The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Registration and Testing) Order 1989

2.  A registered person shall ensure that on the premises used as a hatchery–

(1) broilers and stock intended for the production of eggs for human consumption are hatched separately from each other;

(2) pedigree, grandparent and parent stock are hatched separately from each other and from stock intended for the production of eggs for human consumption or meat;

(3) eggs of different species of birds are hatched separately from each other;

(4) eggs are sanitised before incubation;

(5) chick sexing tables and equipment are cleansed and disinfected between hatches using an approved disinfectant;

(6) all equipment which is to be returned to individual premises on which breeding flocks are kept is cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant before it is returned;

(7) all vehicles used for transporting equipment, eggs or chicks are cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant before each occasion on which they are used;

(8) hatchers, hatching rooms, take off rooms, sexing rooms, holding rooms and dispatch rooms are cleansed and disinfected between hatches, and that all other rooms are cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant each week;

(9) all equipment used for vaccinating birds is cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant, or otherwise sterilised according to the manufacturers' instructions between hatches.