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.