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Ordinance Concerning Monitoring And Control Of Certain Infectious Diseases In Aquatic Organisms

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om overvågning og bekæmpelse af visse smitsomme sygdomme hos akvatiske organismer

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Scope and definitions

Chapter 2 Categorization

Chapter 3 Suspicion, public inspection, observation and control

Chapter 4 Risk-based Monitoring

Chapter 5 Vaccination

Chapter 6 Expenditure and compensation

Chapter 7 Penalty provisions and provisions for entry into force

Appendix 1

Publication and control of certain infectious diseases of aquatic organisms 1)

Under section 4 5, section 25, section 27, paragraph 1. 2, section 29, section 30, paragraph 30. 1 and 4, section 33-35, section 37, section 44 (4). 1, section 45 (3). 2, section 47, section 53, section 67 and section 70 (6). Three, in the law. 432 of 9. In June 2004, on the crew of animals, as amended by law no. 105 of 20. February 2006 :

Chapter 1

Scope and definitions

Scope of application

§ 1. This notice relates to monitoring and control of the following exotic, non-exotic and new diseases in aquatic organisms :

1) Exotic diseases listed in the list of transmissible diseases lists 1 in the notice of the Law on the Crew of Animals,

2) non-exotic diseases listed in list 1 or 2 in the notice of transmissible disease lists for the animal and animal life of animals ; and

3) new diseases :

a) A serious disease identified recently, irrespective of whether the reason for it is established or not, and which can be spread within and between populations, e.g. in the case of trade in aquatic organisms and / or products from aquatic organisms, and

b) a type of disease identified by a new host species, which has not yet been listed as a susceptible species as referred to in list 1 or 2 in the notice of transmissible diseases to the animal-side animal.

§ 2. This notice shall not apply to :

1) Aquatic ornamental organisms raised in non-commercial aquarium,

2) wild aquatic organisms harvested or caught for direct entering into the food chain, or

3) aquatic organisms caught in the manufacture of fish meal, fish food, fish oil and other similar products.

Paragraph 2. Section 4 and Clause 18 to 19 shall not apply to, aquatic prorating organisms, held in animal traffickers, in sea centres, garden dams or wholesalers, and where there is no direct connection between wild aquatic ornamental organisms and natural waters.

Definitions

§ 3. For the purposes of this notice :

1) ' Aquaculture ` means the keeping, breeding or cultivation of aquatic organisms using methods to increase the production of the organisms in question in addition to the natural environment and where the organisms remain one or more ; the property of natural or legal persons in all the rearing or crop phases until they are harvested.

2) ' Aquaculture ` means any site, physically defined area or installations operated by an aquaculture establishment and where aquatic organisms are reared for marketing purposes, with the exception of sites, areas or plants where they are feral ; aquatic organisms which are harvested or caught for human consumption are temporarily kept in forage as they are waiting to be slaughtered.

3) "Sport" means the infatuation of aquatic organisms in a farm or in an area of husband-hush husband-hush.

4) ' Aquaculture ' means any public or private undertaking which, with or without an eye, performs any activity related to the breeding, the production of aquatic organisms or the cultivation of aquatic organisms.

5) ' Aquatic organisms ` shall mean an each development stage of the aquatic live animals raised in a farm or in an area of breeding, including aquatic organisms, which have been wild and intended for use in a farm, or breeding ground :

a) Fish that belong to the class Agnatha and the classes Chondrichtyes and Osteichtyes,

b) molluscs belonging to the Mollusca row, and

c) Crustaceans belonging to the crustacea of the sub-row.

6) ' Aquatic prorating organosis ` shall mean any animal-based organisms kept exclusively, rearing or placed on the market for ornamental purposes.

7) "Wildlife aquatic organisms" : Aquatic organisms living in the wild fauna.

8) ' Vector ` means a species that is not susceptible to a disease, but which can spread infection by leading to pathogenic organisms from one host to another.

9) ' Fresh waters ` means the sea territory, water flows, ditches, ducts, sweetings, sweetings, ponds, ponds, peat, drying and artificial waterholes, light-fishing lakes and the like.

10) ' Relative area ' shall mean the ' Ferskwater ', sea, suburban or lagoon area, clearly delimited and marked by means of bending, pear or other attached devices, intended solely for natural cleaning of live molluscs.

11) ' Disorder ' shall mean a location situated above a farm or a water area where water derived from the site is included in the water supply of aquaculture used or the water supply area.

12) ' Noise fishing lakes (put and take) ` : Damme or plants where aquatic organisms are exposed for sport fishing.

13) ' Exempt water ` means water directly from drilling or liquid, and water, which is contaminated by means of infection.

14) ' Moving ` means the movement of free water areas, between aquaculture farms and between aquaculture farms and freshwater.

15) ' Composition ` means the preservation or exhibitions for the purposes of sales, placing on the market, supply, transfer, placing on the market of free water or any other form of placing on the market within the European Union, with the exception of retail sales.

16) ' Category ` shall mean the division of aquaculture zones and segments into groups (category I to V) depending on the health status of the area concerned.

17) ' Aquaculture zone ` means a clearly defined geographical area with a homogeneous hydrological system, which includes part of a catchment area from the sources of water from the water to a natural or artificial impediment which stops the irrigation of the aquatic live animals from those of the aquatic liqueur ; lower areas of the catchment area, a whole catchment area from the sources of water from the waterways to the sea, or more areas of irrigation, including the river basin. their outlining in the sea, as the catchment areas are epidemiologically linked to the outlining area.

18) ' Aquaculture segment ` means one or more aquaculture use of the same biosafety system and with a population of aquatic organisms, with a particular health status in respect of a given disease.

(19) ' blocking zone ` shall mean a restricted area of an infected farm, where disease control measures are used to prevent the spread of disease.

20) ' Fighting plan ` shall mean the plan drawn up in order to combat disease in aquatic organisms within a defined area.

21) ' responsible person ` shall mean the person or persons who own one or more aquaculture farms or have the task of taking care of it or them, courage or without remuneration.

(22) ' Biproduct Regulation ` shall mean the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 1774/2002 of 3. October 2002 on health rules for animal by-products which are not intended for human consumption.

Chapter 2

Categorization

§ 4. Denmark ' s water areas and aquaculture farms are categorized according to the health status of the categories I to V, according to the guidelines laid down in Annex 1, Part I, in Council Directive 2006 /82/EC/EC.

Paragraph 2. Aquaculture must be given the same health status to which the aquaculture zone or segment is situated.

Paragraph 3. The classification shall be carried out for the non-exotic diseases listed in Appendix 1 or 2 to the notice of transmissible disease lists for the animal-side animal law.

Paragraph 4. Overview of Denmark's categorization will be published on the Food Type website (www.fvst.dk).

Chapter 3

Suspicion, public inspection, observation and control

Disease notification on suspicion

§ 5. The person who, in his possession, has aquatic organisms which are or may be infected by one or more of the diseases referred to in Section 1 shall summon a veterinarian, cf. Section 27 (1). 1 in the Law on animals of animals.

Paragraph 2. The responsible for aquatic organisms of susceptible species in lakes, damm or any other plant intended for light-fish lakes or where there are cold water species of ornamental fish which are or may be infected by one or more of the animals referred to in Section 1 ; diseases shall summon a veterinarian, cf. Section 27 (1). 1 in the Law on animals of animals.

Paragraph 3. The person responsible for a company processed fish for human consumption shall be suspected of the presence of one or more of the diseases referred to in section 1, make notification to the Food Authority with information on the origin of fish. Notification shall not be made where the fish come from an aquaculture farm or an area officially known to be infected with the disease in question.

Paragraph 4. Carriers, staff of laboratories and other professional professionals who are in the business of contact with aquatic organisms shall immediately report to the food court on suspicion of one or more of the diseases referred to in section 1.

Paragraph 5. Notification of notification and notification to the Authority in accordance with paragraph 1. 1-4 is to be done to the Food landeregion South, Section for Aquaculture at the Controlect Division.

Public supervision

§ 6. In the case of suspicion of a disease referred to in paragraph 1, the farm of food products shall be subject to official supervision. The public supervision implies that the owner / user of aquaculture must meet the following requirements :

1) The stock of all species shall be carried out in each production type of aquatic organisms. For each species and category, the number of aquatic organisms already dead, infected or suspected of being infected has to be recorded. The person responsible must continuously update the inventory, so as to indicate whether there is a change of population or new mortality during the period in which there is suspicion.

2) Live aquatic organisms, eggs or semen must not be carried out to or from the farm without the authorisation of the food registration.

3) Dead aquatic organisms or offal may be disposed of only after the birth of the food item, cf. the Biproduct Regulation.

4) Feedingers, tools, articles or other materials, such as waste, which are intended to transmit the disease, may only be transferred to or from the farm with permission from the food registration. Provided that the authorisation is granted, the food registration shall determine the measures necessary to prevent the spread of contamination.

5) Farmers and from the farm of human beings, vehicles or means of transport, etc. may only take place according to the authorisation of the food registration.

6) Vehicles or means of transport which, according to the authorisation of the food carrier, shall leave the farm in accordance with the conditions laid down in the food industry. no. 5 shall comply with the measures adopted by the food carrier in order to prevent the spread of contamination before leaving aquaculture.

7) The farm responsible for aquaculture must allow the food to carry out an epidemiological enquiry, cf. Section 7, and the taking of samples for laboratory tests at the Veterinary Institute or one of the food registration services approved by the Veterinary Laboratory.

Paragraph 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1. 1, no. 1 must be kept for at least five years, and shall be required at the request of the food registration.

Paragraph 3. Measures to be taken in accordance with paragraph 1. Paragraph 1 shall be repealed only when the suspicion of disease is discerared.

Paragraph 4. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to non-exotic diseases which are not covered by a control plan.

§ 7. An epidemiological inquiry carried out in accordance with this notice shall include :

1) The period during which it is likely that the disease has been present in the farm before it was notified, or suspected of the disease.

2) Information on the possible source of the disease in the aquaculture sector and the identification of other aquaculture farms where there are aquatic organisms, eggs or semen of susceptible species which may have been infected.

3) Information on aquatic organisms, ova, semen, vehicles, material or persons who may have transferred infectious substances to or from the farm concerned.

4) Information on possible occurrences of disease carriers and their dissemination.

Paragraph 2. If the epidemiological enquiry is produced, the disease may have been imported from another aquatic zone or segment, another coastal area, transferred to another aquatic zone or segment or other coastal area as a result of contact with aquatic organisms, eggs, semen, animals, vehicles, persons or in any other way, shall be considered to be aquaculture farms under suspicion, and the measures referred to in section 6 shall be considered to be aquaculture ; use. If the disease is confirmed, the measures referred to in section 12 shall apply.

§ 8. The food industry may impose an official supervision of aquaculture in the aquatic area of the water area of the suspected farm, cf. § 6.

Paragraph 2. The spread of the provisions referred to in paragraph 1. 1 the territory of the water referred to shall be determined by geographical, hydrological, ecological and epizootiological factors.

Paragraph 3. The food industry may provide for the name of aquaculture referred to in paragraph 1. 1 shall be subjected to investigations for the disease. The studies shall be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the food product.

§ 9. In accordance with section 6, public supervision is repealed by the food vehicle when the suspicion is displeted.

Replacement contagion

§ 10. Fish in aquaculture use or recreation areas shall be deemed to have been infected by one of the diseases referred to in Article 1, where the Food Authority, on the basis of clinical signs and laboratory testing carried out at the Veterinary Institute or other of the Food Authority, carried out ; This approved laboratory concludes that the fish are infected with one of the diseases referred to in Section 1.

§ 11. After the contamination of a non-exotic disease, the health status of the water category is categorized as category V (infected) for the disease.

Combating

§ 12. When a farm is found to be infected, cf. Article 10, on the farm of the food industry, is subject to public supervision. The public inspection may, in addition to the measures referred to in section 6, include the following measures and restrictions :

1) All aquatic organisms must be removed after a plan approved by the food registration.

2) All farm production facilities for aquaculture must be emptied of water, cleaned and disinfected according to the instructions of the Food Alert.

3) All living aquatic organisms must be killed and destroyed under the supervision of the food product in accordance with the by-product Regulation, cf. however, paragraph 1 2 and paragraph 1. 3.

4) Equipment and materials likely to be contaminated after removal of aquatic organisms, ova and semen must be cleaned and disinfected as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions of the food industry, so as to ensure that any risk of contagious of the infectious substance is propagated ; or survives, removed.

5) Sampling of samples for laboratory testing at the Veterinary Institute or one of the Food Management Board for this purpose shall be approved.

Paragraph 2. The food was authorised for the purpose of killing for the purpose of the placing on the market or processing for human consumption, provided that it is aquatic organisms such as :

1) Has reached trading size, and

2) which do not show any clinical signs of disease.

Paragraph 3. In the case of detection of non-exotic diseases, the food vehicle may allow clinical and healthy aquatic organisms to be used when they are slaughtered for human consumption.

k. 4 The food landline also carries out an epidemiological enquiry, cf. Section 7, and the taking of samples for laboratory tests at the Veterinary Institute or one of the food registration services approved by the Veterinary Laboratory.

§ 13. The re-establishment of new stock in aquaculture may not be carried out only in writing from the food registration of the food vehicle, which shall be given after :

1) Verification of satisfactory cleansing and disinfection, and

2) after a period of time, as the food subject determines, that the infectious agent and other possible infections in the catchment area have been eradicated.

§ 14. The Food Authority may provide the persons responsible for aquatic organisms, ponds or other installations intended for sport fishing or where there are ornamental fish which are suspected of the disease or the attack on a disease referred to in Section 1, measures as mentioned in section 12 to 13, in order to prevent the contamination.

§ 15. In the fight against a non-exotic disease, health status is categorized in the water area as a Category IV (control programme) for the disease in question.

Paragraph 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 1 may vaporise which, at the time of the implementation of the control programme, category I or II shall be retained by this status.

Dicring zone established in the context of the fight against exotic diseases

§ 16. When an aquatic use is established with an exotic disease, the Food Board shall establish a lockout zone around the infected use.

Paragraph 2. Aquaculture within the barrier zone shall be subject to public supervision, cf. § 6 and § 12.

Paragraph 3. Within the barrier zone, the release of aquatic aquatic organisms, relocation of aquatic organisms, within or from the confinement zone, and the movement of aquatic organisms into the locking zone shall be carried out only after the authorization of : The food landline.

§ 17. The lockout zone may not be lifted at the earliest when laboratory tests have been carried out with negative results for the disease in question, on samples taken in the zone.

Chapter 4

Risk-based Monitoring

§ 18. The Veterinary Institute and the Food Authority shall draw up guidelines for a risk-based animal health monitoring for infectious diseases in aquatic organisms.

Paragraph 2. The guidelines for the risk-based animal health monitoring shall be published on the Food Type website (www.fvst.dk).

Paragraph 3. The frequency of animal health monitoring shall be established in accordance with the said guidelines, cf. paragraph 1.

§ 19. The Food Regulation shall ensure that there is a risk-based animal health monitoring of all aquaculture farms.

Paragraph 2. The Food Regulation shall carry out health inspections and the control of infective measures at farm level, including the autopsy and the taking of samples for laboratory testing.

Paragraph 3. After the authorisation of the food industry, health inspections may be carried out by the veterinary veterinarian of the aquaculture farm.

Chapter 5

Vaccination

20. It is not permitted to vaccinate against the diseases referred to in section 1.

Paragraph 2. The FDA may authorise vaccination against exotic diseases in accordance with the conditions laid down in accordance with the procedure laid down in accordance with the list 1 of the list of transmissible diseases for the animal life of animals. 1 in the notice of the list of infectious diseases

Paragraph 3. The permit for vaccination, cf. paragraph 1 requires the approval of the European Commission.

Paragraph 4. The Food Authority may authorise vaccination against non-exotic diseases in accordance with the conditions laid down in accordance with the procedure laid down in accordance with the procedure list 2 of the list of transmissible diseases for the animal life of animals.

Chapter 6

Expenditure and compensation

§ 21. Costs for the execution of measures taken pursuant to this notice or replacement shall be paid in accordance with the rules laid down in :

1) Publication of subsidies for environmentally-friendly aquaculture measures and animal health measures ;

2) Publication of expenditure and compensation in the fight against and preventing animal diseases ; and

3) Publication of payment for the control of food and live animals and so on.

Paragraph 2. expenditure other than those referred to in paragraph 1. Paragraph 1 has been unrelated to the Food Authority.

Chapter 7

Penalty provisions and provisions for entry into force

§ 22. With fine punishment, the one who :

1) Transitthem in section 5-6, section 8, paragraph 8. 3, sections 13-14 and § 16 (4). 3 mentioned provisions, or

2) overrides terms in accordance with section 20 (3). 2 and paragraph 1. 4.

Paragraph 2. The sentence may rise to a maximum sentence for two years if, during the action or omission, the offence has been carried out with carry on or gross negligence and that, at the time of the infringement, is :

1) Posted damage to human or animal health or induced hazard to this, or

2) obtained or intended for the economic benefit of the person concerned itself or others, including in savings.

Paragraph 3. Companies can be imposed on companies, etc. (legal persons) punishable by the rules of the penal code 5. Chapter.

-23. The announcement will enter into force on the 171. December 2008.

Paragraph 2. At the same time, notice No 371 of 22. May 2008 on the monitoring and control of certain communicable diseases of aquaculture animals.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, the 12th. December 2008 P. S.V
Jan Mousing / Tenna Olsen

Appendix 1

Part 1

Diseth of the health status of aquaculture zones and segments of the I-V categories

The breakdown of health status occurs for each of the non-exotic diseases.

Category
Health Status
Remarks
I
Disease free
A zone or segment may be declared free of the disease if :
there are no species susceptible for the disease within the zone or segments ;
the pathogenicity of pathogenicity cannot survive in the zone or segment, or
the disease has not been recorded in the zone or segments of the preceding 10 years ;
II
Monitoring Program
Water areas that are not known to be infected but not declared free of one or more of non-exotic diseases must take part in a monitoring programme with satisfactory results in order to achieve the status of disease ;
III
Undefined
Water Areas where status is unknown
IV
Extermination programme
Water areas known to be infected with one or more of non-exotic diseases must participate in an eradication programme in order to obtain the status of disease free.
V
Infected
Water areas with an active infection with an unexotic disease.
Official notes

1) The announcement shall be part of the Council Directive (EC) No (EC) No ; 88 of 24. In October 2006 on animal health rules for aquaculture animals and products of this kind and on the prevention and control of certain diseases of aquatic animals (EU Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, p. 14-56.