ATCP 55.11(1)(1)
General. A person transporting meat for human consumption shall do so in a manner that keeps the meat wholesome and unadulterated. Meat and meat food products for human consumption shall be refrigerated during transport if they are perishable, or if they are labeled "Keep Refrigerated" or "Keep Frozen." The internal temperature of the refrigerated products may not exceed 5° C (41
° F) at the time of delivery.
ATCP 55.11(2)
(2) Vehicles and facilities. Vehicles and facilities used to transport meat and meat food products shall be constructed and maintained to ensure that the meat and meat food products arrive at their destination in a wholesome and unadulterated condition. Vehicles and facilities shall be adequately equipped to ensure compliance with
sub. (1).
ATCP 55.11(3)
(3) Unwrapped meat. Unwrapped meat and meat food products shall be transported in enclosed vehicles equipped with tight fitting doors, and shall be protected from contamination from the vehicle.
ATCP 55.11 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.
ATCP 55.12
ATCP 55.12
Meat brokers and meat distributors; registration. ATCP 55.12(1)(1)
Annual registration certificate. No person may operate as a meat broker or meat distributor without an annual registration certificate from the department, except that no registration certificate is required for a meat broker or meat distributor who holds a current annual meat establishment license under
s. ATCP 55.03. A registration certificate expires on June 30 annually. No fee is required.
ATCP 55.12(2)
(2) Applying for a registration certificate. To obtain a registration certificate under
sub. (1), a person shall apply on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all the following:
ATCP 55.12(2)(a)
(a) The applicant's correct legal name, and any trade name under which the applicant does business.
ATCP 55.12(2)(c)
(c) The applicant's social security number if the applicant is an individual.
ATCP 55.12(3)
(3) Action on application. The department shall grant or deny an application under
sub. (2) within 30 days after the department receives a complete application.
ATCP 55.12(4)
(4) Denying, suspending or revoking a registration certificate. The department may deny, suspend or revoke a registration certificate under
sub. (1) for cause, as provided in s.
93.06 (7), Stats. Cause may include a violation of this chapter.
ATCP 55.12 Note
Note: The procedure for suspending or revoking a registration certificate, or for contesting the denial of a registration certificate, is set forth in ch.
ATCP 1.
ATCP 55.12(5)
(5) Conditional registration certificate. The department may issue a registration certificate under
sub. (1) subject to conditions, or may impose conditions on an existing registration certificate, as provided in s.
93.06 (8), Stats.
ATCP 55.12(6)(a)(a) A meat broker or meat distributor shall keep all of the following records related to transactions in which the meat broker or meat distributor is involved as a buyer, seller, or broker of meat or meat food products:
ATCP 55.12(6)(a)5.
5. If the meat broker or meat distributor takes physical custody of the meat or meat food products, complete records related to the receipt, storage, and disposition of that meat or those meat food products.
ATCP 55.12(6)(b)
(b) A meat broker or meat distributor shall retain each record under
par. (a) for at least 3 years after the record is made, and shall make records available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.
ATCP 55.12 Note
Note: The procedure for imposing conditions on an existing registration certificate, or for contesting conditions imposed by the department, is set forth in ch.
ATCP 1.
ATCP 55.13
ATCP 55.13 Prohibited practices. No person may do any of the following:
ATCP 55.13(1)
(1) Process or sell, for human consumption, any unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded meat.
ATCP 55.13(2)
(2) Slaughter any food animal, for human consumption, under unsanitary conditions.
ATCP 55.13(3)
(3) Process, store, handle, transport or sell, under unsanitary conditions, meat or meat food products for human consumption.
ATCP 55.13(4)
(4) Slaughter any food animal for human consumption, or process any meat or meat food products for human consumption, at a place other than a meat establishment licensed under
s. ATCP 55.03. This prohibition does not apply to slaughter or processing operations that are exempted from licensing under
s. ATCP 55.03 (2).
ATCP 55.13(5)
(5) Make any false, deceptive or misleading statement, when submitting a food animal for slaughter, related to any of the following:
ATCP 55.13(5)(a)
(a) The ownership, identity, origin or health status of the animal.
ATCP 55.13(6)
(6) Obstruct a department employee performing his or her duties. Obstruction includes any of the following:
ATCP 55.13(6)(e)
(e) Intentional acts that impede the full, effective and efficient performance of the employee's duties.
ATCP 55.13 Note
Note: See s.
97.42 (8), Stats.
ATCP 55.13(7)
(7) Wrongfully alter, deface or remove any department tag or mark applied under this chapter.
ATCP 55.13(9)
(9) Custom slaughter a food animal, or custom process the meat of a slaughtered food animal, if the person knows or has reason to know all the following:
ATCP 55.13(9)(a)
(a) That the slaughter was not inspected by the department or the United States department of agriculture.
ATCP 55.13(9)(b)
(b) That the recipient of the custom slaughter or processing service will sell the meat of that animal for human consumption, in violation of
s. ATCP 55.04 (1).
ATCP 55.13 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.
ATCP 55.14(1)(1)
Investigations. The department may conduct inspections and other investigations to determine compliance with this chapter and
ch. 97, Stats. The department may exercise its authority under chs.
93 and
97, Stats., in support of its inspections and investigations.
ATCP 55.14 Note
Note: Under chs.
93 and
97, Stats., the department may inspect meat slaughtering, processing, selling and distributing facilities and practices, regardless of whether those practices occur at meat establishments licensed under s.
ATCP 55.03. The department will provide ante mortem and post mortem slaughter inspection only for persons licensed under s.
ATCP 55.03.
ATCP 55.14(2)(a)(a) The department may issue a holding order to prohibit the sale or movement of any meat or meat food product if the department has reasonable grounds to suspect that the meat or meat food product is unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded, or otherwise fails to meet the standards or requirements of this chapter or
ch. 97, Stats. The department may issue a holding order pending further examination or analysis to determine whether the meat or meat food product is unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded, or otherwise fails to meet the standards or requirements of this chapter or
ch. 97, Stats.
ATCP 55.14(2)(b)
(b) The department shall serve a holding order by delivering a copy to the owner or custodian of the meat or meat food products, or by placing a copy in a conspicuous place on or near the meat or meat food products. A "WIS. RETAINED" tag applied under
s. ATCP 55.06 (5) (f) has the effect of a holding order served under this subsection.
ATCP 55.14(2)(c)
(c) A holding order remains in effect for 14 days unless the department withdraws it earlier. The department may extend a holding order for one additional 14-day period by re-serving the order or by leaving the "WIS. RETAINED" tag on the meat.
ATCP 55.14(2)(d)
(d) No person may sell, move or alter any meat or meat food product under holding order, except with the department's permission. The department may authorize the owner or custodian to take appropriate corrective action.
ATCP 55.14(2)(e)
(e) The department may release a holding order if the department finds that the suspect meat or meat food product is not unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded, or that the violation has been corrected.
ATCP 55.14(3)(a)(a) If the department finds that meat or a meat food product is unwholesome, adulterated, misbranded, not inspected and approved according to this chapter or s.
97.42, Stats., or not processed according to this chapter or s.
97.42, Stats., the department may order the owner or custodian to do any of the following:
ATCP 55.14(3)(a)1.
1. Correct the violation within a reasonable time period specified by the department.
ATCP 55.14(3)(a)2.
2. Dispose of the meat or meat food product, in a manner specified by the department. The department may order disposal of meat or a meat food product if a violation cannot be corrected, or if the owner or custodian fails to correct the violation within the time specified under
subd. 1. Returning meat to the recipient of a custom slaughter or custom processing service does not correct a violation.
ATCP 55.14(3)(b)
(b) The department shall serve an order under
par. (a) by delivering a copy to the owner or custodian of the meat or meat food products, or placing a copy in a conspicuous place on or near the meat or meat food products. An order takes effect when served. A "WIS. INSP'D and CONDEMNED" mark applied under
s. ATCP 55.06 (5) (e) has the effect of a meat condemnation order served under this subsection.
ATCP 55.14(3)(c)
(c) No person may sell, move or alter any meat or meat food product covered by the department's order except as directed by this chapter or by the department.
ATCP 55.14(4)
(4) Order to correct violation. The department may order a person to correct a violation of this chapter or
ch. 97, Stats. The department may specify a deadline for correcting the violation.
ATCP 55.14(5)
(5) Rejected facilities, equipment or utensils. The department may issue an order prohibiting the use of unsanitary facilities, equipment or utensils that may contaminate meat or meat food products. The department may issue an order under this subsection by applying a "REJECTED" tag to the facilities, equipment or utensils. A person may not use the equipment or utensils until the violation is corrected and the department withdraws its order.
ATCP 55.14(6)
(6) Meat inspection staff authorized to issue orders. An authorized department employee may issue orders under this section.
ATCP 55.14 Note
Note: Under ss.
93.06 and
97.42, Stats., the department may deny, suspend or revoke a license or permit for violations of this chapter. The department may also pursue court enforcement under ss.
93.21,
97.72 and
97.73, Stats., and other applicable laws.
ATCP 55.14 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 06-028: am. (2) (a) and (3) (a) (intro.)
Register November 2006 No. 611, eff. 12-1-06.
ATCP 55.15(1)(1) A person directly affected by any of the following department actions under this chapter may ask the department to reconsider that action:
ATCP 55.15(1)(a)
(a) The denial of any application for a license or registration certificate.
ATCP 55.15(1)(b)
(b) Ante mortem or post mortem inspection findings affecting the disposition of animals, carcasses or meat.
ATCP 55.15(1)(d)
(d) Decisions denying, limiting or withdrawing slaughter inspection services.
ATCP 55.15(2)
(2) Whenever the department receives a request for reconsideration under
sub. (1), the department shall schedule a prompt informal conference with the requester. If the matter concerns an ante mortem or post mortem inspection finding by an inspector who is not a veterinarian, the department may have a veterinarian review the inspector's findings.
ATCP 55.15(3)
(3) If a requester's dispute is not resolved by informal action under
sub. (2), a requester may request a contested case hearing under
ch. 227, Stats., and
ch. ATCP 1.
ATCP 55.15(4)
(4) A request for reconsideration or hearing does not stay a department action under this chapter.
ATCP 55.15(5)
(5) This section does not limit a person's rights under
ch. 227, Stats., or other applicable law.
ATCP 55.15 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.
