Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 1Salmonella national control programmes (zoonoses): fees

Table 1

payable by the person in charge of a chicken or turkey holding from which an official sample is taken, processed and examined

Column 1

Activity

Column 2

Fee (£)

Time spent in obtaining an official control sample for examination in a laboratory (in addition to the fees specified below)23 per half hour or part half hour spent
Taking an official control sample from a chicken laying flock60
Taking an official control sample from a chicken breeding flock96
Taking an official control sample from a chicken broiler flock89
Taking an official control sample from turkey fattening and breeding flocks87
Examination of an official control sample in a laboratory15 per sample examined

Table 2

Fees payable by the operator of a laboratory

Column 1

Activity

Column 2

Fee (£)

Processing an application for an initial laboratory approval or an annual renewal of laboratory approval43
Conducting inspections and quality assurance based upon the number of tests for which the laboratory is approvedone test642
two tests661
three tests681
four tests700
Conducting collaborative testing for salmonella as required to obtain and maintain approval as a testing laboratory37 per test

Table 3

Fees payable by the person in charge of poultry flocks for conducting tests under point 4(b) of Part D of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003

Column 1

Activity

Column 2

Fee (£)

Conducting tests on seven dust and faecal samples taken from each flock15 per sample tested
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the caeca and oviducts of 300 birds from each flock3,560
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the shell and the content of 4,000 eggs from each flock2,310