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23. 97.27 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
97.27 (1) (b) 5. A warehouse operated by a milk distributor licensed under s. 97.21 (3), and used primarily for the storage and distribution of milk, as defined in s. 97.01 (10) (a), and fluid milk products, as defined in s. 97.20 (1) (c) and (g) 97.24 (1) (ar).
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24. 97.29 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 97.29 (1) (g) and amended to read:
97.29 (1) (g) "Food processing" means the manufacture or preparation of food for sale through the process of canning, extracting, fermenting, distilling, pickling, freezing, baking, drying, smoking, grinding, cutting, mixing, coating, stuffing, packing, bottling, or packaging, or through any other treatment or preservation process. "Food processing" includes the activities of a bakery, confectionary, or bottling establishment, and also includes the receipt and salvaging of distressed food for sale or use as food. "Food processing" does not include any of the following:
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25. 97.29 (1) (g) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
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27. 97.29 (1) (g) 4. to 8. of the statutes are repealed.
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28. 97.29 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 97.29 (1) (h) (intro.) and amended to read:
97.29 (1) (h) (intro.) "Food processing plant" means any place where used primarily for food processing is conducted, where the processed food is not intended to be sold or distributed directly to a consumer. "Food processing plant" does not include any establishment subject to the requirements of s. 97.30 or any restaurant or other establishment holding a permit under s. 254.64, to the extent that the activities of that establishment are covered by s. 97.30 or the permit under s. 254.64. of the following:
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29
. 97.29 (1) (h) of the statutes, as affected by
2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is renumbered 97.29 (1) (h) (intro.) and amended to read:
97.29 (1) (h) (intro.) "Food processing plant" means any place where used primarily for food processing is conducted, where the processed food is not intended to be sold or distributed directly to a consumer. "Food processing plant" does not include any establishment subject to the requirements of s. 97.30 or an establishment holding a license under s. 97.605, to the extent that the activities of that establishment are covered by s. 97.30 or the license under s. 97.605. of the following:
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30. 97.29 (1) (h) 1. to 13. of the statutes are created to read:
97.29 (1) (h) 1. A retail food establishment if the food processing activities at that establishment are authorized by a license issued under s. 97.30.
2. A restaurant or other establishment where meals are prepared or processed for retail sale directly to consumers or through vending machines if the food processing activities at that establishment are authorized by a permit issued under s. 254.64.
3. An establishment covered by a license or permit under ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages if the food processing activities related to alcohol beverages at that establishment are limited to preparing individual servings of alcohol beverages that are sold on the premises in accordance with the terms of the establishment's license or permit under ch. 125.
4. A dairy plant if the food processing activities at that plant are authorized by a license issued under s. 97.20.
5. A meat or poultry establishment if the food processing activities at that establishment are authorized by a license issued under s. 97.42 or are authorized under
21 USC 451 to
472 or
21 USC 601 to
695.
6. An egg products plant if the food processing activities at that establishment are inspected by the federal department of agriculture under
21 USC 1031 to
1056.
7. A dairy farm and milking operation licensed under s. 97.22 that produces milk for shipment to a dairy plant licensed under s. 97.20 or under the equivalent laws of another state.
8. A place used by a beekeeper solely for extracting honey from the comb or producing and selling raw honey or raw bee products.
9. A place used solely for washing or packaging fresh or otherwise unprocessed fruits or vegetables.
10. A place used by a nonprofit organization solely for receiving and salvaging distressed food pursuant to the organization's purposes if the organization is described in section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
11. A place on a farm used by an egg producer solely for handling, cleaning, or packaging whole eggs, including nest-run eggs, that are produced as allowed under s. 97.28 (2).
12. A place used solely for producing and packaging maple syrup or concentrated maple sap for sale directly to consumers or to a food processing plant licensed under this section if those sales do not exceed $5,000 in any 12-month period.
13. Any other place exempted by the department by rule.
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31
. 97.29 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
97.29 (1) (h) 2. A restaurant or other establishment where meals are prepared or processed for retail sale directly to consumers or through vending machines if the food processing activities at that establishment are authorized by a permit license issued under s. 254.64 97.605.
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32. 126.01 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
126.01 (17) "Milk" has the meaning given in s. 97.22 (1) (e) 97.01 (10) (a).
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33. 234.90 (1) (cp) of the statutes is amended to read:
234.90 (1) (cp) "Milk" has the meaning given in s. 97.22 (1) (e) 97.01 (10) (a).
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35.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of sections 97.29 (1) (h) (by Section 29) and 97.29 (1) (h) 2. (by Section 31
) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2016, or the day after publication, whichever is later.
