{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-broiler-flocks-order-2009/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-broiler-flocks-order-2009/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/260",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Salmonella in Broiler Flocks Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-broiler-flocks-order-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order enforces Commission Regulation 646/2007 and Commission Regulation 1177/2006.\nIt makes provision for registration of broiler flocks of birds of the species Gallus gallus and for their testing for Salmonella. It also prohibits the use of antimicrobials and live salmonella vaccine.\nThe Order is enforced by the local authority.\nBreach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22), punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available on the Defra website.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 151, 13.6.2007, p 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 212, 2.8.2006, p 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/260/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:12.666870+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}