{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-200/annex/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-200/annex/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/200",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2010 of 10 March 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Union target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella serotypes in adult breeding flocks of Gallus gallus (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-200",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.1",
  "heading": "Sampling at the hatchery",
  "text": "At least one sample shall be taken per breeding flock on each sampling occasion.\nSampling must be arranged on a hatch day when samples from all breeding flocks are available. If not possible, it has to be guaranteed that samples are collected from every flock at least at the frequency laid down in point 2.1.\nAll material from all hatchers from which hatched chicks are removed on the sampling day shall contribute to the set of samples in a proportionate way.\nIf there are more than 50 000 eggs of one breeding flock in the hatchers, a second sample shall be collected from that flock.\nThe sample shall consist of at least:\n(a)one composite sample of visibly soiled hatcher basket liners taken at random from five separate hatcher baskets or locations in the hatcher, to obtain a total sampling surface of at least 1 m2; if the hatching eggs from a breeding flock occupy more than one hatcher, then such a composite sample shall be taken from each hatcher up to a maximum of five; or\n(b)one sample taken with one or several moistened fabric swab(s) of at least 900 cm2 surface area in total, taken immediately after the removal of the chickens from the whole surface area of the bottom of at least a total of five hatcher baskets, or from fluff from five places, including on the floor, in each hatcher up to a maximum of five with hatched eggs from the flock, ensuring that at least one sample per flock from which eggs are derived, is taken; or\n(c)10 g of broken eggshells taken from a total of 25 separate hatcher baskets, namely 250 g in the initial sample, in up to five hatchers with hatched eggs from the flock, crushed, mixed and sub-sampled to form a 25 g subsample for testing.\nThe procedure set out in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be followed for sampling at the initiative of the food business operator and as part of official controls. However, it shall not be mandatory to include a hatcher with eggs from different flocks if at least 80 % from the eggs are in other sampled hatchers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/200/annex/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:53.850237+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."
}