ATCP 57.01(16)(16) “Feed” means any substance which is intended for use as food for animals other than humans. Feed includes commercial feed and feed ingredients.

ATCP 57.01(17)(17) “Food,” except as used in the term “animal food processor” or “animal food processing,” has the meaning given in s. 97.01 (6), Stats. “Food” includes oils or animal fats used to cook food if, during the cooking process, the oils or animal fats may come in contact with the food.

ATCP 57.01 NoteNote: “Food,” as defined in sub. (17), means food for human consumption. A license under this chapter does not authorize the license holder to produce any kind of food, including any cooking oils or fats that may come in contact with food.

ATCP 57.01(18)(18) “Fully rendered product” means a rendered product whose ingredients have been fully melted or reconstituted by the application of heat, according to generally accepted rendering practices that destroy microorganisms in the rendered product.

ATCP 57.01(19)(19) “Grease” means a fully rendered product consisting of animal fat or tallow, or animal fat or tallow combined with vegetable oil.

ATCP 57.01(20)(20) “Grease processing” means combining, melting, refining, reconstituting or recycling fully rendered products to produce grease or other products for non-food use.

ATCP 57.01(22)(22) “Grease processor” means any person engaged in the business of collecting or receiving and melting or refining previously cooked materials containing dead animal fat or tallow or a combination of dead animal fat or tallow and vegetable oil to produce grease.

ATCP 57.01(23)(23) “Nuisance conditions” means conditions that pose a significant risk to human health or the environment, or cause obnoxious odors other than normal odors incidental to generally accepted processing practices. “Nuisance conditions” may include accumulated carcasses, carcass materials, or manure; drainage from carcasses, carcass materials or manure; accumulated litter; insect or rodent infestations; unclean facilities; or similar conditions.

ATCP 57.01(24)(24) “Rendered product” means grease, tallow, liquefied fat, blood meal, bone meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, reconstituted tankage, dry poultry product meal, feather meal, or other product produced by rendering. “Rendered product” does not include food for human consumption.

ATCP 57.01(26)(26) “Rendering” means reducing, converting or melting down carcasses or carcass materials, with the use of heat, to produce rendered products for non-food use. “Rendering” includes the slaughter of animals by a renderer, or the processing of animal carcasses or carcass materials by a renderer, for use in rendering.

ATCP 57.01(28)(28) “Truck transfer station” means a location at which carcasses or carcass materials are collected or transferred between vehicles for transportation to another location. “Truck transfer station” does not include a receiving or holding area that is part of a rendering plant or animal food processing plant.

ATCP 57.01(29)(29) “Yellow grease” means fats, oils, and grease recovered from food preparation that have not been in contact or contaminated with other sources such as water, wastewater, or solid waste.

ATCP 57.01 HistoryHistory: CR 07-116: cr. Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08; CR 08-075: cr. (17) (g) Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 10-122: am. (30) Register July 2011 No. 667, eff. 8-1-11; correction in (2) (h), (17) (f), (27) (d) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2017 No. 733; CR 23-003: r. and recr. Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24: correction in (11) made under ss. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. and 35.17, Stats., and correction in (8) (intro.), (9), (10), (15), (17), (23), (24), (26), (28) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24.

ATCP 57.10(1)(a)2.2. Collect, receive or transport, in this state, carcasses or carcass materials for rendering by that person in this state.

ATCP 57.10(1)(b)(b) A license under par. (a) expires on February 28 of each year and is not transferable. A license does not authorize the license holder to produce, sell, or distribute food for human consumption.

ATCP 57.10 NoteNote: A renderer licensed under sub. (1) must also hold a commercial feed license under s. ATCP 42.02 if the renderer produces animal feed. A renderer license does not authorize a person to process food for human consumption. Food processing is subject to other license requirements. See ch. ATCP 55 (meat and meat food products), ch. ATCP 70 (food processing plants), and ch. ATCP 75 (retail food establishments).