PART 5Measures on suspicion or confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in regulated places and vehicles

Poultry meat and by-products in slaughterhouses where disease is suspected or confirmed38

1

The occupier of a slaughterhouse where highly pathogenic avian influenza is suspected or confirmed must, in accordance with a veterinary inspector's instructions–

a

keep poultry referred to in article 37 separate from any other poultry arriving at the slaughterhouse; and

b

keep the following separate from other carcases, poultry meat and by-products–

i

carcases and poultry meat from poultry referred to in article 37;

ii

the by-products of such poultry;

iii

poultry meat from any other poultry which may have been contaminated at the slaughterhouse during the killing of such poultry or the production process;

iv

the by-products of the poultry referred to in sub-paragraph (iii).

2

Paragraph (1) applies to poultry moved to a slaughterhouse–

a

from a border F1control post under article 39(2), as if references to article 37 were to that article; and

b

on a vehicle under article 40, as if references to article 37 were to that article.

3

The occupier of a slaughterhouse where highly pathogenic avian influenza is suspected or confirmed must, in accordance the Scottish Minister's instructions, dispose of the things set out in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(i) to (iv) (both inclusive) or assist a veterinary inspector in removing those things from the premises.