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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister of Budget, Public Accounts and Public Service,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 of 29 October 1975 concerning the production and marketing of eggs and low-course chicks;
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 establishing the general principles and requirements of food legislation, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and establishing procedures for food safety;
Considering Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specific zoonotic agents present in the food chain;
Considering Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 concerning the hygiene of foodstuffs;
Considering Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 establishing the specific rules for the organization of official controls concerning products of animal origin intended for human consumption;
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 of the European Parliament and the Council of 12 January 2005 establishing requirements for animal health;
In view of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1003/2005 of 30 June 2005 on the application of Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council with regard to the setting up of a community target to reduce the prevalence of certain salmonella serotypes in Gallus gallus breeding herds and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003;
In view of Commission Regulation (EC) 1177/2006 of 1 August 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the requirements for the use of specific control methods within the framework of national programmes for the control of salmonella in poultry;
Having regard to Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC;
Given the rural code, including articles L. 201-2, L. 202-1, L. 202-3, L. 221-1 to L. 221-3, L. 221-11, L. 223-1 to L. 223-8, L. 231-1, L. 232-2, L. 234-1, L. 235-1, R. 202-2 to R. 202-34, R. 221-16 to R. 2
Considering the environmental code;
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See?5 June 2000 relating to the livestock register;
In view of the decision of 23 April 2007 on the approvals and authorization of establishments in the animal feed sector, including the amended decision of 28 February 2000 on the accreditation and registration of certain establishments and intermediaries in the animal feed sector;
In view of the Order of 19 December 2007 setting out the general conditions for the accreditation of the laboratories of analyses in the field of veterinary public health and plant protection;
Considering the advice of the Advisory Committee on Animal Health and Protection dated 13 December 2007;
Considering the opinion of the French Food Safety Agency dated 31 January 2008,
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The purpose of the National Programme to Combat Salmonella Infections in Reproductive Poultry of the Gallus gallus species is to:
― the systematic detection of Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow breeding poultry;
― the mandatory elimination of herds of reproductive poultry infected by Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow, as well as the remediation of the products that come from it;
- the decontamination of infected poultry breeding sites and the appropriate treatment of their effluents.
For the purposes of this Order, the following means:
(a) Reproductive poultry: the poultry of the Gallus gallus species held in captivity, aged seventy-two hours or more, for the production of eggs to be found in the meat sector;
(b) Cover eggs: eggs produced by poultry defined in paragraph (a) of this article and intended to be incubated;
(c) One-day particles: all the poultry of the Gallus gallus species of the flesh sector, aged less than seventy-two hours and not yet fed;
(d) Sew: any establishment whose activity includes incubation, hatching of eggs and the provision of one-day chicks of the Gallus gallus species in the flesh sector;
(e) Troupeau: any set of poultry of the Gallus gallus species in the flesh sector, of the same sanitary status, held in the same building or enclosure and constituting an epidemiological unit. In batteries, this term includes all birds sharing the same volume of air. Several herds housed in several buildings constitute the same epidemiological unit if the conditions of development and operation do not allow to control the risk of Salmonella infection transmission between these herds;
(f) Poultry: Reproduction poultry and one-day chicks defined in this article;
(g) Poultry Holder: any natural or legal person who has the custody, on a permanent or temporary basis, of poultry, with the exception of animals held solely for the purpose of self-consumption;
(h) Eradication of a herd: removal of a herd of production either by hygienic slaughter followed by possible sewage of carcasses, or by euthanasia on the farm site or on an outside site;
(i) Hygienic slaughter: elimination of an infected herd by slaughtering under enhanced hygienic conditions and whose slaughter products are either destroyed or intended for animal or human feed;
(j) Livestock building: livestock premises, quarantine premises, animal traffic corridors, farm boarding docks, enclosures and poultry farms;
(k) Pair of socks: Sterile jersey sampling medium, sterile and wet liquid at the time of use, enhanced for at least three minutes on the total length of the building to cover the maximum surface to the ground to which the animals have access and relocated in the watertight and sterile container, with the completeness of the materials taken adhering to the fabric;
(l) Figure: sampling medium consisting of a non-woven material piece, with a total surface of not less than 900 square centimeters, imbibed with sterile and wet liquid at the time of use.
A health veterinarian shall be designated by the holder of a flock of poultry and by the person responsible for the establishment of a facility for the execution of prophylaxis and health police operations defined in this Order.
The holders and owners of herds, as well as those responsible for sewing or their representatives, shall take all necessary measures under their responsibility to assist in the implementation of the measures prescribed by this Order.
I. ― Every poultry holder is required to report to the Departmental Livestock Institution so that the latter can assign, in collaboration with the departmental directorates of veterinary services, a national operating number for any operating surface in a circle of 500 metres in diameter, unless specifically specified by ministerial instruction.
The attribution and registration of the national operating number, as well as the identification of the farm buildings in which poultry herds are held, shall be carried out on the basis of the holder's statement, which shall include the following:
– the type(s) of poultry(s) of the species Gallus gallus present(s) in the operation: sector (chair or deck of consumption eggs), stage in the sector (selection, multiplication, rent), stage of production (preponte or ponte) ;
- other animal species, or other poultry of the Gallus gallus species not covered by this Order, which it may hold;
- the possible national operating number assigned to it for another species with indication of the species concerned;
– the geographic coordinates of the area around its (ses) operation;
- in the case where the operation has several buildings and activities, the activity taken into account for each building and the possible poultry movements between the different buildings of the operation.
II. ― In order to allow the enforcement of the measures provided for by this Order, any owner of a flock of poultry shall send to the prefect (departmental director of veterinary services) of the department where the herd is located a declaration of release and a declaration of establishment of the following herd, by all appropriate means and authorized by the director of veterinary services for its rapid information.
The exit declaration shall include at least the following:
name or social reason and address of the owner of the flock;
― name or social reason, address and registration number of the farm in which the herd is held;
― identification code of the farm building(s);
― expected release date(s);
– total number of poultry to exit or exit;
― abattoir(s) or farm(s) (specific coordinates and identification number) or watering of destination;
where applicable, specific references (name, laboratory, serovar) of Salmonella vaccines administered since the age of one day;
- the expected date of the next herd.
The release declaration is notified no later than the day of the release of the last animals of the herd allowing the void of the farm building(s).
The implementation declaration shall include at least the following:
name or social reason and address of the owner of the flock;
― name or social reason, address and registration number of the operation where it is held;
― identification code of the farm building(s);
– planned number of poultry and, for herds of the breeding floor, the poultry strain set up;
― origin(s) of the herd comprising, for the herds of one-day chicks, the herd(s) of the breeders of which they are derived and the elbow where they have hatched, for the herds of demarcated reproductive chickens, the herd(s) of startup and for herds of deck breeders, the herd(s) of preponte. The herds of breeders are designated by their herd code and country code;
- date of implementation;
– where applicable, specific references (name, laboratory, serovar) of Salmonella vaccines for which the administration is provided to the herds of one-day chicks set up in preponte buildings, or already administered to the herds of future breeders when they are set up as a bridge building.
In the case of one-day chick herds, the implementation declaration is notified as long as the original certificates are available and no later than seven working days after the establishment.
In the case of bridge and second deck transfers, the implementation declaration is notified no later than 72 hours after the deck.
In the particular case of an establishment following a prolonged vacuum of the building or a change of species or production, a prior declaration of the expected date of establishment must be sent to the Departmental Directorate of Veterinary Services no later than eight days before it.
Without prejudice to the compliance with the regulations relating to the livestock register, in order to trace the movements of poultry and eggs that originate from it, any poultry holder and any sewing officer must maintain a register, by herd or batch of eggs, their origin and destination and the dates of the movements made. These elements of internal traceability are presented in the form of a material balance sheet.
These documents must be kept for a minimum period of three years and submitted at the request of veterinary services officers.
They include at least the following information:
(a) For herds:
– dates of entry and exit of poultry;
- the origin of the poultry, including the identification of the seam and the information contained in the declaration of establishment;
- the exact number of poultry introduced, mortality and the present weekly balance;
– the destination of eggs and poultry.
(b) To seam them:
– the origin of the eggs, including the identification of the herd of origin (herd code and country of origin);
– their dates of collection, or dates of bridge, and arrival;
― the number and destination of incubated eggs not hatched by herd;
- the number and destination of unincubated eggs and clear eggs by herd;
- precise flows in incubators and hatches, technical results by herd;
– the destination of chicks one day per herd.
The cunning officer must be able to establish the internal traceability of the batches of eggs to be found and the chicks that come from them, particularly by referring to a flock of origin and a herd of destination.
There is a mandatory screening of poultry herd infections.
It aims to search for Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow for all herds of breeding storey poultry including at least 250 birds.
The procedure for this screening is set out in Appendix I to this Order.
The owners of herds subjected to this screening are required to ensure that they are carried out.
The sampling shall be carried out by or under the responsibility of the designated health veterinarian in accordance with Article 3 of this Order. The health veterinarian may carry out the samplings himself or must designate one or more delegates to be carried out by herd. It shall ensure the technical competence of the delegate(s) and their knowledge of the procedure for screening provided for in this order. The health veterinarian shall verify that the samples taken have been made by the designated persons and in accordance with the terms set out in Annex I to this Order.
The modalities for the establishment of the delegation and its supervision by the health veterinarian, as set out in the preceding paragraph, as well as for the control of the conditions of that delegation by the departmental director of veterinary services, are detailed by instruction of the Minister responsible for agriculture.
Bacteriological analyses carried out on the levies carried out by health veterinarians or their delegates as part of this mandatory screening of a legally known contagious disease are carried out in accredited laboratories meeting the conditions specified in Annex II to this Order.
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 5 of this Order, all the results of analysis and controls carried out on a herd, including the results of the analyses carried out in the seam and related to that herd, shall be retained by the owner of the animals, if not the owner, for a period of not less than two years and submitted to the veterinary services officers and the veterinarian health at their request.
The results of the analyses carried out in the seam must also be available on the seam site itself.
Complementary controls may be carried out in the poultry operation or sewage by veterinary agents or the veterinary health.
During these additional controls, only serovars affected by the screening provided for in Article 6 of this Order are sought, except in particular context, specific epidemiological needs or risks requiring specific investigations.
Complementary controls may include laboratory samples and examinations necessary to detect the potential presence of antimicrobial pharmacological action substances that may be present in relation to the infection or observed pathological status of poultry.
Any result of an analysis of samples taken in a couvoir, in a breeding poultry site, in a vehicle for the transport of breeding poultry or eggs to be cautious, in boxes for the transport of chicks on a day of the breeding floor, on finished food taken from the breeding site, on live or dead breeding poultry, on a product of
In the case of isolation on a patient, poultry product packaging or poultry product, the departmental director of veterinary services analyses the epidemiological and traceability elements available to assess the quality of the epidemiological link with one or more herds. By derogation from the provisions of the preceding paragraph, where the epidemiological link is considered to be teen, the departmental director of veterinary services appreciates the health situation and operating conditions of the operation before proposing the supervision provided for in section 12 of this Order, unless expressly instructed by the Minister for Agriculture. When a prefectural order is not established, the departmental director of veterinary services shall, as soon as possible, carry out the sampling set out in Appendix III to this Order.
Any suspicion of infection must be immediately reported to the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services in the department where the removal was made at the origin of suspicion, by any person who had, in any event, the charge of the care or custody of the herd concerned, and by any laboratory that had carried out the bacteriological analyses at the origin of suspicion.
I. ― When the result of the analysis that resulted in the suspicion of infection corresponds to a sampling carried out in a couvoir, the departmental director of veterinary services conducts an epidemiological investigation in order to identify the establishments that have supplied the couvoir with eggs to be found and the herds that must be placed under prefectural supervision order according to the following criteria:
(a) When the result of suspicious analysis is a sampling carried out in a hatcher's locker fund, the herd(s) that must be placed under a prefectural supervision order are:
―the one or those who provided the eggs to be found in this hatch on the day of sampling;
― or, if concomitant negative results on all or part of these herds and their exits are available, and to the extent that the history of the control of the production and bucket process, including external supplies, is favourable, only that or those with positive results.
(b) When the result of the analysis that led to the suspicion concerns a sampling carried out in a hatch, the herds that must be placed under prefectural control of the surveillance are those that have provided the eggs to be loaded in this hatch on the day of the sampling, to the extent that traceability allows to identify them, where the operation and in particular the management of the airflows within and to the hatch room allows to be isolated By derogation, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services may propose a surfer to the monitoring of one or more herds that have provided the eggs to be found in the suspicious enclosure on the day of sampling according to the information available on the health status of herds. In particular, the monitoring of certain herds loaded in the positive hatch is not mandatory if they have been subjected to negative sewing on the day of the suspicious hatch or in the following days. Herds so exempted from surveillance shall be subject to the remediation of controls as soon as possible provided for in Annex III to this Order.
(c) When the result of the analysis has led to suspicion is a sampling of the meconium of chicks, the herds that must be placed under prefectural control of the surveillance are those that have provided the sealing eggs loaded in the hatch of the chicks whose meconium has been taken, to the extent that the operation of the seam ensures a separate treatment of the chicks grouped by hatch and the application of cleaning measures
(d) In the other cases, the herds that must be placed under prefectural supervision arrest are those that have provided eggs to clutch in the neck on the day of sampling. By derogation, according to the information available on the health status of herds, the departmental director of veterinary services may propose a surfer to the supervision of one or more herds that have provided eggs to hatch in the neck on the day of sampling. It shall then carry out, as soon as possible, the sampling of strengthened controls as set out in Annex III to this Order.
II. ― When the result relates to positive sampling in a transport vehicle, the departmental director of veterinary services, in consultation with the health veterinarian, conducts a risk analysis with regard to the information available and may carry out additional controls.
III. ― In other cases, the prefect takes an order to supervise the herd(s) concerned with suspicion of infection.
IV. ∙ The Departmental Director of Veterinary Services shall, as soon as possible, carry out the sampling and confirmation analysis as defined in Appendix III to this Order in all herds of the herd(s) in which one or more herds are held under prefectural supervision order. The analyses then cover Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow.
V. ― Where the suspicious result of the analysis relates to a sampling carried out in a couvoir, in the situations set out in points I a, b, c, of this article, the departmental director of veterinary services:
― conduct a documentary investigation as soon as possible on the health status of the herds that provided the eggs that had been hatched in the hatch on the day of the suspicious outbreak and the day before;
― perform the strengthened controls set out in Appendix III to this article on these same herds, taking into account the available results provided by the documentary investigation to order them;
∙ conduct, if possible, additional analyses of the doubles of the delivery boxes used on the days preceding the suspicious outbreak held by laboratories or operators;
― may carry out the strengthened controls set out in Annex III to this Order in the other farms that have supplied the egg to be found and may increase the frequency of the checks carried out at the neck as long as the suspicion has not been raised or the origin of the contamination has not been identified.
VI. ― When the result of the analysis that resulted in suspicion concerns a sampling carried out in a herd of future breeders less than 6 weeks of age, the doubles of the boxes of delivery of these herds, still kept in the laboratory or by the operator, are the subject of further analysis. The departmental director of veterinary services may also, depending on the elements available to him, carry out additional sampling and analysis in herds of comparable ages from the same seam.
VII. ― At the proposal of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, the herd, which was the subject of a first positive analysis, either in the herd's environment or on poultry organs, or on the products, may be placed directly under prefectural order bearing declaration of infection if the sampling leading to suspicion has been carried out by veterinary agents or a health veterinarian, and subject to the following conditions:
– available evidence provides epidemiological evidence of herd infection: contaminated site, recurrence;
― the herd has been eliminated or transferred and the disinfected site before the prefectoral release order, or the prefectoral monitoring order has not been respected, not allowing for the implementation of confirmation samples.
The prefectural supervision order provides that the herd(s) are immediately sequenced and kept isolated. Pending the outcome of the confirmation analyses provided for in Article 12 and Appendix III to this Order:
1. Any antibiotic treatment is prohibited.
2. Covered eggs are stored separately, in an appropriate location to avoid any release of the infection. Upon authorization from the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, they may be marketed after having undergone thermal treatment to ensure the destruction of salmonella.
3. Any poultry movement to or from all buildings or enclosures on the suspicious herd farm site is prohibited, except by the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services.
4. Any movement of trusts and equipment from the livestock site is prohibited, unless authorized by the departmental director of veterinary services. Biosecurity measures are strengthened to limit the extension of potential contamination.
5. Incubation eggs at the time of the suspicion declaration must be handled and treated separately during the outbreak. A protocol for enhanced disinfection of the seam premises must be implemented immediately and its effectiveness must be monitored.
6. The Departmental Director of Veterinary Services may prohibit the delivery of one-day breeding chickens from incubation eggs from the suspicious herd.
By derogation from point 1 of this article, where the herd has clinical symptoms related to salmonella infection that may induce suffering to animals, or when it comes to preserving the genetic material of "elite" herds, herds of threatened breeds or herds raised for research purposes, the herd's veterinarian may prescribe, on prior authorization from the departmental director of veterinary services, and after carrying out an antibiotic treatment The management of such herds is then the subject of a monitoring and management protocol established by the health veterinarian, with the approval of the departmental director of veterinary services; In particular, it is possible to survive the elimination of "elite" herds, threatened herds of breeds or herds raised for research purposes.
The Prefectural Supervisory Order is lifted by the Prefect, on the proposal of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, when a second check, carried out in accordance with Annex III to this Order, carried out after a first negative inspection, is also negative.
When the suspicion comes from a sampling carried out in a couvoir and as soon as the source of the infection has been identified as independent of the herd under surveillance, the prefectural order under supervision may be lifted by the prefect, on the proposal of the departmental director of veterinary services, after a first check, carried out in accordance with Annex III to this Order, is negative.
As a derogatory, the Prefectural Supervisory Order may also be lifted by the Prefect, on the proposal of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, after a first negative inspection carried out in accordance with Appendix III to this Order, and with regard to the negative results of the relevant additional sampling carried out by the health veterinarian and the operator's expenses, after the date of the positive result at the origin of suspicion, analyzed under COFR.
When the presence of the infection is confirmed by the positivity of at least one of the analyses provided for in Article 12 of this Order, the Prefect shall take a statement of infection of the infected herd(s).
The decision to report infection results in the following health police measures:
1. Registration of the results of confirmation tests of infection in the herd's livestock register.
2. Exit ban on the exploitation of reported infected herd poultry and eggs, except for hygienic slaughter, transformation of eggs with thermal sanitation or destruction.
3. Completion of sampling required for diagnosis or epidemiological investigations, particularly in herds of reproduction from the reported infected herd when the infection occurs on young animals.
4. Disposal of herds of infected breeding poultry on administration orders. By derogation from point 2 of this article, the owner of the poultry(s) of the said infected herd(s) desiring to eliminate it by hygienic slaughter requests a pass to the departmental director of veterinary services of the department where the farm holding the infected herd(s) is located, for the shipment to a slaughterhouse with community approval where an inspection is carried out pursuant to the provisions of section L. 231-1.
5. Previously on the granting of the sanitary pass for the hygienic slaughter of the infected herd:
― performed by the health veterinarian or his delegator with a sample of 10 poultry for the analysis of 25 g per animal of deep, cauterized muscles on the surface, by an approved laboratory to detect a possible generalized infection in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (all serovars). The ten samples are pooled to form a sample for analysis. The technical procedures for sampling and forming the sample are specified by instruction of the Minister for Agriculture. The departmental director of veterinary services has the results of analysis before signing the sanitary pass for the transport of poultry to the slaughterhouse. The costs of sampling and analysis are borne by the owner of the flock when the analysis is conducted on poultry taken from the farm;
― Implement, at the initiative of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services of the department where the herd is located holding the infected herd or at the initiative of the official veterinarian of the slaughter, a sampling consisting of at least 5 poultry for the research of antimicrobial pharmacological action substances that may be present in respect of the infection or the observed condition. This research is conducted to the extent possible of 5 of the 10 poultry collected under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The costs of sampling and analysis are borne by the owner of the flock when the analysis is conducted on poultry taken from the farm;
― registration of the result of analysis of the deep muscles in the herd's livestock register;
― mention, on the transmission document of information on the food chain accompanying poultry lots, results of confirmation analyses of infection and analysis of deep muscles. The copy of the results slips, which were countersigned by the animal health veterinarian, is annexed to the above-mentioned document;
― visit of the herd's health veterinarian concerned to the farm site 72 hours before the scheduled time of departure to the slaughterhouse, in order to carry out ante mortem inspection. The health veterinarian conducts a check of the livestock register, a clinical examination of poultry and checks the preparation of the cleaning and disinfection site. It shall promptly transmit a visit report to the departmental director of veterinary services of the department where the infected herd is located, in accordance with the terms set by the herd, and, if necessary, to the official veterinarian of the destination slaughterhouse. It also sends to the departmental director of veterinary services the detailed protocol of the cleaning and disinfection site that will be implemented, and its forecast schedule. The conclusions of the ante mortem examination are mentioned on the food chain information transmission document accompanying poultry lots.
6. Destruction of eggs produced by the infected herd, regardless of their storage or incubation sites. By derogation and authorization from the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services and under laissez-passer, however, eggs from infected herds can be placed on the market after undergoing thermal treatment to ensure the destruction of salmonella.
7. Destroying the food stored on the farm site and distributed to the contaminated herd.
8. After the removal of infected herds or herds, cleaning and disinfection, within a time limit fixed by the departmental director of veterinary services, premises, their surroundings, access routes and livestock equipment of the infected herd(s), including when it is not intended to repopulate the premises, and vehicles used for the transport of poultry or eggs, followed by a sanitary vacuum and made 19
9. Eradication of livestock effluents hosting the infected herd, respectful of the environment and health protection of other farms.
10. Prohibition of the re-establishment of poultry in the premises prior to the lifting of the prefectural order reporting infection.
When the infection is confirmed, especially in high-density poultry areas, the departmental director of veterinary services conducts an epidemiological investigation to assess the risk of spreading the infection from or to the poultry herds of the Gallus gallus species located near the herd farm site. In particular, the investigation aims to identify the likely origin of the infection and the potential factors for spreading the infection to the affected farms. Epidemiological investigation also addresses farms hosting poultry from the infected herd, if any. Specific biosecurity measures may be prescribed to the farms involved in epidemiological investigations.
The prefectural order bearing declaration of infection shall be lifted by the prefect on the proposal of the departmental director of veterinary services, after the elimination of the infected herd(s), carrying out cleaning operations and disinfection, sanitary vacuum and verification of their effectiveness, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of this Order.
The cleaning and disinfection operations under section 16 of this Order shall be carried out under the control of the health veterinarian and the departmental director of veterinary services. They are committed upon the elimination of the herd, and no later than six weeks after the herd.
Liquid or solid discharges and manure must be removed from the building and loosened, or if not stored away from wildlife and weather before cleaning and disinfection. Tractors and other manure handling equipment must be decontaminated after this operation. The storage, as well as the spreading of animal dejections and cleaning water, should not be a source of contamination for the environment. Cleaning water must be evacuated either in a pit or in a sewage network and in accordance with existing regulatory requirements. When directed to a storage device, whether temporary or not, it must be emptied and disinfected after the cleaning site and disinfection. Cleaning and disinfection of livestock premises and their annexes and equipment are carried out according to a written protocol, established prior to the implementation of the construction site and approved by the health veterinarian, using approved products for disinfection in the case of infectious diseases. This protocol must also take into account the fight against animals, including unwanted insects and mites, as well as the decontamination of the surroundings.
The duration of the sanitary vacuum after the cleaning and disinfection operations of the premises as well as of the livestock equipment (deck nests, supply chains, silos, water tanks, pipes, etc.) shall allow the most complete drying possible of the premises and equipment.
The effectiveness of cleaning and disinfection operations must be officially validated by visual inspection of cleaning quality and by a negative bacteriological control of surfaces vis-à-vis any Salmonella serovar, prior to repopulation of premises. The controls shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures specified by ministerial instructions. When one or more additional series of bacteriological controls are required to officially validate the result of decontamination, their cost is borne by the owner of the animals.
Vaccination against salmonella infections of breeding poultry at the selection stage is prohibited. Vaccination of breeding poultry at the multiplication stage can only be done with authorized inactivated vaccines.
The herds of more than 250 breeding poultry are fed by foods produced by establishments in the area of certified salmonella animal feed, in accordance with the provisions of the Order relating to the approvals and authorizations of establishments in the animal feed sector, taken under the L. 235-1 of the rural code.
When the establishment of the animal feed sector is located in another Member State, the commercial specifications linking the owner of the herd of breeders to the compound feed supplier state that this establishment meets all criteria for salmonella accreditation. The owner of the herd regularly audits the establishment to verify compliance with the accreditation criteria. The commercial contract and audit reports are made available to the Departmental Veterinary Services Directorate.
The provisions of this article shall apply as from 30 April 2008.
For herds of breeding poultry, when collecting the samples defined in Schedule III to this Order or at the latest upon confirmation of infection, samples shall be taken, on instructions from the departmental director of veterinary services, on food used for feeding the herd on site or in the production plant.
Without prejudice to the provisions provided for in sections 10, 12 and 13 of this Order, when a sample is contaminated by Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Typhimurium or Salmonella Virchow, the departmental director of veterinary services:
― to identify the source of contamination in the operation or at all stages of food production or transport;
― requests and verifies the implementation of the corrective measures provided for in the health control plan of the facility that manufactured the food.
The criteria for reporting avian salmonello in the herds of the species Gallus gallus of the flesh sector, which is targeted to theArticle D. 223-1 of the Rural Codeare:
― for herds of future breeders: evidence of a Salmonella enterica subsp strain. enterica (all serovars) from the mandatory samples made two weeks before the bridge entrance, if the birds remain in the breeding building or, if not, two weeks before the vessel is transferred, in accordance with the screening procedures defined in Appendix I, Chapter I, item 1.2, of this Order;
― for herds of breeders: evidence of a strain of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (all serovars) from the official sampling of the eight weeks prior to the end of the production cycle in accordance with the screening procedures defined in Annex I, Chapter I, item 2.2. of this Order.
The receipt by the Departmental Directorate of Veterinary Services of the positive result of the tests above is a statement. The owner of the herd ensures the proper transmission by the laboratory of the test report.
The declaration of avian salmonellos in the herds of the Gallus gallus species of the flesh sector, targeted to theArticle D. 223-1 of the Rural Code, must include the name of the serovar of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated and all information contained in annex II, chapter I, item II, of this Order.
1. When, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of this Order, the generalized infection by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (all serovars) of poultry from an infected confirmed herd is highlighted, the carcasses are intended either for a transformation by the human or animal food industry guaranteeing the application of a remedial heat treatment or destruction. Carcasses intended for processing are covered by the mark provided for in theAppendix II to the Order of 14 October 2005 establishing the general health police rules for animal products intended for human consumption. Processed products for human food are covered by the community identification mark.
When, pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of this Order, the generalized infection by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (all serovars) of poultry from a confirmed infected herd is not highlighted, the carcasses are covered by the community identification mark, without prejudice to the results of the health inspection.
2. A cleaning and disinfection operation of the premises and the slaughter chain is implemented immediately after the slaughter of a batch of poultry from a confirmed infected herd.
3. The viscera of poultry carcasses from an infected confirmed herd are destroyed or subjected to sanitizing heat treatment.
For the purposes of the provisions of this Order, a joint order of the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Budget shall determine:
― the conditions under which the search for salmonella can be the subject of financial participation of the State;
- the allocation conditions and amounts of the disposal allowances for infected poultry herds;
― the terms and amounts of compensation for the destruction or thermal treatment of lid eggs produced by infected poultry herds;
― the amount of the State's financial participation attributed to the health veterinarian for the execution of health police measures.
Without prejudice to the loss of compensation provided for in section 26 of this Order, violators of the provisions of this Order shall, in particular, be liable to penalties provided for in this Order.Article R. 228-1 of the Rural Code on measures to combat animal diseases.
In the event of non-compliance with the screening provisions, the eggs produced may be sequestered, on the breeding site or at the sewing site, or directed by the prefect to a registered establishment for the manufacture of egg products to undergo heat treatment that is cleaned up to the favourable result of a series of reinforced controls provided for in Appendix III to this Order by veterinary services officers. The analyses are at the expense of the herd owner.
Insulated strains by accredited laboratories from official samples of veterinary or veterinary health workers as well as the Salmonella spp. strains isolated under Article 23 of this Order are sent to the national Salmonella de Ploufragan reference laboratory in a manner specified by ministerial instruction. These strains are stored there for a minimum period of two years following the normal culture collection methods, which must allow for the preservation of the integrity of the strains.
This Order repeals and replaces the amended Order of March 15, 2007 concerning the Control of Infections in Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium or Salmonella Virchow in the breeding herds of the Gallus gallus species in the flesh sector.
The Director General of Food and Prefects are responsible, each with respect to him, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E I
MODALITIES OF THE DEPISTING OF SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS, SALMONELLA HADAR, SALMONELLA INFANTIS, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM AND SALMONELLA VIRCHOW IN GALLUS GALLUS GALLUS REPRODUCTS
1. Plants during breeding
1.1. When birds have the age of one day, the samplings are made for each herd of five different cans that were collected during the delivery of the birds, before they entered the breeding building. These samples are collected before sending to the laboratory and are submitted to the analysis as a single composite sample.
Five other boxes are also collected to be retained for 8 weeks in the laboratory preferably or default by sewing.
1.2. When the birds are four weeks old, then two weeks before the bridge entrance if the birds remain in the breeding building or, if not, two weeks before the building transfer, the sampling is made for each herd:
When herds are raised on the ground:
– two pairs of socks, each transplanted into their original packaging and comprising two separate samples for analysis;
― and two rubbed cloths on the maximum of surfaces located inside the building in which the birds are held, and relocated each in the container of watertight and sterile origin, and comprising two separate samples for analysis.
When the herds are raised in battery:
― of two rubbed cloths on the maximum surface of the fiente carpets and relocated each in the container of watertight and sterile origin. The removal is carried out after the operation of the carpet at the battery discharge end. When the building has several layers of battery, the carpets on each battery floor must be rubbed. These two rags are two separate samples for the analysis;
― a rubbled cloth on a minimum of 20 cages per row and relocated in the container of watertight and sterile origin;
― and a rubbed cloth on the maximum of surfaces located inside the building in which the birds are held, and transplanted into the container of waterproof and sterile origin.
2. Troupeaux en période de ponte
2.1. Sampling is carried out every two weeks in the neck where the eggs to be found produced by the herd of breeders to be tested. They are made for each herd:
either a composite sample of visibly stained hatch baskets, randomly taken from 5 separate hatch baskets to reach a total area of at least 1 m2. If the eggs to be found in the same herd of breeders occupy more than one hatch, this composite sample of hatch basket fillings is taken from each hatch. These samples may be collected before sending to the laboratory and tested in the form of a single composite sample;
- a sample of 250 g of shells consisting of 25 units of 10 g of broken egg shells from 25 separate hatches. If the eggs with a single herd of breeders occupy more than one hatch, this composite sample is taken from each of the hatches. These samples may be collected before sending to the laboratory and tested in the form of a single composite sample;
- either, and only if the stacking is done in stackable lockers, a cloth passed on a maximum of surfaces in all the hatches where the eggs of this herd are hatched.
2.2. Sampling is carried out in the farm where the herd is held within four weeks from the entrance to the bridge or the passage to the bridge unit and at the latest when the reproducers are 26 weeks of age, and then in the eight weeks preceding the end of the production cycle. The samplings are made for each herd:
― five pairs of socks, transplanted into two original packagings and consisting of two samples for analysis;
either, when the herd of breeding poultry is in a cage, two samples of 150 g each of the fecal materials collected on the dejection mats, scrapers or in the pits, depending on the type of building. When the building has several rows of cages, the samples contain cracks from each row of cages. When the building is equipped with tapes of cracks or scrapers, the samplings are carried out after their operation in order to collect, at the end of unloading the carpets on the scraping bars, mixed fecal materials representative of the batteries. When the building has several layers of batteries, samples must contain fecal material from each battery floor. When the building is equipped with Californian cages that do not include carpets or scrapers, fecal (read) materials are taken from the pits in different points to form two mixtures representing all rows of cages. Both samples are sent to the laboratory in two pots and are two separate samples for the analysis;
- two composite samples of fresh cracks each weighing at least one gram, randomly taken from different points of the building in which birds are held. Both samples are sent to the laboratory in two pots and are two separate samples for the analysis. The number of different points where to collect fresh cracks is shown in the following table:
| 250-349 | 200 |
| 350-449 | 220 |
| 450-799 | 250 |
| 800-999 | 260 |
| 1,000 or more | 300 |
A N N E X E I
ANALYSES AND LABORATOIRS CHARGÉS
DIAGNOSTIC OF SALMONIAL INFECTIONS
Chapter I
Analysis
1. Transfer and sampling accompanying documents
I. ― The owner and the health veterinarian shall ensure, each with respect to it, that the samples shall be taken to the laboratory within 48 working hours after their collection. Samplings obtained beyond this period in the laboratory are analysed. In this case, the laboratory immediately prevents the Departmental Directorate of Veterinary Services from the sampling site.
II. ∙ A document specifying the identification of the livestock and the vessel or enclosure where the herd is being sampled is detained, the location and nature of the sampling, the industry, the stage of production and the method of breeding (on the ground or in cages) concerned, the age of the animals on the date of the sampling, the identity of the person who has taken the sample and the name of the health veterinarian responsible for its completion,
2. Method of analysis
I. ― The search for Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in the samplings referred to in Chapter VII of this Order is carried out under the COFRAC accreditation program No. 116 according to the reference texts corresponding to the NF U 47 100. Insulated strains of these samples must be the subject of a complete serotyping. When the approved laboratory is unable to ensure this complete serotyping because it is not a serovar listed in Appendix C of the NF U 47,100 standard, it does so by the national reference laboratory.
II. ― The search for Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Salmonella Virchow in the samplings provided in Annex I, points 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of this Order, other than those referred to in Chapter VII of this Order, shall be carried out within the framework of the accreditation program N° 116 of COFRAC according to the texts The same applies to the equivalent sampling conducted under Annex III.
III. ― Deep muscle analysis shall be carried out within the framework of the COFRAC accreditation program 59 according to ISO 6579 or any other validated AFNOR method according to ISO 16140.
Chapter II
Laboratories
I. ― Without prejudice to other provisions relating to accredited laboratories, laboratories responsible for the diagnosis of salmonella infections from mandatory or official analysis, within the meaning ofArticle R. 200-1 of the Rural Code, are approved in accordance with the following specific accreditation criteria:
1. The laboratory is accredited according to COFRAC programmes 59 and 116 according to the type of sampling carried out.
2. Salmonella research analyses must be carried out within the framework of the COFRAC accreditation program No. 116, according to the reference texts for NF U 47 100 or NF U 47 101, depending on the type of sampling performed.
3. The laboratory has routine serotyping capabilities of the most frequently isolated serovars in the environment of animal production lines listed in Appendix C of NF U 47 100 or NF U 47 101.
4. The samples must be treated on the day they arrive at the laboratory, or be refrigerated until their analysis, which must be carried out at the maximum on the working day after the day they are received. The maximum period between the sampling date and the start date of the analysis is 4 days, except for force majeure. In the event of an emergency or alert, or at the request of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, the laboratory is organized to minimize the reporting time.
5. The head of the laboratory is obliged to inform as soon as possible the departmental director of veterinary services of the department where the couvoir and/or livestock were located where the relevant sampling of any positive results of Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow for breeding poultry, specifying the information listed in the appendix
6. The person responsible for the laboratory is obliged to transmit, as the research results of Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow for the reproduction poultry, specifying the information listed in Appendix II, chapter I, point 1 (II), of this order, in the form computerized to the information system of the ministry responsible for the
7. The laboratory is required to send the strains to the national reference laboratory for Ploufragan Salmonella in accordance with section 28 of this Order.
II. ― Laboratories responsible for the diagnosis of salmonella infections from self-control analyses, in the sense ofArticle R. 200-1 of the Rural Codeare required to meet the following requirements:
1. Salmonella research analyses shall be performed according to the reference text for NF U 47 100 or NF U 47 101, depending on the type of sampling performed.
2. The person responsible for the laboratory is obliged to inform as soon as possible the departmental director of the veterinary services of the department where there is the couvoir or the animal where the relevant sampling of any positive results of the search for Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Virchow for the breeding poultry, specifying the identity of the animal and
These analyses should be carried out in recognized laboratories as soon as the orders provided for in the articles R. 202-22 et seq. of the rural code come into application.
The herd owners ensure, each with respect to them, that they comply with the above provisions relating to self-control analyses.
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CONFIRMATION MODALITIES FOR SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS, SALMONELLA HADAR, SALMONELLA INFANTIS, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM or SALMONELLA VIRCHOWS IN THE PRODUCTION OF GALLUS GALLUS GALLUS IN FILITIES
Samplings made for epidemiological investigations and additional or reinforced controls are at least identical to those described below and designated as confirmation samples.
1. Confirmation samplings are made for each herd to control:
– five pairs of socks each transplanted into their original packaging and comprising five separate samples for analysis;
either, when the herd of breeding poultry is in a cage, two samples of 150 g of fecal material collected on the dejection carpets, scrapers or in the pits, depending on the type of building and three cloths passed on the tapes of cracks. When the building has several batteries, fecal samples contain cracks from each battery and are sent to the laboratory in two separate pots. The three rags are relocated each in their original packaging before sending. These samples are analysed as five separate samples;
- three rags passed on the caillebottis and other fiente depots as well as two composite samples of fresh cracks each weighing at least one gram, randomly taken from different points of the building in which the birds are held. The number of different points where to collect fresh cracks is shown in the following table:
| 250-349 | 200 |
| 350-449 | 220 |
| 450-799 | 250 |
| 800-999 | 260 |
| 1,000 or more | 300 |
Done in Paris, February 26, 2008.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Chief Food Officer,
J.-M. Bournigal
Minister of Budget, Public Accounts
and the Public Service,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Budget Director from:
The Deputy Director,
L. Garnier
