SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO THE KEEPING OF CONVENTIONALLY REARED MEAT CHICKENS

PART 1Interpretation

InterpretationI11

In this Schedule—

  • “chicken” means a conventionally reared meat chicken;

  • “cumulative daily mortality rate” means the sum of daily mortality rates;

  • “daily mortality rate” means the number of chickens which have died in a house on the same day including those that have been culled either because of disease or because of other reasons, divided by the number of chickens present in the house on that day, multiplied by 100;

  • F8“flock” means a group of chickens which are placed in a house of a holding and are present in this house at the same time;

  • “food business operator” has the same meaning as it has in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety18;

  • “holding” means a production site on which chickens are kept;

  • “house” means a building on a holding where a flock of chickens is kept;

  • “keeper” means any person responsible for or in charge of chickens in terms of contract or by law whether on a permanent or temporary basis;

  • “litter” means any material which is dry and friable on the surface and enables the chickens to satisfy their ethological needs;

  • “official veterinarian” has the same meaning as it has in F4Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

  • “Regulation 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin19F1, as last F3relevantly amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 218/2014F2;

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  • F6“Regulation (EU) 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of feed and food law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products F7;

  • “stocking density” means the total live weight of chickens which are present in a house at the same time per m2 of usable area;

  • “usable area” means a littered area accessible to the chickens at any time; and

  • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 197121.