PART 8General measures on suspicion or confirmation of avian influenza

Egg processing plants

64.—(1) The occupier of an egg processing plant to which eggs are moved from suspect premises (under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1) or from infected premises during the unregulated period of infection (under article 22(2)(a)) must ensure that–

(a)the eggs are kept separate from other eggs at the plant from the time they arrive until they are processed;

(b)the shells of the eggs are disposed of;

(c)the packaging used to transport the eggs is destroyed or cleansed and disinfected;

(d)any person involved in the handling and processing of eggs take appropriate biosecurity measures.

(2) The owner or driver of any vehicle used to transport eggs to an egg processing plant must ensure that it is cleansed and disinfected before the eggs are loaded and after they are unloaded.

(3) Any person involved in the transportation of eggs to an egg processing plant must take appropriate biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of disease.