Division 2.1.2.1

If sampling at the initiative of the food business operator takes place at the hatchery:

1. (a)

   routine sampling every 16 weeks at the hatchery;

2. (b)

   routine sampling at the holding on two occasions during the production cycle, the first one being within four weeks following moving to laying phase or laying unit and the second one taking place towards the end of the laying phase, not earlier than eight weeks before the end of the production cycle;

3. (c)

   confirmatory sampling at the holding, following the detection of the presence of the relevant Salmonella serotypes from sampling at the hatchery.