(a) Standard plate count.
(b) Plate loop count (raw milk only).
(c) Spiral Plate Count (raw milk only).
(d) Petrifilm Aerobic Count.
(e) BactoScan FC Petrifilm Rapid Aerobic Count.
(f) Charm BSDA TEMPO Aerobic Count.
(g) Charm II Competitive Peel Plate Aerobic Count.
(h) Charm II Sequential BactoScan FC.
(i) Charm II Quantitative BactoCount IBC.
(j) Charm II Cloxacillin BacSomatic Bacteria Count.
(k) Charm II Sulfa Charm BSDA.
(L) Charm II Chloramphenicol Competitive.
(m) Charm II Tetracycline Sequential.
(n) Charm II SL (Safe Level) Quantitative.
(o) Charm II SLG Sulfa.
(p) Delvotest P Charm II Chloramphenicol.
(q) Delvotest P 5 Pack Charm II Tetracycline.
(r) Penzyme Milk Charm SL (Safe Level).
(s) Penzyme III Charm 3 SL-3.
(t) Snap BL Charm FLUSLBL.
(u) Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count Charm ROSA SULF.
(v) Electric Somatic Cell Count Charm ROSA Tetracycline SL.
(w) Petrifilm Coliform Count/High Sensitivity Coliform Count Charm ROSA TRIO.
(x) Coliform Plate Count Delvotest P.
(y) Pasteurized Milk Containers Delvotest P 5 Pack.
(z) Disintegration Test New SNAP Beta Lactam.
(za) Flat Lid or Pour Contact Tests SNAP Tetracycline.
(zb) Phosphatase Test-Fluorophos BetaStar Advanced Test for Beta Lactams.
(zc) Phosphatase Test-Charm BetaStar Advanced Test for Tetracyclines.
(zd) Tests performed to comply with ch. ATCP 65, other than milk component tests which are not related to public health Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count. (ze) Electronic Somatic Cell Count.
(zf) Petrifilm Coliform Count/High Sensitivity Coliform Count.
(zg) Coliform Plate Count.
(zh) TEMPO Coliform Count.
(zi) Peel Plate Coliform Count.
(zj) Pasteurized Milk Containers.
(zk) Disintegration Test.
(zl) Flat Lid or Pour Contact Tests.
(zm) Phosphatase Test-Fluorophos.
(zn) Phosphatase Test-Charm PasLite.
(zo) Phosphatase Test – Charm FAP.
(zp) Accupoint Advanced Alkaline Phosphatase.
(zq) Tests performed to comply with ch. ATCP 65, other than milk component tests which are not related to public health. Section 5. ATCP 77.02 (3) is amended to read:
(a) LTB or P-A broth, followed by BGLB and either EC or EC-MUG.
(b) A-1 broth (fecal coliform, SWTR only).
(c) Colilert or Colilert 18.
(d) Colisure.
(e) Readycult or Fluorocult LMX.
(f) E*Colite.
(g) Modified Colitag.
(h) M-Endo or LES Endo, followed by BGLB and either EC, EC-MUG, or NA-MUG.
(i) MI Medium.
(j) Coliscan.
(k) m-ColiBlue24.
(L) Chromocult.
(m) mFC agar (fecal coliform, SWTR only).
(n) PCA HPC or R2A.
(o) SimPlate.
(p) m-TEC (fecal coliform).
(q) Other tests under ch. NR 809 or 812 to detect microbiological contamination in drinking water. Pseudalert. (r) Enterolert.
(s) Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
Section 6. ATCP 77.02 (3) (q) is renumbered ATCP 77.02 (3) (t).
Section 7. ATCP 77.04 (1) (b) is amended to read:
(b) The name, address, and telephone number, and e-mail address of the laboratory.
Section 8. ATCP 77.04 (1) (e) 3. (Note) is amended to read:
Note: An operator may obtain application forms and submit applications to the department at the following address:
Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
Division of food and recreational safety, bureau of food Safety and recreational businesses and Inspection
Laboratory Certification Program
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 224-4712
Section 9. ATCP 77.06 (1) (a) through (d) are amended to read:
(a) Milk or food tests. An annual certification fee of $410492 for each test under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2) at each laboratory for which the operator is certified. This fee does not apply to a laboratory that is approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. (b) Certified analysts; milk or food tests. An annual certification fee of $3036 for each analyst who performs one or more tests under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2). This fee does not apply to an individual approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. (c) Discretionary inspection or additional analyst certification; milk or food tests. A supplemental fee of $150180 for each discretionary inspection or requested certification of one or more analysts to conduct any test under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2), if the certification occurs at any time other than during a mandatory inspection under s. ATCP 77.14 (1). This fee does not apply to an individual approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. (d) Water tests. An annual certification fee of $340408 for each test under s. ATCP 77.02 (3) for which the operator is certified. Section 10. ATCP 77.06 (2) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
(a) If the department certifies an operator of a milk or food laboratory to perform a test for less than a full calendar year, the operator shall pay a fee of $2842 for each full month of certification for that test. This fee does not apply to a laboratory that is authorized under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. (b) If the department certifies an operator of a water laboratory to perform a test for less than a full calendar year, the operator shall pay a fee of $2335 for each full month of certification for that test.
Section 11. ATCP 77.08 (5) is amended to read:
(5) SUMMARY SUSPENSION. The food and recreational safety administrator may issue a written notice, summarily suspending all or part of an operator’s certification, if the food and recreational safety administrator finds in the suspension notice that the operator has not complied with this chapter, that the noncompliance poses an imminent threat to the health or safety of the public or laboratory workers, and that the noncompliance is likely to continue unless the food and recreational safety administrator summarily suspends the operator’s certification. The operator may contest the summary suspension according to s. ATCP 1.03 (3). Section 12. ATCP 77.10 (2) (b) is amended to read:
(b) Maintain temperature-controlled equipment, including incubators, water baths, refrigerators and freezers, so that the equipment functions effectively. The operator shall measure and record equipment temperatures at least daily when the equipment is in use and the laboratory is staffed with trained personnel.
Section 13. ATCP 77.14 (1) (b) and (c) are amended to read:
(b) At least once every 2 years after the department first certifies the operator under s. ATCP 77.03 to perform tests under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) at that laboratory and at least once every 3 years after the department first certifies the operator under s. ATCP 77.03 to perform any tests under s. ATCP 77.02 (2) or (3). (c) Before the department certifies the operator to perform a test under s. ATCP 77.02 which the department has not previously certified that operator to perform at that laboratory unless the laboratory is currently certified for a test that utilizes the same or very similar methodology.
