CHAPTER 100
MARKETING; TRADE PRACTICES
100.01 Produce wholesalers, unfair conduct, liability for damages.
100.02 Commission merchants, duties, must account.
100.025 Classification of dairy heifer calves.
100.03 Vegetable procurement; financial security; grading and tare.
100.04 Livestock production contracts.
100.05 Butter and cheese manufacturers; accounts accessible.
100.057 Wisconsin cheese logotype.
100.06 Dairy licenses; financial condition.
100.07 Milk payments; audits.
100.12 Refusal of commission merchant to furnish written statement of transaction prima facie evidence of gambling.
100.14 Uniform labels and trademarks.
100.15 Regulation of trading stamps.
100.16 Selling with pretense of prize; in-pack chance promotion exception.
100.17 Guessing contests.
100.174 Mail-order sales regulated.
100.175 Dating service contracts.
100.177 Fitness center and weight reduction center contracts.
100.178 Fitness center staff requirements.
100.18 Fraudulent representations.
100.182 Fraudulent drug advertising.
100.183 Fraud, advertising foods.
100.184 Advertising foods for sale.
100.186 Linseed oil, white lead, zinc oxide, turpentine; standards; sale.
100.19 Distribution methods and practices.
100.20 Methods of competition and trade practices.
100.201 Unfair trade practices in the dairy industry.
100.202 Contracts in violation void.
100.205 Motor vehicle rustproofing warranties.
100.206 Music royalty collections; fair practices.
100.207 Telecommunications services.
100.208 Unfair trade practices in telecommunications.
100.209 Cable television subscriber rights.
100.2095 Labeling of bedding.
100.21 Substantiation of energy savings or safety claims.
100.22 Discrimination in purchase of milk prohibited.
100.23 Contract to market agricultural products; interference prohibited.
100.235 Unfair trade practices in procurement of vegetable crops.
100.24 Revocation of corporate authority.
100.25 Cumulative remedies.
100.261 Consumer information assessment.
100.264 Violations against elderly or disabled persons.
100.265 List of gasohol and alternative fuel refueling facilities.
100.27 Dry cell batteries containing mercury.
100.28 Sale of cleaning agents and water conditioners containing phosphorus restricted.
100.285 Reduction of toxics in packaging.
100.29 Sale of nonrecyclable materials.
100.295 Labeling of recycled, recyclable or degradable products.
100.297 Plastic container recycled content.
100.31 Unfair discrimination in drug pricing.
100.33 Plastic container labeling.
100.35 Furs to be labeled.
100.36 Frauds; substitute for butter; advertisement.
100.37 Hazardous substances act.
100.41 Flammable fabrics.
100.43 Packaging standards; poison prevention.
100.44 Identification and notice of replacement part manufacturer.
100.45 Mobile air conditioners.
100.46 Energy consuming products.
100.47 Sales of farm equipment.
100.48 Hour meter tampering.
100.50 Products containing or made with ozone-depleting substances.
100.51 Motor fuel dealerships.
Ch. 100 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
93.01.
100.01
100.01
Produce wholesalers, unfair conduct, liability for damages. 100.01(1)(1)
Definitions. When used in this section:
100.01(1)(a)
(a) "Broker" means a person engaged in negotiating sales or purchases of produce for or on behalf of the seller or the buyer.
100.01(1)(b)
(b) "Commission merchant" means a person engaged in receiving produce for sale for or on behalf of another.
100.01(1)(c)
(c) "Dealer" means a person who for resale buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his or her possession with intent to sell, any produce except that raised by him or her and that purchased by him or her exclusively for his or her own sale at retail.
100.01(1)(d)
(d) "Produce" means any kinds of fresh fruit or fresh vegetable, including potatoes and onions intended for planting.
100.01(1)(e)
(e) "Produce wholesaler" means a commission merchant, dealer or broker.
100.01(2)
(2) Unfair conduct. It shall be unlawful:
100.01(2)(a)
(a) For a dealer to reject or fail to deliver in accordance with the contract, without reasonable cause, produce bought or sold or contracted to be bought or sold by such dealer.
100.01(2)(b)
(b) For a commission merchant, without reasonable cause, to fail to deliver produce in accordance with the contract.
100.01(2)(c)
(c) For a commission merchant to fail to render a true itemized statement of the sale or other disposition of a consignment of produce with full payment promptly in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the parties, or, if no agreement, within 15 days after receipt of the produce. Such statement of sale shall clearly express the gross amount for which the produce was sold and the proper, usual or agreed selling charge, and other expenses necessarily and actually incurred or agreed to in the handling thereof.
100.01(2)(d)
(d) For a commission merchant or broker to make a fraudulent charge in respect to produce.
100.01(2)(e)
(e) For a commission merchant or broker to discard, dump or destroy without reasonable cause produce received by the merchant or broker.
100.01(2)(f)
(f) For a produce wholesaler to make for a fraudulent purpose or for the purpose of depressing the market a false or misleading statement concerning the grade, condition, markings, quality, quantity, market quotations or disposition of any produce or of the condition of the market therefor.
100.01(2)(g)
(g) For a produce wholesaler to receive produce from another state or country for sale or resale within this state and give the buyer the impression that the commodity is of Wisconsin origin.
100.01(2)(h)
(h) For a produce wholesaler, for a fraudulent purpose, to remove, alter or tamper with any card, stencil, stamp, tag, certificate or other notice placed upon any container or railroad car containing produce by the original packer or by or under authority of any federal or state inspector and bearing a certificate as to the grower, grade or quality of such produce.
