Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 100.19 (2026)
Distribution methods and practices
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100.19(1)(1) The methods of distribution and practices in the distribution of food products and fuel shall be free from needless waste and needless duplication which tend to increase the cost of such products to the consuming public. Methods of distribution and practices in the distribution of food products and fuel, wherever such waste or duplication tends to increase the costs of such products to the consuming public, are hereby prohibited.
100.19(2)(2) The department, after public hearing, may issue general orders forbidding methods of distribution or practices in distribution which are found by the department to cause waste or duplication as defined herein. The department, after public hearing, may issue general orders prescribing methods of distribution or practices in distribution which are found by the department to avoid waste or duplication as defined herein.
100.19(3)(3) The department, after public hearing, may issue a special order against any person, enjoining such person from employing any method of distribution or practice in distribution which is found by the department to cause waste or duplication as defined herein. The department, after public hearing, may issue a special order against any person, requiring such person to employ the method of distribution or practice in distribution which is found by the department to avoid waste or duplication as defined herein.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1938–2020 · leading case: Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm, 2020 WI 42 (Wis. 2020).
Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm, 2020 WI 42 (Wis. 2020). “See also Wis. Stat. § 100.19 (2) & (3) (authorizing DATCP to issue "general orders" and "a special order against any person" related to methods of or practices in food products and fuel distribution).”
Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm, 2020 WI 42 (Wis. 2020). “See also Wis. Stat. § 100.19 (2) & (3) (authorizing DATCP to issue "general orders" and "a special order against any person" related to methods of or practices in food products and fuel distribution).”
Dairy Distributors, Inc. v. Dep't of Agric. & Markets, 280 N.W. 400 (Wis. 1938). “20 or under subsection (3) of section 100.19, shall serve a complaint, prepared in the name of the department, upon the person against whom the complaint is made and shall accompany such complaint by notice of public hearing to be held in the matter not sooner than ten days…”
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