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PART IIU.K. TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER I U.K. Disease control measures for category A diseases in kept terrestrial animals

Section 2 U.K. Disease control measures in the event of the official confirmation of a category A disease in kept animals

Article 19U.K.Measures to be applied to the products identified by the tracing

1.The competent authority shall order and supervise that semen, oocytes and embryos identified as contaminated by the tracing referred to in Article 17 are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1069/2009.

2.The competent authority shall order and supervise the treatment, processing or disposing of the products identified by the tracing referred to in Article 17, at least up to:

(a)the first food processing establishment in the case of products of animal origin;

(b)the hatchery or the establishment where eggs were sent for hatching, in the case of hatching eggs which did not yet hatch; and

(c)the first establishment of processing in the case of animal by products, except manure; or

(d)the location where it is stored, in the case of manure, including litter and used bedding.

3.The competent authority shall establish official surveillance on poultry hatched during the tracing period referred to in Article 17(2) from hatching eggs originating from the affected establishment; this surveillance shall be established in all the establishments of destination of the hatching eggs and shall be maintained for a period of time of 21 days after hatching.

4.The competent authority shall order and supervise that the transport from the establishments of animal by-products is subject to the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

5.The competent authority shall order and supervise that materials or substances likely to be contaminated or likely to transmit the relevant category A disease comply with its instructions regarding biosecurity and biosafety conditions to prevent the spread of category A disease agent.