PART IV U.K. ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 AND 5

TITLE 5 U.K. ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Specific animal health requirements for egg products

Article 161 U.K. The establishment of origin of the eggs

Consignments of egg products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the egg products of the consignment have been processed from eggs that originated in an establishment:

(a)

in which, during the period of 30 days prior to the date of collection of the eggs, no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza and infection with Newcastle disease virus has occurred;

(b)

within a 10 km radius of the establishment, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has either been:

(i)

no outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of collection of eggs; or

(ii)

an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza within the period of 30 days prior to the date of collection of eggs and the egg product has undergone one of the risk-mitigating treatments for egg products set out in point 1 of Annex XXVIII;

(c)

within a 10 km radius of the establishments, including, where appropriate, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has either been:

(i)

no outbreak of infection with Newcastle disease virus for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of collection of eggs; or

(ii)

an outbreak of infection with Newcastle disease virus within the period of 30 days prior to the date of collection of eggs and the egg product, has undergone one of the risk-mitigating treatments for egg products set out in point 2 of Annex XXVIII.