ATCP 80.12(8)
(8) Storing clean equipment and utensils. Clean equipment and utensils, unless stored in an approved sanitizing solution, shall be stored so that they drain dry. Utensils and equipment components disassembled for cleaning shall be stored above the floor in metal racks or other suitable storage facilities. Clean equipment and utensils shall be protected from contamination prior to use.
ATCP 80.12(9)
(9) Single-service utensils. Single-service utensils shall be stored in the original containers in which they were received, or in other closed containers that will protect them from contamination until they are used. Single-service utensils shall not be reused.
ATCP 80.12(10)
(10) Cleaning compounds, detergents and sanitizers; storage and labeling. Cleaning compounds, detergents and sanitizers used in a dairy plant shall be clearly labeled. When they are not being used, they shall be stored in designated areas and in an appropriate manner so that they do not contaminate dairy products, ingredients, equipment or utensils.
ATCP 80.12 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94;
CR 01-124: cr. (1) (g), am. (7) (b) (intro.)
Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03;
CR 07-006: r. and recr. (7),
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08.
ATCP 80.14(2)(a)(a) A dairy plant operator shall clean and sanitize all C-I-P systems in compliance with
s. ATCP 80.12 (7). Surfaces that cannot be cleaned and sanitized by C-I-P procedures shall be cleaned and sanitized manually.
ATCP 80.14(2)(b)
(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 or sanitized, the date and time when each C-I-P system was cleaned and sanitized, the temperature of the cleaning and sanitizing solution, and the length of time for which the C-I-P system was exposed to the cleaning and sanitizing solution. Records shall be signed or initialed by a responsible person at the dairy plant. The department shall review the records as part of every routine inspection of the dairy plant.
ATCP 80.14(3)(a)(a) Before installing or modifying any C-I-P system, the dairy plant operator shall submit to the department a plan for the installation or modification. The plan shall clearly describe each C-I-P circuit in the installed or modified system, including the size and length of piping, fittings, pitch, drain points, access points, relative elevations, locations and specifications of circulating units, and other features of the system.
ATCP 80.14(3)(b)
(b) Plans for a C-I-P system under
par. (a) shall include the manufacturer's specifications for the system, including the manufacturer's specifications for operating, maintaining, cleaning and sanitizing the system.
ATCP 80.14(3)(c)
(c) Within 20 business days after any person files plans with the department under this subsection, the department shall return its comments or objections, if any, in writing.
ATCP 80.14 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94;
CR 01-124: am. (3) (a) and (c)
Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03;
CR 07-006: am. (2) (b),
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08.
ATCP 80.16(1)(a)(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 risks of contamination.
ATCP 80.16(1)(b)
(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.
ATCP 80.16(1)(c)
(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 that are damaged to the extent that package contents may be adulterated as a result of the damage. A sealed package is excessively damaged if the seal is broken.
ATCP 80.16(1)(d)
(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.
ATCP 80.16(2)(a)(a) The residual bacteria count on product contact surfaces of grade A dairy product packages shall not exceed one per milliliter of capacity when the rinse test is used, or 50 colonies per 8 square inches (one per square centimeter) when the swab test is used, in 3 out of 4 samples taken at random on a given day. Product contact surfaces shall be free of coliform organisms.
ATCP 80.16(2)(b)
(b) A grade A dairy product package shall be designed so that the product, the package pouring lip if any, and the package opening rim and area are protected from contamination during handling, storage and initial opening. A grade A dairy product package shall be designed so that it cannot be opened without breaking the cap or closure seal, or leaving other readily apparent evidence that the package has been opened.
ATCP 80.16(2)(c)
(c) Product contact surfaces of multi-use packages used for grade A milk or dairy products shall be constructed of one or more of the following materials unless another material is specifically authorized by the department in writing:
ATCP 80.16(2)(c)1.
1. Stainless steel of the Iron and Steel Institute 300 series or an equally corrosion resistant metal.
ATCP 80.16(2)(c)3.
3. Plastic materials that maintain their original properties under repeated use conditions; that are fat resistant and insoluble; and that are resistant to scratching, scoring, decomposition, crazing, chipping and distortion under normal use conditions.
ATCP 80.16(2)(d)
(d) Product contact surfaces of multi-use packages used to contain grade A milk or dairy products shall have rounded corners, and shall be easily cleanable.
ATCP 80.16(2)(e)
(e) Multi-use packages used to contain grade A milk or dairy products shall be effectively cleaned and sanitized before being reused. Cleaning and sanitizing procedures shall remove all extraneous matter and potential adulterants from each package. Sanitizing procedures shall comply with
s. ATCP 80.18. If returnable glass bottles are sanitized in an automatic bottle washer by soaking those bottles in a caustic solution, the sanitizing procedure shall comply with
sub. (3).
ATCP 80.16(2)(f)
(f) Multi-use packages used to contain grade A milk or dairy products shall be inspected before they are reused. Inspection shall be adequate to detect extraneous materials, adulterants and damage to product contact surfaces. Inspection shall be performed on surfaces lighted in compliance with
s. ATCP 80.08 (5) (c).
ATCP 80.16(2)(g)
(g) No multi-use plastic package may be reused for grade A milk or dairy products unless that package is tested for the presence of volatile organic compounds before the package is filled. An automatic testing device, capable of detecting volatile organic compounds at levels of public health significance, shall be used to test each package. The testing device shall be installed in conjunction with the dairy product packaging apparatus so that no packages can be filled unless the testing device is operating properly, and so that packages containing unsatisfactory levels of volatile organic compounds are automatically made unusable. The dairy plant operator shall test the system daily with a test solution consisting of 0.5 ppm petroleum distillate or another test solution approved by the department.
ATCP 80.16(2)(h)
(h) No plastic multi-use package may be used to contain grade A milk or dairy products unless all of the following requirements are met:
ATCP 80.16(2)(h)1.
1. The package is identified to show the plant at which the package was manufactured, the date of manufacture, and the type and class of plastic material used. This information may be coded if the code is provided to the department.
ATCP 80.16(2)(i)
(i) Single-service packages used to contain grade A milk or dairy products shall be manufactured by a manufacturer listed in the "Certified Manufacturers of Single-Service Containers and Related Products" published online by the Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ATCP 80.16 Note
Note: Copies of "Certified Manufacturers of Single-Service Containers and Related Products" are available online at
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov or from the Milk Safety Team, HFS-626, Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740-3835.
ATCP 80.16(2)(j)
(j) Packaged grade A milk and dairy products shall be conspicuously labeled as grade A milk or dairy products.
ATCP 80.16(3)(a)(a) Returnable glass bottles cleaned in an automatic bottle washer shall be sanitized while in the washer. Bottles cleaned in an automatic bottle washer may be sanitized by being soaked in a caustic solution. The causticity of the sanitizing solution shall be monitored and maintained at an appropriate level in relation to solution temperature and soaking time. Table 1 shows minimum causticity levels required for sanitizing solutions (expressed in terms of percent concentration of sodium hydroxide, NaOH, in the sanitizing solution), based on applicable soaking times and temperatures.
ATCP 80.16(3)(b)
(b) After being soaked in caustic solution under
par. (a), bottles shall be rinsed with water that has been treated with heat or chemicals to eliminate viable pathogenic or other harmful microorganisms from the rinse water.
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ATCP 80.16(4)(a)(a) Grade A dairy products shall be packaged in a sanitary manner at the dairy plant where they are pasteurized.
ATCP 80.16(4)(b)
(b) Grade A dairy products shall be mechanically packaged with equipment approved by the department. Hand capping is prohibited.
ATCP 80.16(4)(c)
(c) A drip deflector, designed and adjusted to deflect condensation away from open packages, shall be installed on each filler valve.
ATCP 80.16(4)(d)
(d) Conveyors that feed packages to packaging machines shall have overhead shields to protect open packages from contamination.
ATCP 80.16(4)(e)
(e) If a filled package is imperfectly sealed, the contents of that package shall be emptied into a sanitary container. The contents shall be discarded, or shall be repasteurized before being repackaged.
ATCP 80.16 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94;
CR 04-005: am. (2) (g)
Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04;
CR 07-006: am. (2) (i), renum. (3) to be (3) (a) and am., cr. (3) (b),
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08.
ATCP 80.18
ATCP 80.18
Sanitizers and sanitizing methods. ATCP 80.18(1)(1)
Sanitizing methods. Product contact surfaces may be sanitized by any of the following methods:
ATCP 80.18(1)(a)
(a) Complete and continuous exposure to clean water at a temperature of at least 170º F. (70º C.) for at least 5 minutes.
ATCP 80.18(1)(b)
(b) Complete and continuous exposure to steam at a temperature of at least 170º F. (70º C.) for at least 15 minutes, or at a temperature of at least 200º F. (93º C.) for at least 5 minutes.
ATCP 80.18(1)(c)
(c) Complete and continuous exposure for at least 2 minutes to a sanitizing solution containing at least 50 ppm of available chlorine, and having a pH not higher than 8.3, at a temperature not less than 75º F. (24º C.) nor more than 110º F. (44º C.)
ATCP 80.18(1)(d)
(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 an acid pH not higher than 5.0, at a temperature of not less than 75º F. (24º C.) nor more than 110º F. (44º C.).
ATCP 80.18(1)(f)
(f) Application, according to manufacturer's instructions, of a chemical sanitizer or sanitizing method that has been shown to be as effective as the methods specified under
pars. (a) to
(d), and that has been approved by the department under
sub. (3).
ATCP 80.18(2)
(2) Sanitizers; maximum concentrations. The use of a sanitizer shall leave no toxic residue on a product contact surface. Sanitizing solutions shall not exceed the maximum concentrations specified by the food and drug administration, United States department of health and human services, under
21 CFR 178.1010. A test kit or other device that measures the concentration of sanitizing solutions in parts per million shall be used as necessary to ensure compliance with this subsection at all times.
ATCP 80.18(3)
(3) Sanitizers; department approval. The department shall approve sanitizers and sanitizing methods which the department finds to be safe and effective for sanitizing equipment, utensils and multi-use dairy product packages. The department may deny or withdraw approval of any sanitizer or sanitizing method, whether or not approved by any other state or federal agency, if the department determines that the sanitizer or sanitizing method is not safe or effective for the purposes or under the conditions used, or that it adversely affects the sanitary characteristics of equipment, utensils or dairy product packages.
ATCP 80.18 Note
Note: Sanitizers approved under s. 4-501.114, ch.
ATCP 75 Appendix (Wisconsin Food Code), are approved by the department.
ATCP 80.18 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94;
CR 01-124: am. (1) (c)
Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03.
ATCP 80.20
ATCP 80.20
Receiving milk and dairy products. ATCP 80.20(1)(a)(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 license for that dairy farm under s.
97.22 (2), Stats., and
s. ATCP 60.03.
ATCP 80.20(1)(b)
(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:
ATCP 80.20(1)(b)2.
2. Accurately measures and records the temperature and quantity of milk in the shipment. The person shall give the producer a duplicate copy of the recorded information.
ATCP 80.20 Note
Note: A dairy plant operator shall comply with applicable requirements under subch.
IV of ch. ATCP 60, which requires dairy plant operators to sample and test producer milk and report test results. Operators must reject milk shipments and take follow-up action in some cases.
ATCP 80.20(2)
(2) Grade A milk from dairy farms. No dairy plant operator may collect or receive, as grade A milk, any of the following:
ATCP 80.20(2)(a)
(a) Milk from a dairy farm in this state unless the milk producer holds a current grade A permit for that dairy farm under s.
97.22 (3), Stats., and
s. ATCP 60.03.
ATCP 80.20(2)(b)
(b) Milk from a dairy farm in any other state unless the milk producer holds a current grade A permit for that dairy farm from the responsible regulatory authority in that state.
ATCP 80.20(3)(a)(a) No dairy plant operator may receive any fluid milk or dairy products transported in a bulk milk tanker unless the bulk milk tanker operator holds a current license for that bulk milk tanker under s.
97.21 (2) (a), Stats., and
s. ATCP 82.02 (1).
ATCP 80.20(3)(b)
(b) No dairy plant operator may receive any grade A milk or grade A fluid milk products transported in a bulk milk tanker unless the bulk milk tanker operator holds, in addition to the license under
par. (a), a current grade A permit for that bulk milk tanker under s.
97.21 (2) (b), Stats., and
s. ATCP 82.02 (7).
ATCP 80.20(3)(c)
(c) Before a dairy plant operator unloads milk from a bulk milk tanker, or commingles it with milk from another milk producer, the dairy plant operator shall test the bulk shipment for drug residues according to
s. ATCP 60.19 (2).
ATCP 80.20(4)
(4) Grade A dairy plant may not receive grade B milk. A grade A dairy plant operator may not process grade B milk at a grade A dairy plant unless the department authorizes that processing in writing. A grade A dairy plant operator may not receive, transfer or process grade A milk or dairy products through the same equipment used to receive, transfer or process grade B milk or dairy products unless the dairy plant operator first cleans and sanitizes the equipment and makes a record of the cleaning and sanitization.
ATCP 80.20(5)
(5) Manufactured dairy ingredients; approved sources. Manufactured dairy ingredients used in the manufacture or processing of dairy products shall originate from dairy plants licensed under s.
97.20, Stats., and this chapter, or licensed or inspected under equivalent laws of other states or nations.
ATCP 80.20(6)
(6) Receiving facilities. A dairy plant's facilities for receiving milk shipments shall be constructed in compliance with
s. ATCP 80.08, and shall be separated from other areas of the dairy plant as required by
s. ATCP 80.08 (7).
ATCP 80.20(7)
(7) Cleaning and sanitizing bulk milk tankers. A dairy plant operator shall do all of the following:
ATCP 80.20(7)(a)
(a) Clean and sanitize bulk milk tankers after each day's use, as required by
s. ATCP 82.08. A dairy plant operator shall clean and sanitize bulk milk tankers in a fully enclosed cleaning and sanitizing facility that complies with
s. ATCP 82.08 (2).
ATCP 80.20(8)
(8) Cleaning and sanitizing milk cans. If a dairy plant operator receives raw milk in cans, the dairy plant operator shall clean, sanitize and thoroughly dry those cans before the cans are removed from the dairy plant for reuse. Can washing equipment shall be kept clean and in good repair.
ATCP 80.20 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94;
CR 01-124: r. and recr. (1) and (3)
Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03;
CR 07-006: cr. (3) (c), am. (7) (c),
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08.
ATCP 80.22
ATCP 80.22
Storing and handling milk and dairy products. ATCP 80.22(1)(1)
General. Dairy products shall be protected from contamination and decomposition while being received, processed, handled, conveyed or held at a dairy plant. Dairy products shall be received, processed, handled, conveyed and held in a manner that keeps the products in a safe, wholesome and unadulterated condition.
ATCP 80.22(2)(a)(a) Raw grade A milk and grade A dairy products received for processing at a dairy plant shall be kept at a temperature of 45º F. (7º C.) or less until pasteurized or, if pasteurization is not required, until processed. This paragraph does not apply to raw grade A milk received at a dairy plant within 2 hours after milking, provided that the raw milk is held in compliance with
par. (d).
ATCP 80.22(2)(b)
(b) Except as provided under
par. (a), raw milk and other dairy products received for processing at a dairy plant shall be kept at a temperature of 50º F. (10º C.) or less until pasteurized or, if pasteurization is not required, until processed. This paragraph does not apply to raw milk received at a dairy plant within 2 hours after milking, provided that the raw milk is held in compliance with
par. (d).
