Wisconsin Administrative Code

ATCP 65.62 HTST and HHST pasteurization. Pasteurization by means of HTST or HHST pasteurization shall comply with the standards set forth in X3-A Accepted Practices for the Sanitary Construction, Installation, Testing and Operation of High-Temperature Short-Time and Higher Heat S…

ATCP 65.64 Aseptic processing and packaging. (1) GRADE A REQUIREMENTS. Grade A aseptic processing and packaging systems shall comply with standards specified in items 16p (B), (C), and (D) of the PMO and with applicable standards specified in 21 CFR 108.25, 108.35, 113, and 114. …

ATCP 65.66 Pasteurization records. (1) GENERAL. A dairy plant operator shall keep pasteurization records for all dairy products pasteurized by the operator. Records shall cover all types of pasteurization operations, including batch operations, HTST operations, and HHST operation…

ATCP 65.68 Pasteurizer testing. (1) GENERAL. The division shall test and seal pasteurization systems according to this section. Except as provided under sub. (6), no person may use any pasteurization system to pasteurize grade A or grade B dairy products unless that system bears …

ATCP 65.70 Milk quality standards for milk collected from a dairy farm. Milk received or collected from a dairy farm shall comply with all of the following standards at the time of receipt or collection: (1) ADULTERATION AND ODORS. The milk shall not be visibly or otherwise adult…

ATCP 65.72 Drug residue testing. (1) MONTHLY TESTING OF PRODUCER MILK SHIPMENTS. During every month in which a dairy plant or milk contractor licensed as a dairy plant receives milk from a milk producer, the dairy plant operator shall perform a drug residue test on a milk sample …

ATCP 65.74 Milk and dairy products; quality standards. (1) MILK HELD AT DAIRY PLANT; BACTERIAL COUNT. The bacterial count of commingled grade A milk held at a dairy plant before pasteurization may not exceed 300,000 per ml. The bacterial count of grade B milk held at a dairy plan…

ATCP 65.76 Milk quality testing. (1) REQUIRED TEST(a) A dairy plant operator shall test raw milk from dairy farms as required under this chapter. (b) A dairy plant operator shall test milk and dairy products held or processed at a dairy plant for compliance with standards specifi…

ATCP 65.78 Milk quality test samples. (1) GENERAL. (a) Whenever a dairy plant operator performs a milk quality test on a bulk milk shipment from a milk producer, the dairy plant operator shall perform that milk quality test on a test sample collected under s. ATCP 82.12. (b) When…

ATCP 65.80 Milk quality test records and reports. (1) TEST RECORDS; GENERAL. (a) A person performing a milk quality test shall immediately record the test result and sign the test record. The test record shall specify the date of the test, including the year, the identification n…

ATCP 65.82 False samples, test results or reports. No person may do any of the following or conspire with another person to do any of the following: (1) Falsely identify milk samples. (2) Submit a false milk sample to the department, a dairy plant operator, or a testing laborator…

ATCP 65.84 Milk component testing. (1) LICENSING OF PERSON PERFORMING TEST. No person may perform any milk component test unless that person is licensed to perform milk component tests, either as a buttermaker or cheesemaker under s. 97.17, Stats., or as a milk and cream tester u…

ATCP 65.86 Milk component test methods. (1) GENERAL. Milk component tests shall be performed using any of the following methods, subject to additional requirements under sub. (2) and (3): (a) A method described in the American Public Health Association., XStandard Methods for the…

ATCP 65.910 Inspection of dairy farms; general.

ATCP 65.912 Performance-based grade A dairy farm inspections.

ATCP 65.920 Suspension or revocation of grade A producer permit or milk producer license.

ATCP 65.922 Enforcement actions taken in response to drug residue violations.

ATCP 65.925 Suspension notice; requirements.

ATCP 65.926 Dairy plant license and grade A permit suspension or revocation.

ATCP 65.927 Holding orders; identification and disposal of adulterated milk.

ATCP 65.928 Right of hearing.

ATCP 65.930 Grade A dairy plants; compliance monitoring and inspection. (5) XBulk milk weigher and samplerY means any person who collects official milk samples and may transport raw milk from a farm, or raw milk or fluid milk products to or from a dairy plant, receiving station o…

ATCP 69.01 Buttermaker license. (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. (…

ATCP 69.02 Cheesemaker license. (1) LICENSE REQUIRED. No person may operate as a cheesemaker, as defined in s. 97.17 (1), Stats., without a cheesemaker license from the department. A license expires on January 1 of the second calendar year beginning after the license is issued. (…

ATCP 69.03 License displayed. Each buttermaker[s and cheesemaker[s permit or license shall be conspicuously displayed at the factory where the permittee or licensee is engaged in the licensed activity or employed. History: 1-2-56; am. Register, January, 1985, No. 349, eff. 2-1-85…

ATCP 70.01 Scope. This chapter applies to all food processing plants, as defined in s. ATCP 70.02 (23).

ATCP 70.02 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) XAlcohol beverageY means an alcohol beverage as defined in s. 125.02 (1), Stats. (2) XApproved sanitizing solutionY means a substance or compound approved by the department for the sanitizing of equipment or utensils under s. A…

ATCP 70.04 Federal and record keeping requirements. (1) FACILITIES AND QUALIFIED FACILITIES. A food processing plant that is also a facility or a qualified facility shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and applicable requirements of 21 CFR part 117. (2) RECORD REQUI…

ATCP 70.06 Food processing plants; licensing; fees. (1) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided under sub. (11), no person may operate a food processing plant without a valid license issued by the department for that food processing plant under s. 97.29, Stats. A food processing pla…

ATCP 70.08 Construction and maintenance. (1) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; GENERAL. Food processing plants shall be soundly constructed and maintained in order to prevent adulteration as defined in s. 97.02, Stats. The license holder shall maintain in a clean and sanitary conditi…

ATCP 70.10 Personnel standards. (1) CLEANLINESS. (a) Persons engaged in food processing shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness, and shall observe good hygienic practices during all working periods. Persons engaged in food processing shall wash their hands before beg…

ATCP 70.12 Equipment and utensils. (1) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; GENERAL. Equipment and utensils shall be of sanitary design and construction. Equipment and utensils shall be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection and shall be constructed so that they can be easily cl…

ATCP 70.14 Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils. (1) GENERAL. Except as provided in ss. ATCP 70.16 and 70.40, the operator shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with provisions in s. ATCP 70.28 for sanitizers and methods used to sanitize equipment and utensils. (b) …

ATCP 70.16 Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils; exemptions. (1) APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR AN ALTERNATIVE CLEANING AND SANITIZING FREQUENCY. (ag) Except as provided in sub. (2) or s. ATCP 70.40, if an operator seeks to clean and sanitize equipment and utensils at a frequenc…

ATCP 70.18 Obtaining approval of alternative cleaning and sanitizing frequency. (1) SUBMISSION OF REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE CLEANING AND SANITIZING FREQUENCY. (am) An operator may submit a written re- quest for the department to approve alternative cleaning and sanitizi…

ATCP 70.20 Water supply. (1) OPERATIONS WATER. (a) Operations water, other than water reclaimed according to sub. (3), shall be obtained from a source that complies with ch. NR 811, for municipal water systems, or ch. NR 812, for private or non-community water systems. (b) Operat…

ATCP 70.22 Food ingredients. (1) GENERAL. Food ingredients shall be safe, wholesome, and unadulterated, and shall comply with applicable standards of identity under s. 97.09, Stats. Raw agricultural commodities and other food ingredients shall be segregated and examined as necess…

ATCP 70.24 Food handling and storage. (1) GENERAL. Food shall be protected from contamination and decomposition while being processed, handled, conveyed, or held at a food processing plant. Food shall be processed and held in a manner which keeps the food in a safe, wholesome, an…

ATCP 70.26 Food packaging and labeling. (1) GENFood packages shall be of sanitary design and construction, so as to protect food contents from reasonably foreseeable risks of contamination. Food packages shall be clean, sanitary, and free of any extraneous or deleterious substanc…

ATCP 70.28 Sanitizers and sanitizing methods. (1) SANITIZING METHODS. All returnable or multi-use food packages, and all food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils used to handle foods, shall be effectively sanitized prior to each use. (2) CHEMICAL SANITIZERS; REQUIREMENTS. …

ATCP 70.32 Recall plan. (1) PLAN REQUIRED. An operator shall have a written plan for identifying and recalling food produced at that plant, should a food recall become necessary. The operator shall update the plan as necessary, and shall make it available to the department for in…

ATCP 70.34 General. (1) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS. Operators engaged in canning operations shall comply with applicable provisions of subch. II. Operators engaged in canning operations shall also comply with this subchapter and shall file processes, as required, with the U.S. food …

ATCP 70.36 Low-acid foods packaged in hermetically sealed containers. The operator of a food processing plant that processes and packages low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers shall comply with applicable federal regulations under 21 CFR 108.35 (c) and 21 CFR part 113.…

ATCP 70.38 Acidified foods. Persons who process acidified foods shall comply with applicable federal regulations under 21 CFR 108.25 (c) and 21 CFR part 114.

ATCP 70.40 Facilities and equipment; cleaning. (1) EQUIPMENT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND ACCESSIBILITY. The operator of a food processing plant facility handling raw agricultural commodities to prepare the commodities for canning shall use product-handling equipment that is kept cl…

ATCP 70.42 Handling raw agricultural commodities and by-products. (1) PRE-CANNING OPERATIONS. Raw agricultural commodities shall be washed, sorted, trimmed as necessary, and inspected before being canned. This requirement does not apply to the washing of cabbage being prepared to…

ATCP 70.44 Fish processing. (1) APPLICABLE REGUA fish processing plant operator shall comply with subch. II and 21 CFR part 123. The operator shall have and operate in accordance with HACCP plans that comply with 21 CFR part 123 and address food safety hazards that may occur in f…