# The Control of Salmonella in Poultry Order 2007, Paragraph 7: Sampling of four-week-old birds etc.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An occupier must use the methods set out in this paragraph when sampling—
(a) in the case of breeding flocks, four-week-old birds; and
(b) in the case of both breeding flocks and laying flocks, birds two weeks before the date they are moved to a laying unit or (if they are not moved) the date they are expected to come into lay.
(2) The sample must consist of—
(a) a minimum of two pairs of boot swabs; or
(b) a composite faeces sample.
(3) In this paragraph, “a composite faeces sample” means a sample of faeces consisting of at least sixty samples each of which weighs not less than 1 gram and each of which is taken from a site selected at random to represent the flock from which it is taken.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3574/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-poultry-order-2007/schedule/paragraph-7
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