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.
ATCP 55.09(2)(g)
(g) The department shall assign, to each person holding a registration certificate under
par. (a), a registration number that uniquely identifies that person.
ATCP 55.09(3)(a)(a) Mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing operations shall be conducted under clean and sanitary conditions.
ATCP 55.09(3)(b)
(b) Vehicles and facilities used in mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing operations shall be designed and constructed so they can be kept clean and sanitary.
ATCP 55.09(3)(c)
(c) Facilities shall be available, at every mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing site, to clean and sanitize equipment and utensils.
ATCP 55.09(4)
(4) Equipment and utensils. Equipment and utensils used in mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing operations shall be of sanitary design and construction, and shall be kept clean and sanitary. Meat contact surfaces of equipment and utensils shall be cleaned and sanitized after each use, and more frequently as necessary, to keep them clean and sanitary.
ATCP 55.09(5)
(5) Personnel. Personnel engaged in mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing operations shall wear clean and washable outer clothing, and shall wash and rinse their hands sufficiently during the operations to prevent contamination of carcasses, meat and meat food products.
ATCP 55.09(6)
(6) Water supply. Potable water shall be available for all mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing operations. There shall be enough water for thorough cleaning of all carcasses, equipment and utensils. Water shall be available during all slaughtering, processing and cleanup operations.
ATCP 55.09(7)
(7) Carcass transported to meat establishment for custom processing. ATCP 55.09(7)(a)(a) A person performing a mobile custom slaughter service shall return the resulting meat to the service recipient at the slaughter site, except that the service provider may transport a carcass to a meat establishment licensed under
s. ATCP 55.03 for custom processing. The custom processor shall return the resulting meat to the service recipient.
ATCP 55.09(7)(b)
(b) Carcasses transported under
par. (a) shall be transported according to
s. ATCP 55.11. Inedible slaughter products, if transported on the same vehicle with meat, shall be transported in tightly covered waterproof containers or in separate waterproof compartments to prevent spillage of inedible products and contamination of meat.
ATCP 55.09(8)
(8) Mobile custom slaughter; monthly report. A person holding a registration certificate under
sub. (2) or a license under
s. ATCP 55.03 shall file a report with the department for each month in which that person performs any mobile custom slaughter. The person shall file the report by the 10th day of the following month on a form provided by the department. The report shall include all the following information:
ATCP 55.09(8)(a)
(a) The name and address of each individual for whom the person provided mobile custom slaughter services.
ATCP 55.09(8)(b)
(b) The number and type of animals slaughtered for each service recipient.
ATCP 55.09(8)(d)
(d) The disposition of each carcass. The report shall indicate whether a carcass was transported to another location for processing and, if so, the location to which it was transported.
ATCP 55.10(1)
(1)
General. Meat and meat food products sold in this state shall be labeled according to this chapter and
ch. ATCP 90. No person may sell any misbranded meat or meat food products, or make any false, deceptive or misleading representation in connection with the sale of meat or meat food products.
