97.42(7)
(7) Right of access. No person shall prevent or attempt to prevent an inspector or other officer or agent of the department from entering, at any time, any establishment or any other place where meat products or poultry products, or foods derived therefrom, are processed, sold or held for sale, for the purpose of any examination, inquiry or inspection in connection with the administration and enforcement of this section. The examination, inquiry or inspection may include taking samples, pictures and documentary and physical evidence pertinent to enforcement of this section.
97.42(8)
(8) Interference with inspection. Any person who forcibly assaults, threatens, obstructs, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed one year or both.
97.42(9)
(9) Tagging of facilities, equipment and product. 97.42(9)(a)(a) When in the opinion of the department, the use of any equipment, compartment, room or facilities which is unclean or unsanitary or improperly constructed could lead to contamination of the product, the department may attach a "Rejected" tag to it. No equipment, utensil, container, compartment, room or facility so tagged may be used until made acceptable and released by a department representative, or until such equipment is replaced with acceptable equipment.
97.42(9)(b)1.1. When in the opinion of the department any carcass, meat or poultry product, meat food product, or supplies or ingredients used in the processing thereof may be unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded, or otherwise fail to meet standards or requirements of this section or rules adopted under this section, the department may tag them with a "Retained" tag to hold them for further inspection, analysis or examination. No carcass, meat or poultry product, meat food product, or supplies or ingredients so tagged may be used, removed from the premises or otherwise disposed of unless released by a department representative. Such products may not be retained for more than 30 days without prior notice to the owner or custodian and the right to an immediate hearing.
97.42(9)(b)2.
2. When in the opinion of the department any carcass, meat or poultry product, or supplies or ingredients used in the processing thereof is unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded, or otherwise fail to meet standards or requirements of this section or rules adopted under this section, the department may tag them with a "Detained" tag to hold them for destruction or other disposition. No carcass, meat or poultry product, meat food product, or supplies or ingredients so tagged may be used, removed from the premises or otherwise disposed of unless released by a department representative. Such products may not be destroyed or detained for more than 30 days without prior notice to the owner or custodian and the right to an immediate hearing.
97.42(9)(c)
(c) No person may alter, deface or remove any tag from facilities, equipment, products or supplies to which it has been attached by a department inspector without the express consent or approval of the inspector or other department representative.
97.42(10)
(10) Suspension. The department may, upon written notice, summarily suspend the operations in whole or in part at any establishment for substantial violations of this section or rules issued hereunder when, in the opinion of the department, a continuation of the operation would constitute an imminent danger to public health. The department may summarily suspend inspection at any establishment for acts punishable under
sub. (8) where such acts substantially impair an inspector's ability to conduct an orderly inspection. Upon suspension of operations or inspection, the operator of the establishment may demand a hearing to determine whether the suspension should be vacated. The department shall, within 5 days after receipt of such demand, hold a hearing and adjudicate the issues as provided in
ch. 227. A demand for hearing shall not, however, operate to stay the suspension pending the hearing.
97.42(11)
(11) Exemption. This section shall not apply to owners of poultry with respect to poultry produced on the owner's farm, provided his or her sales do not exceed 1,000 fowl annually, and the birds are labeled and tagged to identify the name and address of the producer and are marked "NOT INSPECTED". Persons processing more than 1,000 fowl but less than 20,000 fowl shall be fully subject to the provisions of this section relating to licensing, sanitation, facilities and wholesomeness of product. If the department determines that the protection of consumers from unwholesome poultry products will not be impaired, it may exempt such persons from
sub. (3) (a) and
(b) provided the birds are labeled or tagged to identify the name and address of the producer and are marked "NOT INSPECTED".
97.42(12)
(12) The department may deny, revoke or suspend the license of any person for substantial or repeated violations of this section.
97.42 History
History: 1971 c. 270 s.
104;
1973 c. 206;
1975 c. 308,
421;
1977 c. 196 s.
131;
1977 c. 216,
365;
1979 c. 110,
154;
1981 c. 314;
1983 a. 189,
261;
1983 a. 500 s.
44;
1985 a. 29;
1987 a. 399;
1989 a. 174;
1991 a. 39,
175,
269;
1993 a. 16,
27,
144,
492;
1995 a. 79,
225.
97.43
97.43
Meat from dead or diseased animals. 97.43(1)
(1) No meat from any diseased animal, or any dead animal as defined under
s. 95.72 (1) (c), may be sold or used for human consumption, or dismembered or stored at premises where other food is sold or prepared for sale.
97.43(2)
(2) No carcass meat or other part of any animal shall be fed to food-producing animals or to animals used for human consumption unless it has been thoroughly rendered or cooked.
97.43(3)
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to meat from animals affected by any disease which does not ordinarily render such meat unfit for human consumption, provided the animals so affected have been slaughtered in establishments where meat inspection is maintained under
s. 97.42 or the federal meat inspection act.
97.43(4)
(4) Whoever violates this section may be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years or both.
97.43 History
History: 1971 c. 40 s.
93;
1979 c. 129 s.
6; Stats. 1979 s. 97.43;
1981 c. 66;
1985 a. 229.
97.43 Annotation
This section is not unconstitutionally vague. State v. Ehlenfeldt, 94 W (2d) 347, 288 NW (2d) 786 (1980).
97.44
97.44
Identification of meat for animal feed; registration and records of buyers. 97.44(1)
(1) No person shall buy, sell or transport any carcasses, parts thereof or meat or meat food products of any animals which are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by rules of the department or are naturally inedible by humans.
97.44(2)
(2) Animal feed manufacturers and operators of fur farms, exempt from
s. 95.72, shall register their names and business locations with the department if they engage in slaughtering animals or in buying dead animals or parts of the carcasses of such animals. The department, by rule, may require that they keep records of their purchase and disposition of such animals and carcass parts.
97.44(3)
(3) As used in this section "animals" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, equines, farm-raised deer, as defined in
s. 95.001 (1) (a), and poultry, except in the phrase "animal feed manufacturers".
97.44 History
History: 1975 c. 308;
1995 a. 79.
97.45
97.45
Labeling of horsemeat. 97.45(1)
(1) No person shall sell any horsemeat, unless it is conspicuously labeled, marked, branded or tagged "horsemeat" or, in case horsemeat is used as an ingredient in any animal or human food, unless such food is conspicuously labeled to show the presence of horsemeat.
97.45(2)
(2) Whoever violates this section may be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
97.45 History
History: 1977 c. 216 s.
4; Stats. 1977 s. 97.45;
1985 a. 229.
97.46
97.46
Sale of certain foods regulated and restricted. 97.46(1)(1) No person may, by himself or herself, or by his or her agents or servants, manufacture, sell, ship, consign, offer for sale, expose for sale or have in his or her possession with intent to sell for use or consumption within this state, any article of food within the meaning of
s. 97.01, which contains formaldehyde, sulfurous acid or sulfites, boric acid or borates, salicylic acid or salicylates, saccharin, dulcin, glucin, beta naphthol, abrastol, asaprol, fluorides, fluoborates, fluosilicates or other fluorine compounds, or any other preservatives injurious to health. Nothing contained in this section prohibits the use of common salt, saltpeter, wood smoke, sugar, vinegar and condimental preservatives, such as turmeric, mustard, pepper and other spices. No person by himself or herself, or by agents or servants, may manufacture, sell, ship, consign, offer for sale, expose for sale or have in his or her possession with intent to sell for use or consumption within this state, any article of food within the meaning of
s. 97.01, containing any added substance, article or ingredient possessing a preservative character or action other than the common salt, saltpeter, wood smoke, sugar, vinegar and condimental preservatives such as turmeric, mustard, pepper and other spices, unless the presence, name and proportionate amount of the added substance, article or ingredient is plainly disclosed to the purchaser.
97.46(2)
(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of dietary foods containing saccharin in containers labeled in accordance with
s. 97.03, nor the use of sulfur dioxide or sulfites as anti-oxidants in the processing of potatoes, frozen apples, grape juice, reconstituted lemon juice or reconstituted lime juice provided such foods contain not more than 350 parts per million SO2; nor the use of sulfur dioxide in molasses or in the processing of dried fruits, dried vegetables, pickled vegetables or fruit pectin in amounts no more than may be necessary in good manufacturing practice. Any person who refreezes or offers for sale any refrozen fruit containing sulfur dioxide or sulfites as anti-oxidants in not more than 350 parts per million, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 3 months or both, and for each subsequent offense may be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail not less than 6 months nor more than one year. The department may promulgate rules limiting the quantity therein for any such dried fruit, dried vegetables, pickled vegetables, fruit pectin or molasses.
97.46 History
History: 1971 c. 156,
286,
307;
1979 c. 89.
97.47
97.47
Benzoic acid in foods. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or have in possession with intent to sell for use or consumption in this state, any meat products or dairy products, which contain added benzoic acid or benzoates; or any other article of food as defined in
s. 97.01 which contains added benzoic acid or benzoates in excess of one-tenth of one per cent. The presence shall be stated on the label. When in the preparation of food products for shipment they are preserved by any external application of benzoic acid or benzoates in such a manner that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the package, this section shall be construed as applying only when said products are ready for consumption.
97.47 History
History: 1971 c. 156,
286,
307.
97.48
97.48
Dairy products, adding foreign fats; oleomargarine permitted. 97.48(1)(a)(a) In this subsection "dairy product" means all of the following:
97.48(1)(a)3.
3. "Yogurt", "lowfat yogurt" and "skim milk yogurt" or "nonfat yogurt" as described by rule by the department.
97.48(1)(b)
(b) No person may sell any food product that is made to resemble a dairy product unless:
97.48(1)(b)1.
1. The food product bears a statement on the main display panel of the package or container stating that the food is an artificial product in letters not less than one-half the size of the product name, but in no case may the letters be smaller than 18 point type size; and
97.48(1)(b)2.
2. The label on the food product clearly states the major differences in ingredients and nutritional value between the artificial product and the dairy product it is made to resemble.
97.48(1)(c)
(c) A food product is made to resemble a dairy product if any of the following occurs:
97.48(1)(c)2.
2. The packaging used resembles the packaging used for a dairy product.
97.48(1)(c)3.
3. The food is displayed in a retail establishment in the same manner as a dairy product.
97.48(1)(c)4.
4. Verbal or pictorial expressions are used on the food's labeling or in advertisements or other similar devices used to promote the food that state or imply that the food is a dairy product.
97.48(1)(d)
(d) The department may adopt rules that are needed to implement and administer this subsection.
97.48(2)
(2) This section does not prohibit the manufacture or sale of proprietary foods containing milk or skim milk to which have been added any fat or oil other than milk fat when such foods are clearly labeled to show their composition and the fact that they are to be sold exclusively for use as directed by physicians.
97.48(3)
(3) This section does not prohibit the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine or margarine.
97.48(4)
(4) The sale or serving of any product for use as a coffee cream or whitener in any restaurant or public eating establishment, other than cream, half and half or lighter varieties of cream, is prohibited. This subsection shall not apply to coffee whitener sold or dispensed by a vending machine provided such machine bears a prominently affixed label or legend stating that the coffee whitener sold or dispensed is not a dairy product or is an imitation dairy product.
97.48 Annotation
Although (4) achieves the legitimate state interest of preventing fraudulent substitution of nondairy whiteners for cream without the knowledge or assent of the restaurant consumer, the statute imposes a clearly excessive burden upon interstate commerce because: (1) The total dollar volume of sales eliminated by the statute is substantial and (2) labeling constitutes a reasonable and effective alternative means of preventing the deception with which the legislature is rightfully concerned. Coffee-Rich, Inc. v. Dept. of Agriculture, 70 W (2d) 265, 234 NW (2d) 270.
97.50
97.50
Adulterated, insanitary milk. 97.50(1)
(1)
Insanitary milk. Milk which is drawn from cows kept in a filthy or unclean condition; or milk drawn from any sick cow or cow having running sores; or milk drawn from cows fed unwholesome food or on refuse or slops from distilleries or vinegar factories, unless such refuse or slop is mixed with other dry sanitary grain or feed to a consistency of thick mash; or milk drawn from cows within 15 days before or 5 days after calving; or milk which is drawn from cows that are kept in barns or stables which are not reasonably well lighted and ventilated, or that are kept in barns or stables that are filthy from an accumulation of animal feces and excreta or from any other cause; or milk to which has been added or into which has been introduced any coloring matter or chemical or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance; or milk kept or transported in dirty, rusty or open-seamed cans or other utensils; or milk that is stale, putrescent or putrid; or milk to which has been added any unclean or unwholesome substance; or milk contaminated by being kept in stables or barns occupied by animals, or kept exposed in dirty, foul or unclean places or conditions, is declared to be insanitary milk.
97.50(2)
(2) Insanitary cream. Cream produced from insanitary milk; or cream produced by the use of a cream separator, which had not been thoroughly cleansed and scalded after last previous use; or cream produced by the use of a cream separator placed or stationed in any unclean or filthy place or in any building containing a stable wherein animals are kept, unless such separator is so shielded by partition from the stable portion of such building as to be free from all foul or noxious air or gases which issue or may issue from such place or stable; or cream that is stale, putrescent or putrid; or cream that is kept or transported in dirty, rusty or open-seamed cans or other utensils; or cream that has been kept exposed to foul or noxious air or gases in barns occupied by animals, or in foul or unclean places or conditions, is hereby declared to be insanitary cream.
97.50(3)
(3) Adulterated milk. Any insanitary milk or any milk containing less than 3% of milk fat; or milk containing less than 8.25% of milk solids not fat; or milk which contains or to which has been added or into which has been introduced any foreign substance is adulterated milk.
97.50(4)
(4) Adulterated cream. Any insanitary cream or any cream containing less than 18% of milk fat; or any cream produced from adulterated milk; or any cream which contains or to which has been added or into which has been introduced any foreign substance is adulterated cream.
97.50(5)
(5) Sale of certain pasteurized milk or cream not prohibited. This section does not prohibit the sale of pasteurized milk or cream to which viscogen or sucrate of lime has been added solely for the purpose of restoring the viscosity, if the same be distinctly labeled in such manner as to advise the purchaser of its true character.
97.50(6)
(6) Sale of certain skim milk not prohibited. This section does not prohibit the sale of skim milk when the same is sold as and for "skim milk".
97.52
97.52
Insanitary or adulterated milk and cream; sale; delivery prohibited. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale, furnish or deliver, or have in possession or under control with intent to sell or offer for sale, or furnish, or deliver as food for persons, or to any dairy plant any adulterated or insanitary milk or cream. The department shall establish sanitary standards for the production, handling and transportation of milk, and prescribe rules whereby the intake of each producer of milk shall be inspected, sampled and tested by the sediment, methylene blue, or other tests, and insanitary milk or cream shall be rejected as food for persons or to be processed or manufactured for food for persons, and shall be identified, in a manner that will not prevent its use as food for animals, and rules for the keeping of the test records, the prevention of further delivery of insanitary milk or cream by such producer, and the correction of the insanitary condition.
97.52 History
History: 1975 c. 94 s.
91 (10).
97.53
97.53
Adulteration of meats. No person shall offer or expose for sale, take offers for, or sell, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell for consumption within the state any sausage or chopped meat compound containing any artificial coloring, or chemical preservative or antiseptic, except common salt, sodium or potassium nitrate, sodium or potassium nitrite, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, spices or wood smoke. Ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate shall be limited to use in cooked cured comminuted meat food products in the amount of three-fourths of an ounce of ascorbic acid or seven-eighths of an ounce of sodium ascorbate for each 100 pounds of fresh uncured comminuted meat or meat by-products and, when used, they shall be included in the statement of ingredients either as "ascorbic acid" or "sodium ascorbate" as the case may be.
97.53 History
History: 1993 a. 492.
97.56(1)(1) Under this section "kosher" means prepared in accordance with the Jewish ritual and sanctioned by Hebrew orthodox religious requirements.
97.56(2)
(2) No person shall, with intent to defraud, sell or expose for sale any meat or meat preparation, whether the same be raw or prepared for human consumption, and falsely represent the same to be kosher, and as having been prepared under and of a product or products sanctioned by the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements; nor shall any person falsely represent any food product or the contents of any package or container to be so constituted and prepared, by having or permitting to be inscribed thereon the word "kosher" in any language; nor shall any person sell or expose for sale in the same place of business both kosher and nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, unless all of that person's window signs and display advertising indicate, in block letters at least four inches in height, "Kosher and Nonkosher Meat Sold Here;" nor shall any person expose for sale in any show window or place of business both kosher and nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, unless the person displays over each kind of meat or meat preparation so exposed a sign in block letters at least four inches in height reading "Kosher Meat," or "Nonkosher Meat," as the case may be.
97.56(3)
(3) No person, with intent to defraud, shall sell or expose for sale in any restaurant or other place where food products are sold for consumption on the premises, any article of food or food preparations and falsely represent the same to be kosher and as having been prepared in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements; nor shall any person sell or expose for sale in any such restaurant or other place both kosher and nonkosher food or food preparations for consumption on the premises when not prepared in accordance with the Jewish ritual and not sanctioned by the Hebrew orthodox religious requirements, unless the person's window signs and display advertising state, in block letters at least 4 inches in height, "Kosher and Nonkosher Food Served Here".
97.56 History
History: 1993 a. 492.
97.57
97.57
Planted or cultivated rice. 97.57(1)(a)
(a) "Paddy-grown rice" means rice which is mechanically planted, mechanically harvested or cultivated with the use of chemical fertilizers or herbicides.
97.57(1)(b)
(b) "Wild rice" means rice which is not mechanically harvested and which is cultivated without the use of any chemical fertilizer or herbicide.
97.57(2)
(2) Any wholesaler or supplier who sells or offers for sale any paddy-grown rice which is not blended with any other rice may not label that paddy-grown rice "wild rice" unless he or she includes on the label, immediately before, after or above the largest words "wild rice", the word "paddy-grown" in legible, boldface print or type which is in distinct contrast to all other printed or graphic material on the label and in a type or print size which is not less than one-half the size of the largest type or print used in the words "wild rice" with which the word "paddy-grown" appears.
97.57(3)
(3) No wholesaler or supplier may sell or offer for sale any rice labeled "100% natural wild rice" unless that rice is wild rice which is not blended with any other rice.
97.57 History
History: 1987 a. 375.
97.72(1)(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not prescribed shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, for the first offense; and for each subsequent offense, fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year in the county jail or both.
97.72(2)
(2) In lieu of any criminal penalty provided under this chapter, a person who violates this chapter may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation. If the prosecutor seeks to impose a forfeiture, he or she shall proceed under
ch. 778.
97.73
97.73
Injunction. In addition to penalties applicable to this chapter, the department may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating provisions of this chapter and rules or orders issued under this chapter.
97.73 History
History: 1971 c. 156 s.
10; Stats. 1971 s. 97.73;
1983 a. 261.
