Wisconsin Code § 100.183

Fraud, advertising foods
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(1) No person, firm,
corporation or association shall, with intent to sell, or increase the
consumption thereof, or create an interest therein, make, publish,
disseminate, circulate, or place before the public in this state, or
cause, directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated,
or placed before the public in this state, in a newspaper or other
publication, or in the form of a book notice, handbill, poster, bill,
circular or pamphlet, or in any other manner, an advertisement of
any sort regarding articles of food, which advertisement contains
any assertion, representation or statement which is untrue, deceptive or misleading.
(2) It shall be unlawful to advertise any dairy or other food
product which is of a grade or quality inferior to or less valuable
than the usual and ordinary grade established by common understanding or law for such product, or from which a more valuable
portion has been removed, without plainly and conspicuously
stating that the article advertised is below and inferior to the usual
and ordinary grade.
(3) No person, for himself or herself or as an agent, shall advertise at a stated price the sale of turkeys, which have been
graded by the U.S. department of agriculture, unless the federal
grade is set forth in such advertisement in not less than 10-point
type.

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