Wisconsin Code § 97.57

Planted or cultivated rice
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(1) In this section:
(a) “Paddy-grown rice” means rice which is mechanically
planted, mechanically harvested or cultivated with the use of
chemical fertilizers or herbicides.
(b) “Wild rice” means rice which is not mechanically harvested and which is cultivated without the use of any chemical
fertilizer or herbicide.
(2) Any wholesaler or supplier who sells or offers for sale any
paddy-grown rice which is not blended with any other rice may
not label that paddy-grown rice “wild rice” unless he or she includes on the label, immediately before, after or above the largest
words “wild rice”, the word “paddy-grown” in legible, boldface
print or type which is in distinct contrast to all other printed or
graphic material on the label and in a type or print size which is
not less than one-half the size of the largest type or print used in
the words “wild rice” with which the word “paddy-grown”
appears.
(3) No wholesaler or supplier may sell or offer for sale any
rice labeled “100 percent natural wild rice” unless that rice is
wild rice which is not blended with any other rice.

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