Wisconsin Code § 97.17

Buttermaker and cheesemaker license
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(1) In
this section the terms “buttermaker” and “cheesemaker” mean a
person employed or who may be employed in a butter or a cheese
factory who has charge of and supervision over the actual process
of manufacturing butter or cheese, and shall not include a person
employed in a butter or cheese factory for the purpose of assisting
in the manufacture of such product. This section shall not affect
a person making up a product produced on the person’s farm, nor
shall it be unlawful for a licensed cheesemaker employed in a licensed cheese factory to make butter or whey cream butter for the
use or consumption only of the patrons thereof.
(2) No person shall engage as a buttermaker or cheesemaker
unless the person has a license from the department. The license
shall be issued by the department under regulations that the department shall prescribe relating to the qualifications of applicants for licenses. The qualifications shall include the applicant’s
record in operating and keeping in sanitary condition the butter or
cheese factory in which the applicant has been employed.
(3) Application for a buttermaker’s or cheesemaker’s license
shall be made upon a form furnished by the department. Upon
receipt of the application the department shall issue a permit to
the applicant to carry on the work of a buttermaker or cheese-

maker. The permit shall have the force and effect of a license to a
buttermaker or cheesemaker until a license shall have been issued
to the applicant or until the applicant shall have been notified of
the denial of the application. At the time that the permit is issued,
the department shall furnish the applicant with the regulations incident to securing a license and also suggestions relating to the
proper method of operating butter or cheese factories.
(4) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a
fee that is $50 unless otherwise established by department rule,
except that an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee
waiver program under s. 45.44 is not required to pay a fee.
(6) The license shall expire on the first day of January of the
2nd year commencing after the date of issuance or renewal. Renewal applications shall be submitted on department forms and
be accompanied by the biennial license fee under sub. (4).

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