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Decree Of 4 December 2009 Concerning The Fight Against Salmonella Infections In Turkey Flocks Of Reproduction Of The Species Meleagris Gallopavo And Laying Down The Modalities Of Declaration Of Avian Salmonellosis, Referred To The Artic...

Original Language Title: Arrêté du 4 décembre 2009 relatif à la lutte contre les infections à Salmonella dans les troupeaux de dindes de reproduction de l'espèce Meleagris gallopavo et fixant les modalités de déclaration des salmonelloses aviaires, visées à l'artic...

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JORF n°0290 of 15 December 2009 page 21597
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Order of December 4, 2009 on the fight against Salmonella infections in the herds of reproductive turkeys of the Meleagris gallopavo species and fixing the reporting modalities of avian salmonellosis, referred to in Article D. 223-1 of the rural code, in the same herds

NOR: AGRG0928623A ELI: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2009/12/4/AGRG0928623A/jo/texte


Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782 / 75 of 29 October 1975 concerning the production and marketing of the eggs to be coveted and the chicks of low-course;
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No. 178 / 2002 of the European Parliament and Council of 28 January 2002 establishing general principles and general 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 Directive 2003 / 99 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents amending Council decision 90 / 424 / EWC and repealing Council Directive 92 / 117 / EEC;
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 852 / 2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on food hygiene;
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;
Considering Regulation (EC) No. 183 / 2005 of the European Parliament and Council of 12 January 2005 establishing requirements for animal health;
In view of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1177 / 2006 of 1 August 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160 / 2003 of the European Parliament and 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;
In view of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 584 / 2008 of 20 June 2008 implementing 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 Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in turkeys;
Considering Commission Regulation (EC) No. 213 / 2009 of 18 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No. 2160 / 2003 of the European Parliament and Council and Regulation (EC) No. 1003 / 2005 with regard to the control and testing of salmonella in the reproductive cheptels of Gallus gallus and turkeys;
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. 221-4 to R. 221-16, R. 223-3 to R. 223-8, R. 228-1, D. 223-1 and D. 223-21 ;
Considering the environmental code;
Vu le Public Health Code ;
Considering the decision of 5 June 2000 on 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 analysis in the field of veterinary public health and plant protection;
Considering the advice of the Advisory Committee on Animal Health and Protection dated 17 June 2009;
Considering the opinion of the French Food Safety Agency dated October 21, 2009,
Stop it!

  • CHAPTER IER: GENERAL Article 1 Learn more about this article...


    The purpose of the National Programme for the Control of Salmonella Infections in Reproductive Turkeys established by this Order, under the control of the Veterinary Services Directorates, is to:
    ― the systematic screening of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica infections, referred to as Salmonella, reproductive turkeys;
    ― the mandatory elimination of herds of reproductive turkeys infected by Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium, as well as the remediation of the products derived from it;
    ― the decontamination of breeding sites of reproductive turkeys infected by Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium and the appropriate treatment of their effluents.

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    For the purposes of this Order, the following means:
    (a) Reproduction poultry: the poultry of the species Meleagris gallopavo maintained in captivity, aged seventy-two hours or more, intended for the production of eggs to be found;
    (b) Cover eggs: eggs produced by poultry defined in paragraph (a) of this article and intended to be incubated;
    (c) One-day dinars: all the poultry of the species Meleagris gallopavo, 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 turkeys of the species Meleagris gallopavo;
    (e) Troupeau: any set of poultry of the species Meleagris gallopavo, of the same sanitary status, held in the same building or enclosure. In the batteries, this term includes all birds sharing the same volume of air;
    (f) Poultry: the one-day reproduction and turkey poultry 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;
    (m) Salmonella typhimurium: within the meaning of this Order, any salmonella strain with one of the following antigenic formulas: 1.4,[5],12:i:1,2 or 1.4,[5],12:i:- or 1.4,[5],12:-:1,2 or 1.4,[5],12:-.

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    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.

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    I. ― Any operator holding or likely to hold, on the basis of its facilities, a staff of more than 250 poultry is required to report to the Prefect by providing, inter alia, the following:
    1. The SIRET number of the operation and its coordinates.
    2. The name and social reason of the poultry holder.
    3. The operating number eventually assigned by the farm establishment.
    4. Buildings or enclosures for poultry production, as well as, for each of them, the usual identifier, the surface, the species likely to be hosted and the accommodation capacity corresponding to each species.
    The owners of the herds already reported under salmon prophylaxis are required to update their information.
    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 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 prefect for his quick 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;
    - unique national identification code of the building or livestock enclosure (INUAV);
    ― 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;
    - unique national identification code of the building or livestock enclosure (INUAV);
    • expected number of turkeys and strain set up;
    ― the origin(s) of the herd comprising for the herds of future breeding turkeys of one day the herd(s) of the breeders of which they are derived and the cunning where they have hatched, for the herds of breeding turkeys demarcated the herd(s) of startup and for herds of breeding deck 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 future reproducers of a day set up in preponte buildings or already administered to the herds of future reproducers during their establishment in the bridge building.
    In the case of herds of future reproducers of one day, 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 pre-report of the expected date of establishment must be sent to the prefect no later than eight days before the prefect.

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    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.

  • CHAPTER II: OBLIGATORY DEPISTAGE OF SALMONELLA INFECTIONS Article 6 Learn more about this article...


    There is a mandatory screening of Salmonella infections for all herds of breeding turkeys.

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    The search for Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium will be carried out in accordance with the terms set out in Appendix I to this Order, the last sampling of each period (breeding and deck) being searched for Salmonella (all serovars).
    The owners of herds subjected to this screening are required to ensure that they are carried out.
    Sampling shall be carried out by or under the responsibility of the health veterinarian. 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.
    Bacteriological analyses carried out on these samples shall be carried out in accredited or recognized laboratories as provided for in Annex II, Chapter 2 of this Order.

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    Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 5 of this Order, all the results of analysis and checks 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 not less than two years, and submitted to the agents referred to in Article L. 231-2 of the Rural Code, referred to below
    The results of the analyses carried out in the seam must also be available on the seam site itself.

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    Any result of 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 found, in boxes for the transport of future reproducers of one day, on finite food taken from the breeding site, or on fertilized breeding poultry or suspected dead, allowing for

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    Any suspected salmonellic infection known as contagious poultry should be immediately reported to the prefect of the department where the collection was made at the origin of suspicion, by any person who, in any event, had the charge of the care or custody of the herd concerned, and by any laboratory having carried out the bacteriological analyses at the origin of suspicion.

  • CHAPTER III: Measures to be taken in the event of SUSPICION OR INFECTION CONFIRMATION Article 11 Learn more about this article...


    I. - When the result of the analysis that resulted in the suspicion of infection corresponds to a sampling carried out in a couvoir, the prefect initiates 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 procuring process, including external supplies, is favourable, only that or those for which there is no evidence of negative 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 supervision order are those that have provided the sealing eggs 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 insulate By derogation, the prefect may propose a surfer to the supervision of one or more herds that have provided the eggs to be found in the suspicious hatch 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. The herds thus exempted from surveillance shall be subject to the enhanced control sampling set out in Annex III to this Order as soon as possible;
    (c) When the result of analysis has resulted in a removal of a meconium of turkeys of one day, the herds that have to be placed under a prefectural order of 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 allows for a separate treatment of the dindonals of a consolidated day
    (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 available information on the health status of the herds, the prefect may propose a surfer to the supervision of one or more herds that provided eggs to be found in the elbow 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 prefect, in consultation with the health veterinarian, carries out 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 prefect shall, as soon as possible, be carried out by the management in charge of the veterinary services or by delegation by the health veterinarian, by the sampling and confirmation analysis defined in Annex III to this Order in all herds of the herds in which one or more herds are held under prefectural supervision order. The research concerns all Salmonella serotypes.
    V. ― When the result of the analysis that led to suspicion concerns a sampling carried out in a couvoir, in the situations set out in points I a, b, c and d of this article, the Prefect:
    ― 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 flock of future breeders of less than six 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 prefect may also, depending on the elements at his disposal, carry out additional samplings and analyses in herds of comparable ages from the same elbow.
    VII. ― On the proposal of the prefect, the herd which has been the subject of a first positive analysis result, 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 that led to suspicion has been carried out by the veterinary agents or a health veterinarian, and subject to at least one of 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.

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    The prefectural supervision order provides that the herd(s) are immediately sequenced and kept isolated. Pending the results of the confirmation analyses provided for in Article 11 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 prefect, they may be placed on the market after undergoing 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, unless authorized by the prefect.
    4. Any movement of fiss and equipment from the breeding site is prohibited, unless authorized by the prefect. 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 of enhanced disinfection of the seam premises must be implemented immediately and its effectiveness must be monitored.
    6. The prefect may prohibit the delivery of one-day reproductive turkeys 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 veterinarian may prescribe, on prior authorization from the prefect, 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 consent of the prefect.

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    The Prefectural Supervisory Order is lifted by the Prefect, on the proposal of the Director in charge 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 seam 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 management in charge of the 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 Director in charge of veterinary services, after a first negative inspection carried out in accordance with Appendix III to this Order, and in view of 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.

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    When the presence of the infection is confirmed by the positivity of at least one of the analyses provided for in Article 11 of this Order, the Prefect shall take a statement of infection of the infected herd(s).

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    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 is reported on animals less than six weeks.
    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 slaughtering requires a pass to the prefect of the department where is located the livestock holding the infected herd(s) for the shipment to a slaughterhouse with community approval where an inspection is carried out under the provisions of article L. 231-1 of the rural code.
    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 of a sample of 10 poultry for the analysis of 25 g per animal of deep muscles cauterized on the surface, by an approved laboratory, in order to detect a possible widespread infection in Salmonella (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 result of this analysis remains valid for thirty days, beyond which salmonella sampling and research must be conducted again. The prefect has analytical results 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;
    ― to carry out, at the initiative of the prefect in the department where the herd holding the infected herd or at the initiative of the official veterinarian of the slaughterhouse is located, a sampling consisting of at least five poultry for the research of antimicrobial pharmacological action substances that may be present in respect of the infection or observed pathological condition. This research is conducted to the extent possible of five of the ten poultry collected under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The costs of sampling and analysis are borne by the owner of the flock;
    ― 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 prefect of the department where the infected herd is located, in accordance with the terms fixed by the herd, and, if necessary, to the official veterinarian of the destination slaughterhouse. It also addresses to the prefect 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.
    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 fixed by the prefect, of premises, their surroundings, their access paths and livestock equipment of the infected herd(s), including when it is not intended to repopulate the premises, and of vehicles used for the carriage of poultry or eggs, followed by a sanitary vacuum and carried out in accordance with the article.
    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.

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    When the infection is confirmed, especially in areas of high aviculture density, the prefect conducts an epidemiological investigation to assess the risk of spreading the infection from or to flocks of poultry located near the infected herd's breeding 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.

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    The prefectural order bearing declaration of infection shall be lifted by the prefect on the proposal of the director in charge of the veterinary services, after the elimination of the infected herd(s), carrying out the cleaning and disinfection operations, sanitary vacuum and checking their effectiveness, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of this Order.

  • CHAPTER IV: DECONTAMINATION AND VACCINATION Article 18 Learn more about this article...


    The cleaning and disinfection operations provided for in Article 15 of this Order shall be carried out under the control of the health veterinarian and the prefect. 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. Storage and spreading of animal dejections and cleaning water shall 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.

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    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.

  • CHAPTER V: ALIMENTATION OF ANIMAUX Rule 20 Learn more about this article...


    1. Reproductive turkey herds are fed by foods produced by establishments in the area of certified salmonella animal feed, in accordance with the provisions of the approvals and authorizations of establishments in the animal feed sector, taken under L. 235-1 of the rural code. The herds of less than 250 equipped females are not subject to this obligation.
    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 Veterinary Services Directorate.
    The provisions of this article shall apply as from 30 April 2010.
    2. When the samplings defined in Schedule III to this Order or at the latest upon confirmation of infection are carried out, on the instruction of the prefect, on foods used for the feeding of the herd on site or in the production plant.
    Without prejudice to the provisions provided for in sections 9, 11 and 12 of this Order, when a food sample is contaminated by Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium, the Prefect:
    ― 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.

  • CHAPTER VI: DECLARATION MODALITES OF SALMONELLOSES IN ESPECT MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO, ARTICLE D. 223 1 OF THE RURAL CODE RELATING TO OBLIGATORY DECLARATION MALADIES Article 21 Learn more about this article...


    The criteria for reporting avian salmonello in the herds of the Meleagris gallopavo species, referred to in section D. 223-1 of the rural code, are as follows:
    ― for herds of future breeding turkeys: evidence of a Salmonella strain (all serovars) from the mandatory sampling carried out two weeks prior to the entrance to the deck, if the birds remain in the breeding building or, if not, two weeks before the transfer of the building, in accordance with the screening procedures defined in Annex I, Chapter I, item 1.2, of this Order
    - for the herds of adult reproductive turkeys: evidence of a Salmonella strain (all serovars) from the mandatory sampling carried out at the end of the production cycle between 52 and 56 weeks in accordance with the screening procedures defined in Appendix I, Chapter I, Point 2, of this Order.
    The positive result of the above tests is the receipt by the management in charge of veterinary services. The owner of the herd ensures the proper transmission by the laboratory of the test report.

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    The declaration of avian salmonellosis in the herds of the species Meleagris gallopavo, referred to in Article D. 223-1 of the rural code, must include the name of the serovar of the insulated Salmonella strain and all the information contained in Appendix II, Chapter I, point II, of this order, as well as the precise antigenic profile with respect to Salmonella strains

  • CHAPTER VII: Measures to be taken in the event of an INFECTION CONFIRMATION IN REPRODUCTION VOLAILS REGARDING VOLAILS Article 23 Learn more about this article...


    1. When, pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, Salmonella (all serovar) generalized poultry infection from an infected confirmed herd is not highlighted, the following measures apply:
    - without prejudice to the results of the health inspection, fresh meats are covered by the Community Identification Mark, according to Appendix II, section 1, of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
    ― Mechanically separated meats made from these carcasses by means of techniques that do not alter the structure of the bones used and whose calcium content is less than 1,000 ppm are used in the manufacture of meat products that are thermally treated in a registered establishment. If they meet the criteria set out in Schedule I to Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005, they may be used in meat preparations to be consumed after cooking.
    ― digestive viscera are declassified as animal by-products in accordance with community regulations.
    2. When, pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, the generalized infection by Salmonella (all serovar) of poultry from an infected confirmed herd is highlighted, the following measures apply:
    ― fresh meat and heart obtained from carcasses are covered by the mark set out in Appendix II of the above-mentioned Order of October 14, 2005, intended for an establishment located in the national territory for the purpose of undergoing remedial heat treatment for salmonella;
    - Mechanically separated meats made from these carcasses by means of techniques that do not alter the structure of the bones used and whose calcium content is less than 1,000 ppm are used in the manufacture of meat products that are subject to thermal treatment in a registered establishment;
    ― abats except for the heart of poultry from an infected confirmed herd are declassified as animal by-products in accordance with community regulations.
    3. The poultry referred to in points 1 and 2 is shot down at the end of the chain. Otherwise, no slaughter operation must be resumed without the cleaning and disinfection of the premises and chain.
    Precautions when slaughtering are taken, especially to prevent contamination of fecal carcasses.
    The crates and trucks are thoroughly cleaned by visual self-control and disinfection before leaving the slaughterhouse.

  • CHAPTER VIII: GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 24 Learn more about this article...


    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.

    Rule 25 Learn more about this article...


    Without prejudice to the loss of compensation provided for in section 24 of this Order, offenders under this Order shall, in particular, be liable to penalties provided for in section R. 228-1 of the Rural Code for 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.

    Rule 26 Learn more about this article...


    The labs receiving analyses provided by this Order send the following strains to the National Salmonella Reference Laboratory of Ploufragan according to the procedures specified by ministerial instruction:
    - isolated strains from official sampling of veterinary or veterinary health officers;
    - the strains of Salmonella spp. isolated under Article 23 of this Order;
    ― Salmonella strains of antigenic formula 1.4,[5],12:i:- or 1.4,[5],12:-:1,2 or 1.4,[5],12:-.

    Rule 27 Learn more about this article...


    The Executive Director of Food and Prefects are responsible, each with respect to him, for the execution of this Order, which applies on 1 January 2010 and will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

  • Annex



    A N N E X E I


    MODALITIES OF THE DEPISTING OF SALMONELLA INFECTIONS IN ESPECTIVE REPRODUCTERS
    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 eight weeks in the laboratory preferably or failing to sew.
    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:
    – two pairs of socks, each transplanted into their original packaging and comprising two separate samples for analysis;
    ― and two rags of rubbed dust 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.
    2. Troupes in bridge times.
    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 then every 3 weeks until the bird reform. The samplings are made for each herd:
    – five pairs of socks, transplanted into two original packagings at a minimum and comprising two samples at a minimum for analysis;
    – at least one pair of socks representing the entire building and a dust cloth passed at different locations in the building where dust accumulation is visible, making up at least 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.


    A N N E X E I
    ANALYSES AND LABORATOIRS CHARGÉS DU DIAGNOSTIC
    SALMONIAL INFECTIONS
    Chapter I
    Analysis


    1. Transfer and accompanying documents for sampling.
    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 direction in charge of the veterinary services at the sampling site.
    II. ― A document specifying the SIRET number of the operation and the INUAV code of the workshop in which the herd being sampled is detained, the location and nature of the sampling, the stage of production and the method of breeding (ground or cage) concerned, the age of the animals on the date of the sampling, the identity of the person who has carried out the sampling and the name of the veterinarian health responsible for its completion,
    2. Method of analysis.
    I. ― The search for Salmonella in the samplings referred to in Chapter VI of this Order is carried out within the framework of the COFRAC accreditation programme 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 and Salmonella typhimurium in the samplings provided for in Annex I, items 1.1, 1.2, and 2, of this Order, other than those referred to in Chapter VI of this Order, shall be carried out within the framework of the COFRAC accreditation program No. 116 according to the reference texts corresponding to the NF U 47 100 or the NF U 47 101 standard, as per reference. 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


    Official sampling, as provided for in section R. 200-1 of the Rural Code, carried out by the Departmental Directorate in charge of veterinary services or a veterinary health veterinarian designated by the Departmental Directorate, are analysed in approved laboratories to identify salmonella infections under the conditions set out in point A.
    Other mandatory samplings under this Order are analysed:
    either in approved laboratories to identify salmonella infections under the conditions set out in point A;
    either in recognized laboratories to identify salmonella infections under the conditions set out in point B.
    A. ― Certified laboratories.
    1. The laboratory is accredited as part of the field of animal bacteriology testing and analysis (116) or "microbiological analyses of agri-food products" (59) of COFRAC according to the matrices on which the analyses are carried out.
    2. Salmonella research analyses shall be carried out within the scope of the field "Animal Bacteriology Testing and Analysis" (116) according to the reference texts corresponding to the NF U 47 100 variant specified in I-2 or NF U 47 101, or in the context of the microbiological analysis of agri-food products (59) of COFRAC according to ISO 6579 standard, or according to any validated alternative method of AFN 140
    3. The laboratory has routine serotyping capabilities of the most frequently isolated serovars in the environment of the animal production lines listed in Appendix C of NF U 47 100.
    4. At the laboratory, the samples are refrigerated to the analysis, which must take place within 48 hours of receipt, and within 96 hours after sampling.
    5. The laboratory participates:
    - for Program No. 116, all inter-laboratory tests organized by the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella;
    – for programme No. 59, a minimum once a year for the tests concerned, for an inter-laboratory trial organized by an inter-laboratory comparison organizer (OCIL) accredited by COFRAC or by any equivalent European organization signatory to the multilateral recognition agreement.
    6. The laboratory manager is obliged to inform as soon as possible the prefect of the department where the farm was located where the relevant sampling of any positive results of Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium in the herds of meat chickens and fattening turkeys is carried out by specifying the information listed in the annex, chapter I, point 1.II, of this decree, as well as the sensing
    7. The laboratory manager is obliged to transmit as they obtain all the results of Salmonella's research for the herds of meat chickens and fattening turkeys, specifying the information listed in the annex, chapter I, point 1.II, of this decree, as well as the precise antigenic profile for the strains of Salmonella typhimurium defined in the sense of the article He shall promptly inform the prefect of the receipt of non-compliant samples, including the sampling medium, or when he is able to suspect sampling anomalies, in the light of the receipt of unclean equipment, or in the light of sterile crops.
    8. The laboratory is required to ship isolated strains in accordance with section 17 of this Order to the National Salmonella Reference Laboratory.
    9. In the event of a justified emergency due to the significant impacts of the analysis deadlines, particularly on the dissemination of the infection in the production pyramid, consumer safety, the livestock economy, the laboratory organizes itself at the request of the prefect to conduct the analyses and make the results as soon as possible.
    B. ― Recognized laboratories.
    1. The laboratory works according to ISO 17025, which is certified by a certifying body.
    2. The laboratory is accredited by COFRAC or any equivalent European organization signatory to the multilateral agreement taken in the framework of the European coordination of accreditation bodies for the conduct of the analyses according to the reference texts corresponding to the NF U 47 100, a variant specified in I. 2, or ISO 6579 Annex D.
    3. The analyses are carried out and the test reports made under accreditation.
    4. The laboratory has routine serotyping capabilities of the most frequently isolated serovars in the environment of the animal production lines listed in Appendix C of NF U 47 100.
    5. The laboratory regularly participates in joint research tests organized or coordinated by the national reference laboratory.
    6. At the laboratory, the samples are refrigerated to the analysis, which must take place within 48 hours of receipt, and within 96 hours after sampling.
    7. The laboratory manager is obliged to inform as soon as possible the prefect of the department where the breeding was carried out, where any positive result of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium research was collected in the herds of meat and fattening turkeys by specifying the information listed in the annex, chapter I, point 1.II, of this decree, as well as the sensing
    8. The laboratory manager is required to transmit, as all the results of Salmonella's research for the herds of meat chickens and fattening turkeys, specifying the information listed in the annex, chapter I, point 1.II, of this decree, as well as the precise antigenic profile with respect to the strains of Salmonella typhimurium defined in the sense of article 2, point m, He shall promptly inform the prefect of the receipt of non-compliant samples, including the sampling medium, or when he is able to suspect sampling anomalies, in the light of the receipt of unclean equipment, or in the light of sterile crops.
    9. The laboratory is required to ship isolated strains in accordance with section 17 of this Order to the National Salmonella Reference Laboratory.


    A N N E X E I I


    CONFIRMATION MODALITIES FOR SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS AND SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM REPRODUCTION WORKS OF THE GALLOPAVO MELEAGRISE, EPIDEMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION, STRENGTHENING REGULATIONS AND CONTROL
    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:


    NOMBRE D'OISEAUX
    in the building
    NUMBER OF FIELD SAMPLINGS
    in a different point of the building or group of buildings of the operation

    250-349

    200

    350-449

    220

    450-799

    250

    800-999

    260

    1,000 or more

    300



    Slot samples are sent in two separate pots to the laboratory and the three rags are relocated each in their original packaging before sending. These samples are analyzed in the form of five separate samples, and a rubbed cloth on the maximum of surfaces located inside the building in which the birds are held and transplanted into the watertight and sterile container. The number of rags is increased depending on the building's accommodation capacity.
    When the result of the analysis that resulted in suspicion of infection corresponds to a sampling carried out at a spawning site or a spawning site in decks, these samplings are supplemented if possible by a sampling of 60 non-hulled eggs from each herd to be controlled. At least 20 rags for salmonella search are made in all the seam rooms receiving the eggs to be found. The rags are all transplanted into their original packaging before sending to the laboratory and are submitted separately to the analysis. A sample of 30 meconiums is collected from suspicious or investigated lots.
    When the suspicion relates to young birds or is caused by sewing samples, doubles of the delivery boxes are analysed.
    2. In the case of a negative result of the analyses carried out on these samples, a second series of samples consisting of organs of 60 subjects for the analysis of the liver, ovaries and cæca grouped by five for the analysis or sampling provided for in point 1 above shall be carried out.
    The prefect may request the research of inhibitors by a technique recommended by the national reference laboratory for the research of antibiotics on at least five random subjects in the herd.
    3. The prefect may carry out microbiological or serological controls at the operator's expense to verify the immunization status of birds or to strengthen the monitoring of herds vaccinated or from immunized parents.


Done in Paris, December 4, 2009.


For the Minister and by delegation:

Deputy Director General

J.-L. Angot


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