97.24 Milk and milk products.
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97.24 Milk and milk products.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Dairy farm” means any place where one or more cows, sheep or goats are kept for the production of milk.
(am)“Dairy plant” has the meaning given in s. 97.20
(a).
(ar)“Fluid milk product” means cream, sour cream, half and half, whipped cream, concentrated milk, concentrated milk products, cottage cheese, skim milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, cultured buttermilk, cultured milk, yogurt, vitamin and mineral fortified milk or milk products, and any other product made by adding any substance to milk or any of these products.
(b)“Grade A milk” means milk which is produced, processed and distributed in compliance with grade A standards established by the department by rule under this chapter.
(c)“Grade A milk product” means a fluid milk product which is produced, processed and distributed in compliance with grade A standards established by the department by rule under this chapter.
(d)“Milk distributor” has the meaning given under s. 97.21
(e).
(e)“Milk hauler” means any person, other than a milk producer hauling his or her own milk only, who transports milk or fluid milk products to or from a dairy plant or a collecting point.
(f)“Milk producer” means any person who owns or operates a dairy farm, and sells or distributes milk produced on that dairy farm.
(2)Requirements for milk and fluid milk products; grade A requirement.
(a)No person may sell or distribute any milk unless that milk is produced, processed and distributed in compliance with standards established by the department by rule under this chapter.
(b)No person may sell or distribute any milk or fluid milk products which are not grade A milk or grade A milk products to consumers, or to any restaurant, institution or retailer for consumption or resale to consumers. Grade A milk and grade A milk products shall be effectively pasteurized, and shall be produced, processed and distributed in compliance with standards established by the department by rule under this chapter.
(c)No person may sell or distribute milk or fluid milk products which are labeled or otherwise represented as grade A milk or grade A milk products unless the milk and fluid milk products comply with this chapter and with standards established by the department by rule under this chapter.
(d)This section does not prohibit:
1. The sale of milk or fluid milk products which are heat sterilized in hermetically sealed containers.
2. Incidental sales of milk directly to consumers at the dairy farm where the milk is produced.
3. Incidental sales of pasteurized milk at a dairy plant licensed under s. 97.20 .