GENERAL FOOD REGULATIONS.
Madison General Ordinances § 7.075
in effect7.075 - GENERAL FOOD REGULATIONS.
The following regulations also apply to all eating and drinking establishments, retail food establishments, and soda fountains.
(1) Adoption by Reference. Wis. Stat. § 97.30 and Wis. Admin. Code chs. ATCP 74 and ATCP 75 and subsequent amendments, additions and recodifications are adopted by reference except for those provisions found elsewhere in the Madison General Ordinances which impose stricter standards, in which case the said ordinance provisions shall prevail. (Cr. by Ord. 10,745, 10-15-93; Am. by Ord. 13,497, 1-23-04)
(2) Miscellaneous Beef Products.
(a) Chopped beef or ground beef shall consist of chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without seasoning and without the addition of beef fat as such, shall not contain more than thirty percent (30%) fat, and shall not contain added water, binders, or extenders.
(b) Hamburger shall consist of chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without the addition of beef fat as such and/or seasoning, shall not contain more than thirty percent (30%) fat, and shall not contain added water, binders, or extenders.
(c) Beef patties shall consist of chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without the addition of beef fat as such and/or seasoning. Binders or extenders and/or partially defatted beef fatty tissue may be used without added water or with added water only in amounts such that the product's characteristics are essentially that of a meat pattie. The product must be labeled with ingredients in descending order of prominence.
(3) Any food placed or displayed for sale on the outside of any building, in any open window, doorway, or upon any sidewalk, street or alley or from any conveyance shall be securely protected from flies, rodents, other animals, dust, dirt and all other injurious contamination and shall be elevated to a distance of at least twenty-four (24) inches above the floor or sidewalk. (Renumbered by Ord. 8760, 12-31-85)
(4) Samples. The Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative shall have free access at reasonable hours to secure samples or specimens of any food after paying or offering to pay for such sample. It is the duty of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative to make examinations of samples thus secured. (Renumbered by Ord. 8760, 12-31-85; Am. by ORD-14-00012, 1-14-14)
(5) Holding Orders.
(a) Whenever the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or authorized representative has reasonable cause to believe that any food is adulterated or misbranded and is dangerous to health or misleading to the injury or damage of the purchaser or consumer, they shall issue and deliver to the owner or custodian thereof a holding order prohibiting the sale or movement of such food for any purpose until the analysis of examination of the sample obtained has been completed. Such holding order shall be effective for a period no longer than fourteen (14) days from the time of delivery thereof.
(b) No food described in any such holding order so issued and delivered shall be sold or moved for any purpose without the approval of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative until such analysis or examination has been completed within the time specified above. If the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative upon completed analysis or examination determines that the food described in such holding order is not adulterated or misbranded, then the owner or custodian thereof shall be promptly so notified in writing, and such holding order shall terminate upon such notification.
(c) Where the analysis or examination shows such food is adulterated or misbranded and is dangerous to Health or misleading to the injury or damage of the purchaser or consumer, the owner or custodian thereof shall be so notified within the effective time of the holding order. Upon receipt of such notice the food subject to the holding order shall not be sold or otherwise moved without the approval of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative and shall only be sold or otherwise moved in a manner authorized by the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County or their authorized representative or under their direction.
(6) Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). Each and every violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. (Renumbered by Ord. 8760, 12-31-85)
(Renumbered by Ord. 8760, 12-31-85) (Renumbered by Ord. 8760, 12-31-85; Am. by ORD-14-00012, 1-14-14) (Sec. 7.075 Cr. by Ord. 5523, 6-30-76; Am. by ORD-15-00009, 1-28-15)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOICH1--10_CH7PUHE_7.075GEFOREFetched: 11/1/2026