Ch. ATCP 69 NoteNote: Chapter Ag 6 was renumbered ch. ATCP 69 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, April, 1993, No. 448.

ATCP 69.01(1)(1) License required. No person may operate as a buttermaker, as defined in s. 97.17 (1), Stats., without a buttermaker license from the department. A license expires on January 1 of the second calendar year beginning after the license is issued.

ATCP 69.01(2)(2) License application. A person shall apply for a buttermaker license on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all of the following:

ATCP 69.01(2)(a)(a) Documentation of buttermaker qualifications under sub. (3).

ATCP 69.01(2)(b)(b) The fee required under sub. (5).

ATCP 69.01(3)(3) Qualifications. A buttermaker license application under sub. (2) shall include documentation approved by the department to show that the applicant meets at least one of the following requirements:

ATCP 69.01(3)(a)(a) The applicant has held a buttermaker license in this state within 10 years prior to the current license application.

ATCP 69.01(3)(b)(b) Within 10 years prior to the current license application, the applicant has worked directly in buttermaking operations for at least 24 months under the direct personal supervision of either a buttermaker licensed in Wisconsin or a buttermaker with similar credentials outside of Wisconsin.

ATCP 69.01(3)(c)(c) The applicant has done all of the following within 10 years prior to the current license application:

ATCP 69.01(3)(c)1.1. Worked in buttermaking operations for at least 18 months under the direct personal supervision of a licensed buttermaker.

ATCP 69.01(3)(c)2.2. Successfully completed a department-approved course in buttermaking from an accredited post-secondary educational institution.

ATCP 69.01(3)(d)(d) The applicant has done all of the following:

ATCP 69.01(3)(d)1.1. Obtained a 4-year or greater degree, with a food science or equivalent major, from an accredited post-secondary educational institution.

ATCP 69.01(3)(d)2.2. Worked in buttermaking operations for at least 12 months, under the direct personal supervision of a licensed buttermaker, within 10 years prior to the current license application.

ATCP 69.01(3)(e)(e) The applicant holds a cheesemakers license in this state and has done all of the following:

ATCP 69.01(3)(e)1.1. Completed a department-approved buttermaking course.

ATCP 69.01(3)(e)2.2. Completed 40 hours of work in buttermaking operations under the direct supervision of a licensed buttermaker.

ATCP 69.01(3)(f)(f) Within 5 years prior to the current license application, the applicant has completed at least 120 hours of on-the-job training in the complete process of buttermaking under the direct supervision of a licensed buttermaker, and has completed department-approved courses in all of the following subjects:

ATCP 69.01(3)(f)3.3. Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) process control.