ANNEX IICONTROL OF ZOONOSES AND ZOONOTIC AGENTS LISTED IN ANNEX I

B.Minimum sampling requirements

1.After the relevant control programme referred to in Article 5 has been approved, food business operators must have samples taken and analysed to test for the zoonoses and zoonotic agents listed in Annex I, column 1, respecting the minimum sampling requirements set out in the following table.

1. Zoonosis or zoonotic agent

2. Animal population

3. Phases of production which sampling must cover

All salmonella serotypes with public health significance

Breeding flocks of Gallus gallus:

rearing flocks

day-old chicks

four-week-old birds

two weeks before moving to laying phase or laying unit

adult breeding flocks

every second week during the laying period

All salmonella serotypes with public health significance

Laying hens:

rearing flocks

day-old chicks

pullets two weeks before moving to laying phase or laying unit

laying flocks

every 15 weeks during the laying phase

All salmonella serotypes with public health significance

Broilers

birds leaving for slaughter22

All salmonella serotypes with public health significance

Turkeys

birds leaving for slaughter22

All salmonella serotypes with public health significance

Herds of pigs:

breeding pigs

animals leaving for slaughter or carcases at the slaughterhouse

slaughter pigs

animals leaving for slaughter or carcases at the slaughterhouse

The results of the analysis on the samples must be known before the animals leave for the slaughterhouse.