Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety
Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products
Subchapter III - Dairy Plants
Section ATCP 65.38 - Collecting milk samples
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) SAMPLE REQUIRED. A dairy plant operator who receives a milk shipment from a milk producer shall collect a representative milk sample from that shipment. Sufficient agitation or a milk sampling method approved by the division shall be used to ensure that the milk sample is representative of the milk shipment. A person licensed under s. 97.17 or 98.146, Stats., shall collect the sample before the dairy plant operator commingles the milk with milk from any other milk producer.
(2) SAMPLE COLLECTED AT THE DAIRY FARM. A bulk milk weigher and sampler who collects a bulk milk shipment from a dairy farm shall collect the milk sample for the dairy plant operator, under sub. (1), in accordance with ch. ATCP 82. The bulk milk weigher and sampler shall promptly deliver the sample to the dairy plant operator, or to a milk testing laboratory designated by the dairy plant operator.
(3) SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM BULK TRANSPORT CONTAINER. A person who receives a bulk transport container at a dairy plant shall collect the milk sample for the dairy plant operator under sub. (1), in accordance with ch. ATCP 82. The person shall promptly deliver the sample to the dairy plant operator or to a milk testing laboratory designated by the dairy plant operator.
(4) INCREASED SAMPLING FREQUENCY. If milk from any dairy farm violates a standard under s. ATCP 65.70 on any single test, the dairy plant operator shall do any of the following:
