ATCP 55.07 Note
Note: With very limited exemptions,
9 CFR 309.3 prohibits the slaughter of non-ambulatory cattle for human consumption (the prohibition applies to custom-slaughtered animals, as well as animals slaughtered for sale). An animal does not qualify for exemption unless a state or federal veterinarian makes that determination, based on an ante mortem and post mortem examination of the animal.
ATCP 55.07(9)(a)(a) A meat establishment operator shall examine all carcasses and meat received for processing at that meat establishment. The operator shall examine the carcasses and meat before receiving them into any processing or storage area.
ATCP 55.07(9)(b)
(b) A meat establishment operator may not receive, into any processing or storage area, any unclean or apparently unwholesome carcass or meat. The operator shall handle, store and prepare carcasses and meat to prevent contamination of other carcasses, meat and food.
ATCP 55.07(9)(c)
(c) Except as provided in
par. (d) or
(e), a meat establishment operator may not process any carcass or meat produced by the custom slaughter of a diseased or injured animal.
ATCP 55.07(9)(d)
(d) A meat establishment operator may custom process the carcass or meat produced by the slaughter of a food animal injured within 24 hours prior to slaughter, provided the animal was not diseased.
ATCP 55.07(9)(e)
(e) A meat establishment operator may custom process the carcass or meat produced by the slaughter of a food animal injured more than 24 hours prior to slaughter if all the following apply:
ATCP 55.07(9)(e)2.
2. A licensed practicing veterinarian performed an ante mortem and post mortem inspection on the slaughtered animal, and certified in writing that the carcass was wholesome and free of disease.
ATCP 55.07 Note
Note: The department may retain or condemn unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food products, including those produced by custom slaughter or processing (see s.
ATCP 55.14). If the department inspects a custom slaughter, the department will follow applicable inspection procedures under this chapter.
ATCP 55.07(10)(a)(a) If the department condemns a food animal on ante mortem inspection, the meat establishment operator shall kill the animal, inject it with a denaturant, and dispose of it as directed by the department. The denaturant shall consist of a 10% solution of carbolic or cresylic acid. A meat establishment operator may use another denaturant if the department pre-approves that denaturant. The meat establishment operator, acting under direct department supervision, shall inject at least 40 ml. of the denaturant into the heavy musculature of each carcass quarter and into each of the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
ATCP 55.07(10)(b)
(b) No person may slaughter, for human consumption, any food animal that the department has condemned as being unwholesome or unfit for human consumption. The animal owner or meat establishment operator shall dispose of the condemned animal in a manner directed by the department.
ATCP 55.07(10)(c)
(c) An animal condemned on ante mortem inspection may not be skinned or eviscerated at a meat establishment. This does not prohibit the recovery, under department supervision, of animal parts needed for diagnostic testing required by the department.
ATCP 55.07(10)(d)
(d) No person may process for human consumption, or sell or distribute for human consumption, any meat that the department has condemned as being unwholesome or unfit for human consumption. The meat establishment operator shall denature or de-characterize the condemned meat so that the meat is no longer naturally edible by humans. Containers used for condemned meat shall be conspicuously marked "INEDIBLE."
ATCP 55.07(10)(e)
(e) If the department orders a meat establishment operator to trim any carcass to remove unfit or unwholesome meat, the operator shall complete the trimming before placing the carcass in a cooler.
ATCP 55.07(10)(f)
(f) A meat establishment operator shall clean and sanitize facilities, equipment and utensils that have come in contact with any condemned animal or meat before using the facilities, equipment or utensils in any other slaughter or processing operations.
ATCP 55.07(11)(a)(a) Persons slaughtering food animals shall use humane methods. Humane methods include any of the following:
ATCP 55.07(11)(a)5.
5. Established religious dietary law procedures, such as rabbinical (kosher) procedures.
ATCP 55.07(11)(b)
(b) Persons receiving, transporting or holding food animals for slaughter shall do so in a humane manner.
ATCP 55.07(11)(c)
(c) If a meat establishment receives food animals that cannot stand or walk, the meat establishment operator shall do all the following:
ATCP 55.07(11)(c)1.
1. Maintain separate holding pens for those animals, and protect them from physical contact with other animals.
ATCP 55.07(11)(c)2.
2. Maintain skids, mats or other department-approved conveyances for moving those animals humanely. A meat establishment operator may not drag an animal that cannot stand or walk, but shall move the animal by means of an approved conveyance.
ATCP 55.07(11)(d)
(d) Meat establishment operators shall construct and maintain livestock pens, driveways and ramps to prevent injury to animals.
ATCP 55.07(11)(e)
(e) Persons moving food animals to slaughter shall do so in a manner that minimizes animal excitement and discomfort. Persons driving food animals to slaughter shall avoid excessive use of driving implements that may cause unnecessary excitement, pain or injury to the animals. Persons driving food animals to slaughter may not stab or prod the animals with sharp driving implements.
ATCP 55.07(11)(f)
(f) Food animals held at meat establishments pending slaughter shall have access to drinking water. If they are held for more than 24 hours, they shall also have access to feed.
ATCP 55.07(11)(g)
(g) No livestock, ratites or captive game animals may be shackled, hoisted, stuck or cut for slaughter, except according to rabbinical (kosher) or other established religious dietary practices, until the livestock are rendered insensible to pain.
ATCP 55.07 Note
Note: See s.
95.80, Stats.
ATCP 55.07(11)(h)
(h) If a bullet, bolt or other slaughter projectile penetrates the brain of a slaughtered food animal, that brain may not be used for human food.
ATCP 55.07(11)(i)
(i) No head, head meat or cheek meet from a food animal slaughtered by gunshot may be used for human food. This paragraph does not prohibit the use of the animal's tongue for human food.
ATCP 55.07(12)
(12) Horses and horse meat. No person may slaughter or process equines at a meat establishment where other domesticated food animals are slaughtered or processed. Equine carcasses, equine meat and equine meat food products shall be conspicuously labeled "HORSE MEAT" or "HORSE MEAT PRODUCT" in a manner approved by the department.
ATCP 55.07(13)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), a person who slaughters a food animal for human consumption, or who processes the meat of a food animal for human consumption, shall make a record of that slaughter or processing. The record shall include all the following:
ATCP 55.07(13)(a)2.
2. The number and type of animals slaughtered, and the disposition of the carcasses.
ATCP 55.07(13)(a)3.
3. The type and amount of meat processed, and the disposition of that meat.
ATCP 55.07(13)(b)
(b) Paragraph (a) does not require a meat establishment operator to duplicate slaughter records kept by the department's inspector.
ATCP 55.07(13)(c)
(c) A person required to make a record under
par. (a) shall keep that record for at least 3 years, and shall make the record available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.
ATCP 55.07 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 07-116: am. (1) (a) (intro.), (2) (a) (intro.), (3) (a) (intro.) and (8), cr. (8) (e)
Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08;
CR 08-075: am. (3) (a) (intro.)
Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09;
CR 10-122: am. (1) (a)
Register July 2011 No. 667, eff. 8-1-11.
ATCP 55.08
ATCP 55.08
Custom slaughter and processing. ATCP 55.08(1)(1)
General. A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall do all the following:
ATCP 55.08(1)(d)
(d) Mark or label all the resulting meat and meat food products "NOT FOR SALE," as provided in
sub. (2). A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall keep the service recipient's meat and meat food products separate from all other food that the service provider holds for others or offers for sale. The person may not sell any of the service recipient's meat or meat food products, or commingle them with any food that the person holds for others or sells.
ATCP 55.08 Note
Note: For example, a person providing custom slaughter or custom processing services may not combine saved carcass parts, such as head meat, tongues, hearts, fat or trimmings, with meat or meat food products processed for other service recipients or purchasers.
ATCP 55.08(1)(e)
(e) Return all of the resulting meat and meat food products to the service recipient. The service recipient may use them only for the service recipient's personal consumption, which may include consumption by the service recipient's immediate family, immediate household and nonpaying guests.
ATCP 55.08(1)(g)
(g) Conduct custom slaughter and processing operations in a sanitary manner.
ATCP 55.08(1)(h)
(h) Keep complete and accurate records of all custom slaughter and processing transactions. The service provider shall keep the records for at least 3 years, and shall make the records available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.
ATCP 55.08(2)(a)(a) A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall mark or label the resulting meat and meat food products with all the following information:
ATCP 55.08(2)(a)2.
2. The name or commonly recognized trade name of the person providing the custom slaughter or custom processing service. If the person performs the service at a meat establishment licensed under
s. ATCP 55.03, the person may use the meat establishment number assigned under
s. ATCP 55.03 (10) instead of the person's name. If the person provides the service as a mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing service, the person may use the registration number assigned under
s. ATCP 55.09 (2) (g) instead of the person's name.
ATCP 55.08 Note
Note: The following examples illustrate possible label formats under par. (a):
NOT FOR SALE NOT FOR SALE
XYZ Market WIS 000
ATCP 55.08(2)(b)
(b) A person providing a custom slaughter service shall mark the carcass of each custom slaughtered animal with the information required under
par. (a). The person shall mark each side, quarter, detached organ and other part of the carcass. The person shall mark the carcass immediately after slaughter, before the carcass leaves the slaughter site.
ATCP 55.08(2)(c)
(c) A person providing a custom processing service shall apply the label under
par. (a) to all packages and containers of custom processed meat and meat food products when that meat or those meat food products are packaged or placed in those containers. The person shall individually label sausages that have a diameter of more than 1 1/2‶ if those sausages are individually packaged, or if they are shipped or stored in unsealed containers.
ATCP 55.08(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), a meat establishment operator may not engage in custom slaughter or custom processing operations at a meat establishment while the operator is simultaneously doing any of the following at that establishment:
ATCP 55.08(3)(b)1.
1. A department-inspected custom slaughter, or the custom processing of meat from a department-inspected custom slaughter.
ATCP 55.08(3)(b)2.
2. Simultaneous operations conducted in separate rooms or areas, if approved by the department. The department may approve simultaneous operations that are adequately separated and controlled to prevent cross-contamination or commingling of meat from the separated operations.
ATCP 55.08 History
History: CR 01-042: cr.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.
ATCP 55.09
ATCP 55.09
Mobile custom slaughter and processing. ATCP 55.09(1)(1)
General. A person engaged in mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing shall comply with
ss. ATCP 55.07 and
55.08 and this section.
ATCP 55.09(2)(a)(a) No person may receive any compensation, other than bartered services, for providing mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing services unless that person holds a current annual registration certificate from the department. No registration certificate is required if the person holds a meat establishment license under
s. ATCP 55.03.
ATCP 55.09(2)(c)
(c) A person shall apply for a registration certificate under
par. (a) on a form provided by the department. No fee is required. The application shall include all the following:
ATCP 55.09(2)(c)1.
1. The applicant's correct legal name, and any trade name under which the applicant does business.
ATCP 55.09(2)(c)3.
3. The applicant's social security number if the applicant is an individual.
ATCP 55.09(2)(d)
(d) The department shall grant or deny an application under
par. (c) within 30 days after the department receives a complete application.
ATCP 55.09(2)(e)
(e) The department may deny, suspend or revoke a registration certificate under
par. (a) for cause, as provided in s.
93.06 (7), Stats. Cause may include a violation of this chapter.
ATCP 55.09 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 55.09(2)(f)
(f) The department may issue a registration certificate under
par. (a) subject to conditions, or may impose conditions on an existing registration certificate, as provided in s.
93.06 (8), Stats.
ATCP 55.09 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.
