Division 2 The biosecurity plans of the holdings under the common biosecurity management system shall include at least the following elements:

a documented implementation system of a staff hygiene plan, including general and specific hygienic practices, general and specific training for permanent and temporary staff and the procedure for control of that hygiene plan, including a rule that staff must (i) not personally keep poultry or other birds nor (ii) have close contact with poultry or other birds other than those of the compartment for a period of at least 72 hours before entering the holding; a shorter period may be required in case of urgent need of specific staff, but it must in no event be less than 24 hours and the procedure mitigating the risk must be described in the biosecurity plan;

products and personnel flows, described on a diagram of all the premises of the holding with colour coded levels of biosecurity; there must be a hygiene barrier with a changing zone, including where appropriate showers, with separated clean and dirty areas at all entry points to the premises;

a plan regulating the movements of any person entering or leaving the holding, distinguishing authorised and non-authorised persons or visitors, including a description of the physical barriers (such as hedges, fences, or any other barrier that clearly defines the perimeters of the premises of the holding), signs, locked gates and entrances to buildings; external visitors (including auditors or inspectors) must be required not to have had any contact with poultry or other birds for a period of at least 72 hours before entering the holding; a longer period may be required depending on risk factors (such as visitors coming from a protection or surveillance zone); a shorter period may be required for the official veterinarians or in case of urgent need of external specific intervention (such as a consultant or veterinarian), but it must in no event be less than 24 hours and the procedure mitigating the risk must be described in the biosecurity plan;

a plan regulating and recording the movements of vehicles into, out of or between the holdings, including private and delivery vehicles (such as for feed, animals, or other supplies); a record of all vehicle movements must be available;

an animal and product traceability system, enabling the tracing of all movements into, out of or between the holdings (inputs, outputs);

a protocol to prevent contamination, including contamination through the supply, transportation, storage, delivery and disposal of:

1. (i)

   packing materials (such as the use of new or disinfected packing materials);

2. (ii)

   bedding materials (such as an appropriate storage quarantine time or a disinfection of bedding materials);

3. (iii)

   feed (such as the use of enclosed systems of feed);

4. (iv)

   water (such as an internal water treatment system);

5. (v)

   animal by-products such as carcases, manure, dirty/cracked eggs or dead in shell eggs;

a cleaning and disinfection plan of the holding, its equipment and of materials used; a specific protocol on vehicle cleansing and disinfection must be available;

a pest control plan, including rodents and other wild animals, providing for physical barriers and measures in case of findings of their activity;

a HACCP plan relating to avian influenza, developed following the seven steps (namely hazards analysis, list of the critical control points (CCP), critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, verification and recordings), and which shall include at least the following elements:

1. (i)

   data on the production of poultry or other captive birds and other data in relation to defined periods (morbidity and mortality history, details of medications used, birds hatched, data relating to animal feed and water consumption);

2. (ii)

   information relating to the clinical checks and sampling plans for active and passive surveillance and screening analyses (frequencies, methods, results);

3. (iii)

   a register of visitors to the holding, in sufficient detail to be able to trace and contact any visitor;

4. (iv)

   information concerning any vaccination programmes applied, including the type of vaccine used and the frequency and dates of administration;

5. (v)

   detailed information records on the corrective actions performed and the related critical control points not complied with.

All involved parties shall be fully aware of and follow the rules of the HACCP plan, which is the management tool of the compartment that guarantees biosecurity measures and management practices.

The HACCP plan shall take into consideration the list of hazards and pathways which must be identified in advance. It shall be adaptable to the level of risk and include described actions to be taken in the case of increased risk, such as frequency of sampling.