ATCP 55.04 NoteNote: Slaughter inspection is not required for custom slaughtered animals, because there is no sale of meat. Except as allowed under the cooperative interstate shipment program, federal law prohibits the interstate sale of meat from animals slaughtered under state (rather than federal) inspection. But this federal prohibition does not apply to meat from farm-raised deer, captive game animals, captive game birds, bison, alpacas, llamas, or rabbits.
ATCP 55.04(1)(b)(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person selling meat from a captive game animal or captive game bird if neither the department nor the United States department of agriculture has established ante mortem or post mortem inspection procedures for that type of captive game animal or captive game bird.
ATCP 55.04 NoteNote: The exemption under par. (b) is very limited, because the department and USDA have established inspection standards for most captive game animals and game birds.
ATCP 55.04(1)(c)(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person selling meat from not more than 1,000 poultry annually, provided that all the following apply:
ATCP 55.04(1)(c)1.1. The person produces all of those poultry on his or her premises.
ATCP 55.04(1)(c)2.2. The person slaughters, otherwise processes, and sells the poultry at the premises where they are produced or directly to consumers contracting with the person’s community supported agriculture business, or has them slaughtered and otherwise processed at a licensed meat establishment.
ATCP 55.04(1)(c)3.3. The person clearly and conspicuously labels each package or container of poultry meat with the processor’s name and address and the words “NOT INSPECTED.”
ATCP 55.04 NoteNote: See s. 97.42 (11), Stats.
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)(d) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person selling meat from rabbits, provided that all the following apply:
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)1.1. The person only slaughters and otherwise processes rabbits produced on that person’s premises.
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)2.2. The person slaughters and otherwise processes not more than 3,000 rabbits annually.
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)3.3. The person keeps a record of the number of rabbits slaughtered, retains that record for at least 3 years, and makes the record available for inspection and copying by the department upon request.
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)4.4. The person slaughtering and otherwise processing rabbits complies with the requirements of s. ATCP 55.07 (4).
ATCP 55.04(1)(d)5.5. The person holds an establishment license under s. ATCP 55.03.
ATCP 55.04(1m)(1m)Processing inspection required.
ATCP 55.04(1m)(a)(a) No person operating a licensed meat establishment may sell any meat or poultry product unless that meat or poultry product is labeled as provided in s. ATCP 55.10 (3).
ATCP 55.04(1m)(b)(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to meat or poultry products processed at a retail food establishment licensed under s. 97.30, Stats., and sold only to individual consumers at that establishment.
ATCP 55.04(2)(2)Slaughter and other processing inspection provided to licensed meat establishments.
ATCP 55.04(2)(a)(a) The department shall provide required ante mortem and post mortem slaughter inspection services and processing inspection services to operators of meat establishments licensed under s. ATCP 55.03. The department shall specify the minimum frequency at which custom slaughter and other custom processing activities in a licensed meat establishment are to be inspected. This inspection frequency shall be at least once every three months during which custom processing activities or transactions occur. The department may not provide slaughter or other processing inspection services to other persons.
ATCP 55.04(2)(b)(b) A meat establishment operator requesting slaughter or other processing inspection services shall submit the request to the department in writing, and shall specify a proposed schedule of slaughter or other processing according to s. ATCP 55.03 (12) (b). The department may require a different schedule, as provided in s. ATCP 55.03 (12) (c). The meat establishment operator may not deviate from the specified schedule without prior department approval, as provided in s. ATCP 55.03 (12) (d).
ATCP 55.04(3)(3)Slaughter inspection site.
ATCP 55.04(3)(a)(a) The department may not perform a slaughter inspection at any place other than a meat establishment licensed under s. ATCP 55.03, except that the department may agree to perform field ante mortem inspections on any of the following:
ATCP 55.04(3)(a)1.1. Apparently healthy farm-raised deer or captive game animals that cannot be safely or humanely transported to a licensed meat establishment for ante mortem inspection.
ATCP 55.04(3)(a)2.2. Apparently healthy livestock or ratites, if special circumstances prevent the transportation of those animals to a licensed meat establishment for ante mortem inspection.
ATCP 55.04(3)(b)(b) The department may not perform field ante mortem inspections under par. (a) on diseased animals, or on animals that cannot stand or walk.
ATCP 55.04(3)(c)(c) If an animal passes a field ante mortem inspection under par. (a), the operator of a meat establishment licensed under s. ATCP 55.03 may stun and bleed the animal in the field. The operator shall bleed the animal immediately after stunning, and shall immediately transport the carcass to the meat establishment for skinning, post mortem inspection, and processing. The operator shall transport the carcass in compliance with s. ATCP 55.11. The inspector shall identify the carcass and monitor the carcass shipment, as necessary, to ensure compliance with this paragraph.
ATCP 55.04(4)(4)Inspection charges; when required. The department shall provide slaughter inspection services under subs. (2) and (3) without charge, except that the department shall charge a meat establishment operator for slaughter inspection services if any of the following apply:
ATCP 55.04(4)(a)(a) The inspection pertains to a captive game animal or captive game bird.
ATCP 55.04(4)(b)(b) The department performs the inspection on any of the following days, or at any of the following times: