Wisconsin Code § 97.43

Meat from dead or diseased animals
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(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.

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