Wisconsin Code § 98.14

Standardization of Babcock pipettes
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(1) All
bottles and pipettes used in measuring milk or milk products to
determine the percentage of fat in the milk or milk products shall
have clearly blown or otherwise permanently marked in the side
of the bottle or pipette the word “Sealed”, and in the side of the
pipette or the side or bottom of the bottle the name, initials or
trademark of the manufacturer and the manufacturer’s designating number, which designating number shall be different for each
manufacturer and may be used in identifying bottles. The designating number shall be furnished by the department upon application by the manufacturer and upon the filing by the manufacturer of a bond in the sum of $1,000 with sureties to be approved
by the attorney general, conditioned upon conformance with the
requirements of this section. A record of the bonds furnished, the
designating number, and to whom furnished, shall be kept in the
office of the department.
(2) Any manufacturer who sells Babcock milk, cream or butter test bottles or milk pipettes, for use in this state, that do not
comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to a
penalty of $500 to be recovered by the attorney general in an action brought in the name of the people of the state against the offender’s bondsmen. No dealer shall use, for the purpose of determining the percent of milk fat in milk or milk products, any bottles or pipettes that do not comply with the provisions of this
section.
(3) The department shall prescribe specifications with which
the glassware described in this section shall comply. The unit of
graduation for all Babcock glassware shall be the true cubic centimeter or the weight of one gram of distilled water at 4 degrees
centigrade.
(4) Sealers of weights and measures are not required to seal
Babcock milk, cream or butter test bottles or milk pipettes
marked as in this section provided, but they shall from time to
time make tests of individual bottles used by the various firms in
the territory over which they have jurisdiction in order to ascertain whether the above provisions are being complied with and
they shall report immediately to the department violations found.

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