Register January 2020 No. 769
Chapter ATCP 65
MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Subchapter I — Definitions and General Requirements
ATCP 65.02 Milk producer licenses and permits; fees.
ATCP 65.04 Dairy plant licenses and permits; fees.
Subchapter II — Dairy Farms
ATCP 65.06 Milking barn or parlor.
ATCP 65.10 Dairy farm water supply.
ATCP 65.12 Equipment and utensils.
ATCP 65.14 Milking and milk handling systems.
ATCP 65.16 Bulk tanks and bulk transport containers.
ATCP 65.18 Milking procedure.
ATCP 65.20 Abnormal milk; milking diseased animals.
ATCP 65.22 Farm premises.
Subchapter III — Dairy Plants
ATCP 65.23 Federal requirements.
ATCP 65.24 Construction and maintenance.
ATCP 65.26 Personnel; sanitation standards.
ATCP 65.28 Equipment and utensils.
ATCP 65.30 C-I-P systems.
ATCP 65.32 Dairy product packages.
ATCP 65.34 Sanitizers and sanitizing methods.
ATCP 65.36 Receiving milk and dairy products.
ATCP 65.38 Collecting milk samples.
ATCP 65.40 Storing and handling milk and dairy products.
ATCP 65.41 Low-acid or acidified dairy products packaged in hermetically sealed containers for non-refrigerated storage.
ATCP 65.44 Dairy plant records.
ATCP 65.46 Dairy plant reports to department.
ATCP 65.48 Confidential information.
ATCP 65.50 Dairy product labeling.
Subchapter IV — Pasteurization
ATCP 65.52 Unpasteurized milk sales prohibited; exemptions.
ATCP 65.54 Pasteurization required.
ATCP 65.56 Labeling pasteurized and unpasteurized products.
ATCP 65.58 Pasteurization time and temperature.
ATCP 65.60 Batch pasteurization.
ATCP 65.62 HTST and HHST pasteurization.
ATCP 65.64 Aseptic processing and packaging.
ATCP 65.66 Pasteurization records.
ATCP 65.68 Pasteurizer testing.
Subchapter V — Safety and Quality Standards
ATCP 65.70 Milk quality standards for milk collected from a dairy farm.
ATCP 65.72 Drug residue testing.
ATCP 65.74 Milk and dairy products; quality standards.
ATCP 65.76 Milk quality testing.
ATCP 65.78 Milk quality test samples.
ATCP 65.80 Milk quality test records and reports.
ATCP 65.82 False samples, test results or reports.
ATCP 65.84 Milk component testing.
ATCP 65.86 Milk component test methods.
Subchapter VI — Inspection and Enforcement
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.
ATCP 65.01
ATCP 65.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
ATCP 65.01(1)
(1) “Abnormal milk" means milk that is visibly changed in color, odor, or texture, or milk that contains chemical, medicinal, or radioactive agents, which
may be deleterious to human health.
ATCP 65.01(2)
(2) “Aseptic processing and packaging system" means a system that is intended to fill commercially sterilized and cooled milk or milk products into pre-sterilized containers, and then hermetically seal each container with a pre-sterilized closure, in an atmosphere free of microorganisms.
ATCP 65.01(3)
(3) “Automated milking installation" or “AMI" means a robotic milking system that identifies, prepares and milks lactating animals; detects and segregates abnormal milk; and automatically cleans and sanitizes all milk contact surfaces, at least once daily and after the segregation of abnormal milk, such that normal milk is not adulterated.
ATCP 65.01(4)
(4) “Bulk milk tanker" means a mobile bulk container used to transport milk, fluid milk products, whey, or whey cream in bulk from a dairy farm, or to or from a dairy plant, in this state. “Bulk milk tanker" includes a container, which is permanently mounted on a motor vehicle or that is designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, and includes all equipment and accessories related to the container. “Bulk milk tanker" does not include a container that is used by a milk producer solely to transport that producer's own milk to that milk producer's bulk tank or to a licensed dairy plant operated by that milk producer.
ATCP 65.01(5)
(5) “Bulk milk weigher and sampler" 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 or transfer station, and is licensed under s.
ATCP 82.04.
ATCP 65.01(6)
(6) “Bulk tank" means a permanent or semi-permanent tank, container, or silo used to receive, cool, or store bulk quantities of milk on a dairy farm. “Bulk tank" does not include milk cans.
ATCP 65.01(7)
(7) “Bulk tank unit" or “BTU" means at least one dairy farm that is rated as a single entity and given a single sanitation compliance and enforcement rating by the division.
ATCP 65.01(8)
(8) “Bulk transport container" means a vehicle or container into which milk directly flows during milking and that a milk producer uses to ship the milk from a dairy farm to a dairy plant.
ATCP 65.01(9)
(9) “C-I-P" means clean-in-place, which is the process by which equipment is cleaned and sanitized without being disassembled and by the mechanical circulation of cleaning and sanitizing solutions onto interior milk and dairy product contact surfaces.
ATCP 65.01(10)
(10) “Composite sample" means a sample of milk that is collected from 2 or more milk shipments from the same milk producer and that is compiled and preserved according to s.
ATCP 65.78 (4).
ATCP 65.01(11)
(11) “Cowyard" means an enclosed or unenclosed area, approximately adjacent to a milking barn or parlor, in which milking animals congregate. “Cowyard" includes milking animal walkways, feeding areas, watering areas, washing areas, and housing areas located outside but adjacent to a milking barn or parlor.
ATCP 65.01(12)
(12) “Dairy farm" means a dairy farm, as defined in s.
97.22 (1) (a), Stats., operated by a milk producer and includes a milkhouse.
ATCP 65.01(13)(a)
(a) A place where a dairy product is manufactured or processed for sale or distribution as human food.
ATCP 65.01(13)(d)
(d) For the purposes of assigning milk producer license application responsibilities, a milk contractor, or any business under par.
(a) or
(b) of this section, that submits a milk producer license application on behalf of a milk producer and thereby certifies that the milk producer's dairy farm and milking operations comply with applicable requirements under this chapter.
ATCP 65.01(14)
(14) “Dairy plant operator" means a person who operates a dairy plant. “Dairy plant operator" includes the operator of a dairy plant located outside this state if the operator procures milk from producers located in this state. “Dairy plant operator" does not include a person identified under s.
97.20 (2) (e), Stats.
ATCP 65.01(16)
(16) “Department" means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
