Section 77.02. Laboratory tests to protect public health.

  For purposes of s. 93.12 , Stats., the department declares that the following milk, food, water, wastewater and recreational water tests are necessary to protect public health:

(1)   Milk. Any of the following tests related to milk and dairy products:

(a) Standard plate count

(b) Plate loop count (raw milk only)

(c) Spiral Plate Count (raw milk only)

(d) Petrifilm Aerobic Count

(e) BactoScan FC

(f) Charm BSDA

(g) Charm II Competitive

(h) Charm II Sequential

(i) Charm II Quantitative

(j) Charm II Cloxacillin

(k) Charm II Sulfa

(L) Charm II Chloramphenicol

(m) Charm II Tetracycline

(n) Charm SL (Safe Level)

(o) Charm SL6

(p) Delvotest P

(q) Delvostest P 5 Pack

(r) Penzyme Milk

(s) Penzyme III

(t) Snap BL

(u) Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count

(v) Electric Somatic Cell Count

(w) Petrifilm Coliform Count/High Sensitivity Coliform Count

(x) Coliform Plate Count

(y) Pasteurized Milk Containers

(z) Disintegration Test

(za) Flat Lid or Pour Contact Tests

(zb) Phosphatase Test-Fluorophos

(zc) Phosphatase Test-Charm

(zd) Tests performed to comply with ch. ATCP 65 , other than milk component tests which are not related to public health.

(2)   Food . Any of the following tests related to food:

(a) Standard plate count.

(b) Plate loop count.

(c) Petrifilm aerobic count.

(d) Coliform plate count.

(e) Petrifilm coliform count.

(f) Other tests under ch. ATCP 75 to detect pathogens in food.

(3)   Water, wastewater or recreational water. Any of the following tests related to water, wastewater or recreational water:

(a) LTB or P-A broth, followed by BGLB and either EC or EC-MUG

(b) A-1 broth (fecal coliform, SWTR only)

(c) Colilert or Colilert 18

(d) Colisure

(e) Readycult or Fluorocult LMX

(f) E*Colite

(g) Colitag

(h) M-Endo or LES Endo, followed by BGLB and either EC, EC-MUG, or NA-MUG

(i) MI Medium

(j) Coliscan

(k) m-ColiBlue24

(L) Chromocult

(m) mFC agar (fecal coliform, SWTR only)

(n) PCA

(o) SimPlate

(p) m-TEC (fecal coliform)

(q) Other tests under ch. NR 809 or 812 to detect microbiological contamination in drinking water.

History: Cr. Register, September, 1999, No. 525 , eff. 10-1-99; CR 07-006 : am. (intro.), r. and recr. (1) and (3), Register January 2008, No. 625 , eff. 2-1-08; renumbering of (1) (aa) to (dd) to be (1) (za) to (zd) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. , Stats., Register January 2008 No. 625 ; CR 14-073 : am. (1) (zd) Register August 2016 No. 728 , eff. 9-1-16.