The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Scotland) Order 2006

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

38.—(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 inspection 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.