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Article 21 Disease control measures in the event of suspicion of certain diseases

United Kingdom

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1.

The competent authority shall, when it suspects a case of the relevant disease, conduct investigations, initiate an epidemiological enquiry and suspend the disease-free status of the establishment where the suspected case occurred until the investigations and the epidemiological enquiry are concluded.

2.

Pending the outcome of the investigations and the epidemiological enquiry referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority:

(a)

shall prohibit movement of animals from the relevant targeted animal population out of the establishment unless it has authorised their immediate slaughter in a designated slaughterhouse;

(b)

shall, when it considers it necessary for the control of the risk of spreading the disease:

  1. (i)

    where technically possible, order the isolation of the suspected cases in the establishment;

  2. (ii)

    restrict the introduction of animals from the relevant targeted animal population into the establishment;

  3. (iii)

    restrict the movement of products from the relevant targeted animal population from or to the establishment.

3.

The competent authority shall maintain the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 until the presence of the disease has been ruled out or confirmed.