Current through August 26, 2024
(1) GENERAL. A
person engaged in mobile custom processing shall comply with ss.
ATCP 55.07 and 55.08 and this section.
(2) ANNUAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
(a) No person may receive any compensation,
other than bartered services, for providing mobile custom processing services
unless that person holds a current annual registration certificate from the
department. No registration certificate is required if the person holds a meat
establishment license under s.
ATCP 55.03.
(b)
A registration certificate under par. (a) expires on June 30
annually.
(c) A person shall apply
for a registration certificate under par. (a) on a form provided by the
department. No fee is required. The application shall include all the
following:
1. The applicant's correct legal
name, and any trade name under which the applicant does business.
2. The applicant's business
address.
3. The applicant's social
security number if the applicant is an individual.
Note: See s.
93.135(1) (nm), Stats.
4. Other relevant information required by the
department.
(d) The
department shall grant or deny an application under par. (c) within 30 days
after the department receives a complete application.
(e) The department may deny, suspend, or
revoke a registration certificate under par. (a) for cause, as provided in s.
93.06(7),
Stats. Cause may include a violation of this chapter.
Note: The procedure for suspending or revoking a
registration certificate, or for contesting the denial of a registration
certificate, is set forth in ch. ATCP 1.
(f) The department may issue a registration
certificate under par. (a) subject to conditions, or may impose conditions on
an existing registration certificate, as provided in s.
93.06(8),
Stats.
Note: The procedure for imposing conditions on
an existing registration certificate, or for contesting conditions imposed by
the department, is set forth in ch. ATCP 1.
(g) The department shall assign, to each
person holding a registration certificate under par. (a), a registration number
that uniquely identifies that person.
(3) FACILITIES AND SANITATION.
(a) Mobile custom processing operations shall
be conducted under clean and sanitary conditions.
(b) Vehicles and facilities used in mobile
custom processing operations shall be designed and constructed so that clean
and sanitary conditions are maintained.
(c) Facilities shall be available, at every
mobile custom slaughter and mobile custom processing site, to clean and
sanitize equipment and utensils.
(4) EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS. Equipment and
utensils used in mobile custom processing operations shall be of sanitary
design and construction, and shall be kept clean and sanitary. Meat or poultry
product contact surfaces of equipment and utensils shall be cleaned and
sanitized after each use, and more frequently as necessary, to keep them clean
and sanitary.
(5) PERSONNEL.
Personnel engaged in mobile custom processing operations shall wear clean and
washable outer clothing, and shall wash and rinse their hands sufficiently
during the operations to prevent contamination of carcasses and meat or poultry
products.
(6) WATER SUPPLY. Potable
water shall be available for all mobile custom processing operations. There
shall be enough water for thorough cleaning of all carcasses, equipment, and
utensils. Water shall be available during all slaughtering, other processing,
and cleanup operations.
(7) CARCASS
TRANSPORTED TO MEAT ESTABLISHMENT FOR CUSTOM PROCESSING.
(a) A person performing a mobile custom
slaughter service shall return the resulting meat to the service recipient at
the slaughter site, except that the service provider may transport a carcass to
a meat establishment licensed under s.
ATCP 55.03 for custom processing. The custom processor
shall return the resulting meat to the service recipient.
Note: See s.
ATCP 55.07(9).
(b) Carcasses transported under par. (a)
shall be transported according to s.
ATCP 55.11.
Inedible slaughter products, if transported on the same vehicle with meat,
shall be transported in tightly covered waterproof containers or in separate
waterproof compartments to prevent spillage of inedible products and
contamination of meat.
(8) MOBILE CUSTOM SLAUGHTER; MONTHLY REPORT.
A person holding a registration certificate under sub. (2) or a license under
s.
ATCP 55.03 shall file a report with the department for each
month in which that person performs any mobile custom slaughter. The person
shall file the report by the 10 th day of the following month on a form
provided by the department. The report shall include all the following
information:
(a) The name and address of each
individual for whom the person provided mobile custom slaughter
services.
(b) The number and type
of animals slaughtered for each service recipient, including indication of
whether cattle are less than 30 months of age or 30 months of age or greater,
and if the specified risk materials were removed.
(c) The date of each slaughter.
(d) The disposition of each carcass. The
report shall indicate whether a carcass was transported to another location for
processing and, if so, the location to which it was transported.
(9) RECORDS. A person providing
mobile custom processing shall keep complete and accurate records of all
processing transactions as under s.
ATCP 55.08(1)
(h). The service provider shall keep the
records for at least 3 years, and shall make the records available to the
department for inspection and copying upon request.
