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 65.44 - Dairy plant records

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MANDATORY RECORDS. A dairy plant
				  operator, 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, shall keep all of the following records, as
				  applicable to their operation, and shall retain those records for the period of
				  time specified under this subsection:
(a)
				  Records related to milk receipts and producer payrolls, as required by s.
				  ATCP
				  100.32(1). Records under this
				  paragraph shall include milk collection records received from bulk milk
				  weighers and samplers under s.
				  ATCP
				  82.10(10). Records under this
				  paragraph shall be retained for at least 3 years.
(b) Records of all dairy product ingredients
				  received at the dairy plant, including the sources from which the ingredients
				  were received. Records under this paragraph shall be retained for at least two
				  years.
(c) Daily records of all
				  finished products produced at the dairy plant. Records under this paragraph
				  shall be retained for at least one year.
(d) Records of all milk quality tests and
				  sediment tests conducted on milk shipments received by the dairy plant
				  operator, including but not limited to tests required under subch. V. Records
				  under this paragraph shall be retained for at least 2 years.
(e) Records of all in-plant tests, performed
				  by a dairy plant operator on milk and dairy products held or processed by the
				  dairy plant operator, to determine bacterial counts or identify possible
				  adulteration of that milk or those dairy products. Records under this paragraph
				  shall be retained for at least 2 years.
(f) Records of private water supply tests, if
				  any, conducted under s.
				  ATCP
				  65.24(8). Records under this
				  paragraph shall be retained for at least 2 years.
(g) Cleaning and sanitizing records for all
				  C-I-P systems, as required under s.
				  ATCP 65.30(2)
				  (b). Records under this paragraph shall be
				  retained for at least 2 years. Records may be stored in electronic form, with
				  or without hard copy printouts, if the electronic records are readily
				  accessible by a division representative.
(h) A record of every calibration, daily
				  performance check, daily reference check, and hourly reference check performed
				  on a milkfat or protein testing device, as required by s.
				  ATCP 65.86(3)
				  (j). Records under this paragraph shall be
				  retained for at least one year.
(i)
				  Pasteurization records required under s.
				  ATCP
				  65.66. Records under this paragraph shall be retained
				  for at least 2 years.
(j) Cleaning
				  and sanitizing records for bulk milk tankers cleaned and sanitized at a dairy
				  plant, as required under s.
				  ATCP
				  82.08(4). Records under this
				  paragraph shall be retained for at least 15 days.
(k) Temperature monitoring records made by
				  the dairy plant operator, including records of dairy product temperatures,
				  storage temperatures, and processing temperatures. Records under this paragraph
				  shall be retained for at least 2 years.
(L) Inventory control records for vitamin
				  fortification of fluid milk products, including vitamins used and the quantity
				  of fortified fluid milk products produced. Records under this paragraph shall
				  be retained for at least 2 years.
(m) Vitamin assay test results conducted on
				  fortified dairy products under s.
				  ATCP
				  65.74(4). Records under this
				  paragraph shall be retained for at least 2 years.
(n) Cleaning and sanitizing records required
				  under s.
				  ATCP 65.28(7)
				  (g). Records under this paragraph shall be
				  retained for at least 2 years.
(o)
				  Bills of lading or other shipping documents relating to the bulk shipment of
				  dairy products from the dairy plant to another dairy plant, or to the dairy
				  plant from another dairy plant. The dairy plant operator shall retain each
				  shipping document for at least 3 years. Each shipping document shall include
				  all of the following information:
1. The
				  name, address, and license number of the dairy plant from which the shipment
				  originates. If the dairy product is a grade A dairy product, the shipping
				  document shall also include the dairy plant shipper identification number
				  assigned under the PMO.
2. If grade
				  A milk or dairy product was shipped in a bulk milk tanker, the bulk milk tanker
				  grade A permit identification number, assigned under ch. ATCP 82 or the PMO,
				  and the seal number on the bulk milk tanker inlet, outlet, wash connections,
				  and vents.
3. The name of the dairy
				  product shipped.
4. The weight of
				  the dairy product shipped.
5. The
				  temperature of the dairy product when loaded for shipment.
6. The date of shipment.
7. The name of the dairy regulatory agency at
				  the shipment point of origin.
8.
				  Whether the dairy product was raw, pasteurized, or treated with heat to an
				  extent less than pasteurization.
9.
				  The grade of product.
(p) Milk producer affidavits certifying that
				  the milk producers do not use bovine somatotropin, as required under s.
				  ATCP
				  83.02(5) and (7).