to a sanitizing solution containing
				  at least 12.5 ppm of available iodine and having a pH not higher than 5.0, at a
				  temperature of not less than 75° F. (24° C.) or more than 110° F.
				  (44° C.).
(e) Complete and
				  continuous exposure to a caustic sanitizing solution according to s.
				  ATCP
				  65.32(3).
(f) Application of chemical sanitizers that
				  comply with
				  21 CFR
				  178.1010, are registered with the U.S.
				  environmental protection agency and applied according to manufacturer's
				  instructions.
(g) Application of a
				  chemical sanitizer or sanitizing method that has been shown to be as effective
				  as the methods specified under pars. (a) to (f), and that the division has
				  approved in writing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.36 - Receiving milk and dairy products

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MILK FROM DAIRY
				  FARMS.
(a) No dairy plant operator may
				  collect or receive milk from a dairy farm located in this state, unless the
				  milk producer holds a current milk producer license for that dairy farm under
				  s.
				  97.22(2),
				  Stats., and s.
				  ATCP
				  65.02.
(b)
				  No dairy plant operator may collect or receive a milk shipment from a dairy
				  farm in this state unless a person, licensed under s.
				  97.17
				  or
				  98.146,
				  Stats., does all the following before that milk shipment is commingled with
				  milk from any other dairy farm:
1. Collects a
				  sample of milk from the shipment, according to s.
				  ATCP
				  65.38.
2.
				  Accurately measures and records the temperature and quantity of milk in the
				  shipment.
Note:
A dairy plant operator shall comply with
					 applicable requirements under subch. V, which requires dairy plant operators to
					 sample and test producer milk and report test results. Dairy plant operators
					 must reject milk shipments and take follow-up action in some
					 cases.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.38 - Collecting milk samples

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SAMPLE REQUIRED. A dairy plant operator
				  who receives a milk shipment from a milk producer shall collect a
				  representative milk sample from that shipment. Sufficient agitation or a milk
				  sampling method approved by the division shall be used to ensure that the milk
				  sample is representative of the milk shipment. A person licensed under s.
				  97.17
				  or
				  98.146,
				  Stats., shall collect the sample before the dairy plant operator commingles the
				  milk with milk from any other milk producer.
(2) SAMPLE COLLECTED AT THE DAIRY FARM. A
				  bulk milk weigher and sampler who collects a bulk milk shipment from a dairy
				  farm shall collect the milk sample for the dairy plant operator, under sub.
				  (1), in accordance with ch. ATCP 82. The bulk milk weigher and sampler shall
				  promptly deliver the sample to the dairy plant operator, or to a milk testing
				  laboratory designated by the dairy plant operator.
(3) SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM BULK TRANSPORT
				  CONTAINER. A person who receives a bulk transport container at a dairy plant
				  shall collect the milk sample for the dairy plant operator under sub. (1), in
				  accordance with ch. ATCP 82. The person shall promptly deliver the sample to
				  the dairy plant operator or to a milk testing laboratory designated by the
				  dairy plant operator.
(4) INCREASED
				  SAMPLING FREQUENCY. If milk from any dairy farm violates a standard under s.
				  ATCP
				  65.70 on any single test, the dairy plant operator
				  shall do any of the following:
(a) Collect
				  and test a milk sample from that farm at least once every 2 days until a
				  subsequent test shows that the violation has been corrected.
(b) Reject milk shipments from the producer,
				  if the operator is required to reject those milk shipments under s.
				  ATCP
				  65.70(2) (f) or (4) or
				  82.10(4).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter III - Dairy Plants › Section ATCP 65.41 - Low-acid or acidified dairy products packaged in hermetically sealed containers for non-refrigerated storage

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Manufacturing
				  of low-acid dairy products, that have a pH greater than 4.6 and a water
				  activity greater than 0.85, and are packaged in a hermetically sealed container
				  for non-refrigerated storage, shall be done in compliance with
				  21
				  CFR 108.35 and 113.
(2) Manufacturing of acidified dairy
				  products, as defined in
				  21
				  CFR 114.3(b), that are
				  packaged in a hermetically sealed container for non-refrigerated storage, shall
				  be done in compliance with
				  21 CFR 108.25 and
				  114.