We are the agency responsible for food safety, animal and plant health, protecting water and soil and monitoring fair and safe business practices.
We inspect and license more than 100,000 businesses and individuals, analyze millions of laboratory samples, conduct hundreds of hearings and investigations, educate businesses and consumers about best practices, adopt rules that have the force of law, and promote Wisconsin agriculture at home and abroad.
We do so with fewer than 550 positions and for less than one third of one percent of the total state budget.
The work we do touches every citizen in Wisconsin every day and underpins the state’s $51 billion agriculture and food sector.
Our mission and vision are to make Wisconsin a world leader in agriculture, food safety and consumer protection.