(1) LICENSE REQUIRED. No person may operate
as a buttermaker, as defined in s.
97.17(1),
Stats., without a buttermaker license from the department. A license expires on
January 1 of the second calendar year beginning after the license is
issued.
(2) LICENSE APPLICATION. A
person shall apply for a buttermaker license on a form provided by the
department. The application shall include all of the following:
(a) Documentation of buttermaker
qualifications under sub. (3).
(b)
The fee required under sub. (5).
(3) QUALIFICATIONS. A buttermaker license
application under sub. (2) shall include documentation approved by the
department to show that the applicant meets at least one of the following
requirements:
(a) The applicant has held a
buttermaker license in this state within 10 years prior to the current license
application.
(b) Within 10 years
prior to the current license application, the applicant has worked directly in
buttermaking operations for at least 24 months under the direct personal
supervision of either a buttermaker licensed in Wisconsin or a buttermaker with
similar credentials outside of Wisconsin.
(c) The applicant has done all of the
following within 10 years prior to the current license application:
1. Worked in buttermaking operations for at
least 18 months under the direct personal supervision of a licensed
buttermaker.
2. Successfully
completed a department-approved course in buttermaking from an accredited
post-secondary educational institution.
(d) The applicant has done all of the
following:
1. Obtained a 4-year or greater
degree, with a food science or equivalent major, from an accredited
post-secondary educational institution.
2. Worked in buttermaking operations for at
least 12 months, under the direct personal supervision of a licensed
buttermaker, within 10 years prior to the current license
application.
(e) The
applicant holds a cheesemakers license in this state and has done all of the
following:
1. Completed a department-approved
buttermaking course.
2. Completed
40 hours of work in buttermaking operations under the direct supervision of a
licensed buttermaker.
(f) Within 5 years prior to the current
license application, the applicant has completed at least 120 hours of
on-the-job training in the complete process of buttermaking under the direct
supervision of a licensed buttermaker, and has completed department-approved
courses in all of the following subjects:
1.
Buttermaking.
2. Production of safe
dairy foods.
3. Hazard analysis
critical control point (HACCP) process control.
4. Principles of milk
pasteurization.
5. Dairy
sanitation.
(4) EXAMINATION. An applicant for a
buttermaker's license, other than a renewal license, shall pass a written
examination in order to qualify for the license. The license examination shall
test the applicant's knowledge of buttermaking and related matters, and may
include questions related to any of the following:
(a) Laws related to buttermaking, including
standards of identity, composition standards, food safety standards, labeling
requirements and related matters.
(b) The fundamentals of buttermaking,
including all of the following:
1.
Preparation and care of equipment.
2. Composition control.
3. Preparation and use of starter.
4. Pasteurization of milk and
cream.
5. Problems of acidity
control.
6. Common butter defects
and methods of overcoming them.
7.
Yeast, mold and bacterial control methods.
(c) Relevant arithmetical problems related to
dairy plant operations, butter production, plant efficiencies, and dairy
product values.
(d) Practical
working knowledge related to all of the following:
1. Testing milk and cream for bacteria,
sediment and acidity.
2. Grading
milk and cream.
3. Analysis of
butter composition.
4. Judging
butter samples.
5. Fundamentals of
pasteurization.
(5) LICENSE FEE. An applicant for a
buttermaker license shall pay a license fee of $75.
(6) Action on license application. The
department shall grant or deny a license application under sub. (2) within 20
days after the applicant submits a complete application and takes any
examination required under sub. (4). If an examination is required under sub.
(4), the department shall administer the examination within 40 days after the
department receives a complete license application under sub. (2) unless the
applicant agrees to a later examination date.
The department may issue a license under s. ATCP 69.01 on a
conditional basis, pursuant to s.
93.06(8),
Stats.
