Article 1 Target
United Kingdom
The F1... target referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium in adult laying hens of Gallus gallus (‘... target’) shall be as follows:
an annual minimum percentage of reduction of positive flocks of adult laying hens equal to at least:
- (i)
10 % where the prevalence in the preceding year was less than 10 %;
- (ii)
20 % where the prevalence in the preceding year was more than or equal to 10 % and less than 20 %;
- (iii)
30 % where the prevalence in the preceding year was more than or equal to 20 % and less than 40 %;
- (iv)
40 % where the prevalence in the preceding year was more than or equal to 40 %;
or
a reduction of the maximum percentage equal to 2 % or less of positive flocks of adult laying hens; however, F2if there are fewer than 50 flocks of adult laying hens in the constituent territory, not more than one adult flock may remain positive.
The ... target shall be achieved every year based on the monitoring of the previous year. F3...
As regards monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium, serotypes with the antigenic formula X11 ,4,[5],12:i:- shall be included in the ... target.
The testing scheme necessary to verify progress on the achievement of the ... target is set out in the Annex (‘testing scheme’).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 8(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 1(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 8(2)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 8(2)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)