Section 55.08. Custom slaughter and processing.

 

(1)   General. A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall do all the following:

(a) Hold a current annual license if required under s. ATCP 55.03 .

(b) Hold a current annual registration certificate if required under s. ATCP 55.09 (2) .

(c) Comply with applicable requirements under s. ATCP 55.07 .

(d) Mark or label all the resulting meat and meat food products "NOT FOR SALE," as provided in sub. (2) . A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall keep the service recipient's meat and meat food products separate from all other food that the service provider holds for others or offers for sale. The person may not sell any of the service recipient's meat or meat food products, or commingle them with any food that the person holds for others or sells.

(e) Return all of the resulting meat and meat food products to the service recipient. The service recipient may use them only for the service recipient's personal consumption, which may include consumption by the service recipient's immediate family, immediate household, and nonpaying guests.

(f) Comply with s. ATCP 55.09 if the person engages in mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing.

(g) Conduct custom slaughter and processing operations in a sanitary manner.

(h) Keep complete and accurate records of all custom slaughter and processing transactions. The service provider shall keep the records for at least 3 years, and shall make the records available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.

(2)   Marking or labeling meat.

(a) A person providing a custom slaughter or custom processing service shall mark or label the resulting meat and meat food products with all the following information:

1. The words "NOT FOR SALE" in block letters at least 3 / 8 ‶ high.

2. The name or commonly recognized trade name of the person providing the custom slaughter or custom processing service. If the person performs the service at a meat establishment licensed under s. ATCP 55.03 , the person may use the meat establishment number assigned under s. ATCP 55.03 (10) instead of the person's name. If the person provides the service as a mobile custom slaughter or mobile custom processing service, the person may use the registration number assigned under s. ATCP 55.09 (2) (g) instead of the person's name.

(b) A person providing a custom slaughter service shall mark the carcass of each custom slaughtered animal with the information required under par. (a) . The person shall mark each side, quarter, detached organ, and other part of the carcass. The person shall mark the carcass immediately after slaughter, before the carcass leaves the slaughter site.

(c) A person providing a custom processing service shall apply the label under par. (a) to all packages and containers of custom processed meat and meat food products when that meat or those meat food products are packaged or placed in those containers. The person shall individually label sausages that have a diameter of more than 1 1 / 2 ‶ if those sausages are individually packaged, or if they are shipped or stored in unsealed containers.

(3)   Custom slaughter and processing schedule.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a meat establishment operator may not engage in custom slaughter or custom processing operations at a meat establishment while the operator is simultaneously doing any of the following at that establishment:

1. Slaughtering food animals for sale.

2. Processing the meat of food animals for sale.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of the following:

1. A department-inspected custom slaughter, or the custom processing of meat from a department-inspected custom slaughter.

2. Simultaneous operations conducted in separate rooms or areas, if approved by the department. The department may approve simultaneous operations that are adequately separated and controlled to prevent cross-contamination or commingling of meat from the separated operations.

History: CR 01-042 : cr. Register March 2002 No. 555 , eff. 4-1-02.

Note

For example, a person providing custom slaughter or custom processing services may not combine saved carcass parts, such as head meat, tongues, hearts, fat, or trimmings, with meat or meat food products processed for other service recipients or purchasers. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The following examples illustrate possible label formats under par. (a): Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 NOT FOR SALE   NOT FOR SALE
XYZ Market   WIS 000 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1