- (1) Except in the event of a traffic accident, vehicle breakdown, or similar emergency, no milk or milk products from a bulk milk tanker may be unloaded from a bulk milk tanker or transferred to another bulk milk tanker at any place other than a dairy plant licensed under s. 97.20, Stats., and s. ATCP 65.04, or a dairy plant licensed under equivalent laws of another state. If milk is unloaded or transferred at any location other than a licensed dairy plant, the person having custody of the milk shall notify the department of that unloading or transfer before that milk is processed or shipped to any other location.
- (2) Milk or milk products shall be unloaded or transferred from a bulk milk tanker in a manner that avoids contamination of milk or milk contact surfaces. Air entering a bulk milk tanker when the tanker is unloaded shall be filtered to prevent contamination of milk and milk contact surfaces.
- (3) A bulk milk tanker shall be cleaned and sanitized when empty as provided under s. ATCP 82.08.
History
History: Cr. Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 12-1-94; CR 07-006: am. (3), Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08; CR 13-104: r. (3), renum. (4) to (3) and am. Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register August 2016 No. 728; CR 24-086: am. (title), (1), (2) Register October 2025 No. 838, eff. 11-1-25.