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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) No meat from any diseased animal, or any dead animal as defined under s. 95.72(1)(c), may be sold or used for human consumption, or dismembered or stored at premises where other food is sold or prepared for sale.
(2) No carcass meat or other part of any animal shall be fed to food-producing animals or to animals used for human consumption unless it has been thoroughly rendered or cooked.
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to meat from animals affected by any disease which does not ordinarily render such meat unfit for human consumption, provided the animals so affected have been slaughtered in establishments where meat inspection is maintained under s. 97.42 or the federal meat inspection act.
(4) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a Class H felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Agriculture, Food and Trade Practices (Ch. 91 to 100) § 97.43. Meat from dead or diseased animals - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/agriculture-food-and-trade-practices-ch-91-to-100/wi-st-97-43/
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