Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety
Chapter ATCP 55 - Meat And Poultry Products
Section ATCP 55.01 - Scope

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง ATCP 55.01

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) GENERAL. Except as provided in sub. (2), this chapter applies to persons who slaughter livestock, poultry, captive game animals, captive game birds, or other food animals for human consumption, who submit livestock, poultry, captive game animals, captive game birds, or other food animals for slaughter for human consumption, or who process, store, transport, sell, or distribute meat or poultry products or edible food made from captive game animals, captive game birds, or other food animals for human consumption. This chapter applies to slaughter and other processing establishments, mobile processors, food warehouses and locker plants, meat distributors and transporters, meat brokers, food retailers, and central restaurant commissaries that engage in activities covered by this chapter.

(2) EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A restaurant, vending machine commissary, or catering establishment licensed and inspected by the department or its agent, provided that all the following apply:
1. The establishment processes no meat or poultry products other than meat or poultry products previously subjected to state or federal inspection.

2. The establishment sells meat or poultry products only as part of a meal.

3. Any processing of meat or poultry products is confined to the premises where the meat or poultry product is served as part of a meal or, in the case of a vending machine commissary or catering establishment, to the premises where ready-to-eat meals are prepared for catered service or vending machine service to individual consumers.

(b) Establishments inspected by the United States department of agriculture under 21 USC 451 to 695.

(c) An individual slaughtering or transporting his or her own animals, or processing or transporting his or her own meat, for the owner's consumption or consumption by members of the owner's household and the owner's nonpaying guests and employees.

(d) An individual processing poultry products who is exempted under 21 USC 464(c) (1) (A) to (D) and 21 USC 464 (c) (4), which exempts certain personal and custom poultry slaughter and processing from federal regulations.

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