The Control of Salmonella in Poultry Order 2007

PART 2 Poultry hatcheries

Notification of poultry hatcheries

4.—(1) The occupier of a poultry hatchery with a total incubator capacity of 1000 eggs or more must notify the Secretary of State of the information in this article—

(a) within three months of the coming into force of this Order; or

(b) in the case of such a hatchery established after the date this Order comes into force, within three months of the establishment of the hatchery.

(2) The occupier must notify the Secretary of State of any change or addition to that information within three months of the change or addition.

(3) This article does not apply to any occupier who has notified the Secretary of State of that information under any other enactment.

(4) The information to be notified is—

(a) the name, address and telephone number of the occupier;

(b) the address and telephone number of the hatchery;

(c) the incubator capacity of the hatchery; and

(d) the species of poultry hatched at the hatchery.

Records in a hatchery incubating Gallus gallus

5.  If a hatchery incubates eggs of the species Gallus gallus and has a capacity of 1000 eggs or more, when eggs or chicks are moved on to or off the hatchery the occupier must record—

(a) the date of the movement;

(b) the number of eggs or chicks moved;

(c) whether the movement is on to or off the hatchery;

(d) if the movement is off the holding, the holding of destination; and

(e) in the case of eggs brought on to the hatchery for incubation, the holding of origin.