The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Wales) (No 2) Order 2006

Measures when meat and eggs have been traced

24.—(1) The National Assembly must—

(a)dispose of meat traced from infected premises under article 23; or

(b)require its disposal, by notice to the person in possession of the meat.

(2) The National Assembly must—

(a)dispose of eggs traced from infected premises under article 23;

(b)require their disposal, by notice to the person in possession of the eggs; or

(c)license the movement of the eggs directly to an egg processing plant.

(3) The National Assembly must require, by notice to the occupier of any premises to which poultry already hatched from eggs traced under article 23 have been moved, that the poultry are not moved off those premises for at least 21 days from the date they arrived there.

(4) A person moving eggs under a licence granted under paragraph 2(c) must ensure that—

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

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

(5) No person is to tamper with a seal attached under sub-paragraph 4(a) or remove it before the consignment arrives at its destination.