ATCP 57.12(1m)(k)(k) The processing of fully rendered products for use as animal feed, pursuant to a commercial feed license under ch. ATCP 42.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: Persons who produce gelatin or other food for human consumption are subject to state licensing requirements under ch. ATCP 55 (meat and poultry products), ch. ATCP 70 (wholesale food manufacturing), and ch. ATCP 75 (retail food establishments). The United States food and drug administration regulates pharmaceutical manufacturers.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: Persons who produce commercial feed must be licensed under ch. ATCP 42 except an animal food processor licensed under s. ATCP 57.12 does not need a commercial feed license if the animal food processor is engaged only in minimal processing of carcasses and carcass materials, s. ATCP 42.02 (2) (e). If an animal food processor licensed under s. ATCP 57.12 does more than minimal processing, the animal food processor also needs a commercial feed license under ch. ATCP 42. A feed manufacturer licensed under ch. ATCP 42 does not need an animal food processor license under s. ATCP 57.12 if the feed manufacturer processes only fully rendered animal products.

ATCP 57.12(2)(2) License application; fees. To obtain an animal food processor license under sub. (1), a person shall apply on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all of the following:

ATCP 57.12(2)(a)(a) The applicant’s correct legal name, and any trade names under which the animal food processor engages in activities for which a license is required under sub. (1).

ATCP 57.12(2)(b)(b) Whether the applicant is an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity.

ATCP 57.12(2)(d)(d) The address of each animal food processing plant and truck transfer station that the animal food processor operates in this state.

ATCP 57.12(2)(e)(e) The livestock premises registration number assigned under ch. ATCP 17 to each location identified under par. (d). If the applicant has not yet registered a location under ch. ATCP 17, the applicant may register that location as part of the license application under this subsection.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: See s. 93.135 (1) (im), Stats.

ATCP 57.12(2)(i)(i) An annual license fee of $200 for each animal food processing plant that the animal food processor operates in this state. No fee is required for a truck transfer station.

ATCP 57.12(2)(j)(j) A pre-license inspection fee of $25 for each animal food processing plant for which a pre-license inspection is required under sub. (3). No fee is required for pre-license inspection of a truck transfer station.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: A person may obtain an animal food processor license application by calling (608) 224-4694, sending an email to datcpmeatpoultrylicensing@wi.gov, or by writing to the following address:

ATCP 57.12 NoteWisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Food Safety
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911

ATCP 57.12(3)(3) Pre-license inspection. Before the department issues a license covering a new animal food processing plant, or issues a license to a new operator of an existing animal food processing plant, the department shall inspect that animal food processing plant. The department may also inspect separate truck transfer stations operated by the animal food processor. The department shall perform the inspection within 30 days after the operator files a complete license application, unless the applicant agrees to a later inspection date.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: The department may inspect any animal food processing plant or transfer station, regardless of whether an inspection is required under sub. (3).

ATCP 57.12(4)(4) Action on license application. The department shall grant or deny an annual license application under sub. (2) within 30 days after the department receives a complete application except that, if a pre-license inspection is required under sub. (3), the department shall grant or deny the application within 30 days after completing the pre-license inspection.

ATCP 57.12(5)(5) Additional locations. A license under sub. (1) covers only the locations identified in the license application. A license holder may, at any time during the license year, supplement the application to include additional locations. The applicant shall pay the fee required under sub. (2) (i) for each additional location. The department shall inspect each additional location before licensing that location.

ATCP 57.12(6)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), no person may establish an animal food processing plant within one-eighth mile of any existing building used as a residential dwelling or as a public or private place of business.

ATCP 57.12(6)(b)(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the continued operation or expansion of an animal food processing plant that was originally established prior to November 26, 1981, or that was originally established at least one-eighth mile from other buildings under par. (a), except that it prohibits an expansion that moves any portion of the plant closer to any other building under par. (a) that is located within one-eighth mile of the plant.

ATCP 57.12 NoteNote: For example, an existing animal food processing plant does not violate par. (a) merely because a new residence or business facility is constructed within 1/8 mile of the existing plant. But once the new residence or business facility is constructed, the plant may not expand closer to it (it may expand in the opposite direction).

ATCP 57.12(6)(c)(c) A person may establish or expand an animal food processing plant within one-eighth mile of a dwelling or a business building with the approval of the city, village, or town in which the animal food processing plant would be located if animals will not be slaughtered in the animal food processing plant and only carcasses will be processed in the animal food processing plant.