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

Measures when meat and eggs have been traced

24.—(1) The Secretary of State must ensure that any meat traced from infected premises in accordance with article 23 is destroyed.

(2) The Secretary of State must—

(a) ensure that all eggs so traced are disposed of or moved directly to premises for the manufacture of egg products in accordance with a licence granted by a veterinary inspector; and

(b) require, by notice to the occupier of any premises to which poultry already hatched from eggs so traced have been moved, that the poultry are not moved off the premises for at least 21 days from the date they arrived there.

(3) A person moving eggs under a licence granted under sub-paragraph 2(a) must ensure that—

(a) each consignment of eggs is sealed by a veterinary inspector or in accordance with his instructions before dispatch;

(b) vehicles used to transport the eggs to the plant have been cleansed and disinfected before the eggs are loaded.

(4) No person shall tamper with a seal attached under sub-paragraph 3(a) or remove it before the consignment arrives at the premises.