PART 5

Measures on suspicion or confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in regulated places and vehicles

Poultry meat and by-products in slaughterhouses where disease is suspected or confirmed
38
1
The occupier of a slaughterhouse where highly pathogenic avian influenza is suspected or confirmed must, in accordance with a veterinary inspector's instructions–
a
keep poultry referred to in article 37 separate from any other poultry arriving at the slaughterhouse; and
b
keep the following separate from other carcases, poultry meat and by-products–
i
carcases and poultry meat from poultry referred to in article 37;
ii
the by-products of such poultry;
iii
poultry meat from any other poultry which may have been contaminated at the slaughterhouse during the killing of such poultry or the production process;
iv
the by-products of the poultry referred to in sub-paragraph (iii).
2
Paragraph (1) applies to poultry moved to a slaughterhouse–
a
from a border control post under article 39(2), as if references to article 37 were to that article; and
b
on a vehicle under article 40, as if references to article 37 were to that article.
3
The occupier of a slaughterhouse where highly pathogenic avian influenza is suspected or confirmed must, in accordance the Scottish Minister's instructions, dispose of the things set out in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(i) to (iv) (both inclusive) or assist a veterinary inspector in removing those things from the premises.
Word in art. 38(2)(a) substituted (19.12.2023) by The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/361), arts. 1, 2(9)