Section 55.01. Scope.

 

(1)   General. Except as provided in sub. (2) , this chapter applies to persons who slaughter food animals for human consumption, who submit food animals for slaughter for human consumption, or who process, store, transport, sell, or distribute meat or meat food products for human consumption. This chapter applies to slaughter and processing establishments, mobile custom slaughterers and processors, food warehouses and locker plants, meat distributors and transporters, meat brokers, food retailers, and central restaurant commissaries that engage in activities covered by this chapter.

(2)   Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A restaurant, vending machine commissary, or catering establishment licensed and inspected by the department of health services or its agent, provided that the following apply:

1. The establishment processes no meat other than state or federally inspected meat.

2. The establishment sells meat only as part of a meal.

3. Meat processing is confined to the premises where the meat is served as part of a meal or, in the case of a vending machine commissary or catering establishment, to the premises where meals are prepared for catered service or vending machine service to individual consumers.

(b) Establishments inspected by the United States department of agriculture under 21 USC 451 to 695 .

(c) An individual slaughtering or transporting his or her own animals, or processing or transporting his or her own meat, for his or her own consumption. An individual's own consumption may include consumption by the individual's immediate family, immediate household, and nonpaying guests.