Wisconsin food regulation law is governed by statutes and administrative regulations. Below is a link to the Wisconsin Administrative Code and the .pdf of the "Wisconsin Food Code," Health and Family Services HFS 196. Also included below is an index of Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 97 along with corresponding links to the statutes. One of the primary purposes of these laws is the prevention of food related illnesses including E. coli, Escherichia coli and other food illnesses & bacteria such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, Calicivirus, Norwalk, Shigella, Giardia lamblia, Hepatitis, and Cryptosporidia.
Wisconsin Administrative Code, Health and Family Services HFS 196
Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 97
97.01 Definitions.
97.02 Standards; adulterated food.
97.03 Standards; misbranding.
97.07 Interpretation.
97.09 Rules.
97.10 Prohibited acts.
97.12 Enforcement.
97.13 Sale of fish flour regulated.
97.17 Buttermaker and cheesemaker license.
97.175 Butter and cheese grader license requirements.
97.176 Butter; grading; label.
97.177 Cheese; grading; labeling.
97.18 Oleomargarine regulations.
97.20 Dairy plants.
97.21 Milk haulers and milk distributors.
97.22 Milk producers.
97.23 Drug residues in milk.
97.24 Milk and milk products.
97.25 Use of synthetic bovine growth hormone; labeling of dairy products.
97.27 Food warehouses.
97.29 Food processing plants.
97.30 Retail food establishments.
97.32 Special dairy and food inspectors.
97.34 Bottled drinking water and soda water beverage; standards; sampling and analysis.
97.41 Retail food: agent status for local health departments.
97.42 Compulsory inspection of animals, poultry and carcasses.
97.43 Meat from dead or diseased animals.
97.44 Identification of meat for animal feed; registration and records of buyers.
97.45 Labeling of horsemeat.
97.46 Sale of certain foods regulated and restricted.
97.47 Benzoic acid in foods.
97.48 Dairy products, adding foreign fats; oleomargarine permitted.
97.50 Adulterated, insanitary milk.
97.52 Insanitary or adulterated milk and cream; sale; delivery prohibited.
97.53 Adulteration of meats.
97.56 Kosher meat.
97.57 Planted or cultivated rice.
97.72 Penalties.
97.73 Injunction.
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