Subchapter III — Water Laboratories
ATCP 77.30 Water laboratories; procedures.
ATCP 77.32 Water laboratory analysts.
ATCP 77.34 Water laboratories; proficiency evaluation.
Ch. ATCP 77 Note
Note: Chapter ATCP 77 as it existed on September 30, 1999, was repealed and a new chapter ATCP 77 was created,
Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99.
ATCP 77.01
ATCP 77.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
ATCP 77.01(3)
(3) “Certified laboratory" means a laboratory at which an operator is certified to perform tests under s.
ATCP 77.02.
ATCP 77.01(4)
(4) “Department" means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
ATCP 77.01(5)
(5) “FDA" means the United States department of health and human services, public health service, food and drug administration.
ATCP 77.01(7)
(7) “Food and recreational safety administrator" means the administrator of the department's division of food and recreational safety.
ATCP 77.01(9)
(9) “Laboratory" means a facility at which an operator performs tests.
ATCP 77.01(11)
(11) “Milk" means the lacteal secretion of cows, sheep, goats, water buffalo, or camelids and includes dairy products made from milk.
ATCP 77.01(12)
(12) “Operator" means a person who owns or controls a laboratory.
ATCP 77.01(13)
(13) “Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative association, limited liability company, trust, or other organization or entity. “Person" includes counties, municipalities, the state of Wisconsin and agencies of the state.
ATCP 77.01(14)
(14) “Public health standard" means a federal, state or local statute, rule or ordinance which specifies a standard for the safety or wholesomeness of milk, water or food for human consumption.
ATCP 77.01(15)
(15) “Public water system laboratory" means a laboratory that tests water for a public water system as defined in s.
NR 108.02 (12).
ATCP 77.01(16)
(16) “Test" means a laboratory examination of milk, water or food.
ATCP 77.01(17)
(17) “Visual read test" means a drug residue screening test performed by an individual who interprets the result without the aid of a mechanical reader.
ATCP 77.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; emerg. cr. (4m) and (17), eff. 11-15-01;
CR 01-124: cr. (4m) and (17)
Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03;
CR 07-006: am. (4m),
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08;
CR 14-073: am. (4m)
Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9-1-16;
CR 19-076: am. (4m), (7), (11) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20. ATCP 77.02
ATCP 77.02
Laboratory tests to protect public health. For purposes of s.
93.12, Stats., the department declares that the following milk, food, water, wastewater and recreational water tests are necessary to protect public health:
ATCP 77.02(1)
(1) Milk. Any of the following tests related to milk and dairy products:
ATCP 77.02(1)(zq)
(zq) Tests performed to comply with ch.
ATCP 65, other than milk component tests which are not related to public health.
ATCP 77.02(2)
(2) Food. Any of the following tests related to food:
ATCP 77.02(3)
(3) Water, wastewater or recreational water. Any of the following tests related to water, wastewater or recreational water:
ATCP 77.02(3)(a)
(a) LTB or P-A broth, followed by BGLB and either EC or EC-MUG.
ATCP 77.02(3)(h)
(h) M-Endo or LES Endo, followed by BGLB and either EC, EC-MUG, or NA-MUG.
