Illinois has several classifications of license depending on what materials are collected. Vehicle permits are required and the classification with specific naming conventions are required on the vehicle as well as address and business name.
Iowa
Iowa regulates inedible animal by-products through Iowa’s Code section 167 and 189a, and by Administrative Codes, Chapters 61 “Dead Animal Disposal”, and 76 Meat and Poultry Inspection. Regulations include licensing and fees, processing and handling regulations, facility standards, sanitation and labeling regulations, and enforcement provisions. Iowa also requires inedible carcasses, carcass materials, and products to be identified and labeled similar to the requirements in Wisconsin. Iowa has incorporated federal regulations into their program. Vehicle permits are required for vehicles used to transport carcass and carcass materials. Vehicles also are required to identify the license holder and the address.
Michigan
Michigan regulates inedible animal by-products through Act 239 of 1982 BODIES OF DEAD ANIMALS. The act includes licensing and fees, processing and handling regulations, facility standards, sanitation and labeling requirements, and enforcement provisions.
Michigan also requires vehicles used to transport carcass and carcass materials to be registered, and identification on the vehicle that the material is not intended for human consumption. Vehicles also are required to identify the license holder and the address.
Minnesota
Minnesota regulates inedible animal by-products through Minnesota Statutes section 31A “Meat and Poultry Inspection” and 35 “Animal Health”, and Minnesota Administrative rules Chapter 1540 “Meat Inspection”. Regulations include licensing and fees, processing and handling regulations, facility standards, sanitation and labeling regulations, and enforcement provisions. Minnesota addresses reciprocity in their statute with adjacent states.
Minnesota also requires inedible carcasses, carcass materials, and products to be identified and labeled similar to the requirements in Wisconsin. Minnesota incorporated 31A.21 Cooperation with Federal Government into their program. Vehicle permits are required for vehicles used to transport carcass and carcass materials.
Summary of Factual Data and Analytical Methodologies
Feedback on ch. ATCP 57 was solicited through an advisory committee during both the scope statement and rule development. There were approximately five meetings throughout fiscal year 2021 and 2022. We took all the information a series of virtual public meetings, into consideration during the modification of the rule. The department continually sought feedback on ch. ATCP 57 from industry stakeholders and notified license or registration holders in advance of public meetings. Analysis and Supporting Documents used to Determine Effect on Small Business or in Preparation of an Economic Impact Analysis
The department does not anticipate a significant fiscal impact from the proposed rule revisions. There may be some cost for licensing for certain, previously unlicensed, dead animal collection businesses that move into the rendering and animal food processing realms. Pursuant to current requirements for licensing in s. 95.72 (2) (c), Stats., the cost would be $100 per business per year. However, there would likely be only a small number of persons requiring such a license. Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis
The Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis is attached.
Effect on Small Business
The Department’s Regulatory Review Coordinator may be contacted by:
Telephone at (608) 224-5024
The Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is attached.
Department Contact Person
Paul Pierce
Division of Food and Recreational Safety
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 224-4731
Place Where Comments are to Be Submitted and Deadline for Submission:
Comments must be received on or before (put in comment period deadline for public hearing), 2022 to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings. Submit comments:
By mail to:
Paul Pierce
Division of Food and Recreational Safety
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 224-4731
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RULE TEXT
Section 1. ATCP 57.01 is repealed and recreated to read:
ATCP 57.01 Definitions. In this chapter:
(1) “Adulterated” means any animal remains from an animal that has been euthanized by the use of any drug injected intravenously or through another nonvascular route.
(2) “Animal" means any member of the animal kingdom other than a human being.
(3) “Animal food” means any article intended for use as food for dogs, cats, or other animals derived wholly, or in part, from the carcass or parts or products of the carcass of any livestock.
(4) “Animal food processing" means slaughtering animals or collecting or receiving of dead animals for processing into animal food or processing carcasses or carcass materials for use as animal feed, and includes packaging or labeling carcass materials or other finished product.
(5) “Animal food processing plant" means a place at which animal food processing occurs.
(6) “Animal food processor" means a person, other than a renderer, engaged in the business of animal food processing.
(7) “Brown grease” means a mixture of oils, fats, solids and detergents from food industry wastes that is captured in grease traps.
(8) “Carcass” means all or part of a dead animal, as defined in s. 95.72 (1) (c), Stats. Carcass does not include any of the following: (a) Material that may be lawfully sold or distributed as food for human consumption.
Note: The term “carcass: as used in this chapter does not include fish that are lawfully sold or distributed as food for human consumption, nor does it include state-inspected or federally-inspected meat or poultry products that are lawfully sold as food for human consumption.
(b) A fully-rendered product.
(9) “Carcass material" means blood, tankage, bone, offal or other material derived from a carcass. Carcass material does not include a fully rendered product.
(10) “Collector" means a person engaged only in the business of collecting or receiving dead animals for sale or delivery to a renderer, animal food processor, grease processor or an operator of a fur farm and who does not otherwise process the dead animals.
(11) “Dead animal” does not include commercial feed as defined under s. 94.72 (1) (b), Stats., or fully rendered products of dead animals, but means any of the following: (a) A dead animal or part of a dead animal other than an animal slaughtered as food for human consumption.
(b) An animal slaughtered as food for human consumption, but which becomes unsuitable as food for human consumption.
(c) An animal slaughtered or processed as food for animals and all inedible parts and by-products of animals slaughtered or processed as food for human consumption.
(12) “Denature" means to alter the normal character or appearance of carcasses or carcass materials to make them incapable of being used as food for human consumption.
(13) “Department" means the Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(14) “Disinfect” means to destroy pathogens and other disease-causing microorganisms, to the maximum practicable extent, by applying a federally registered chemical agent to a surface.
(15) “Facilities" means premises, fixtures, and equipment used in the operation of a rendering plant, animal food processing plant, grease processing plant, or transfer station. Facilities includes carcass receiving and holding areas.
(16) “Feed” means any substance which is intended for use as food for animals other than humans. Feed includes commercial feed and feed ingredients.
Note: See also ch. ATCP 42.
