Division 1 The requirements in relation to biosecurity measures of disease control aquatic food establishments as referred to in point (a) of Article 11, shall be the following:

operators shall implement the biosecurity plan for the disease control aquatic food establishment in accordance with Article 5, which must take account of at least the following elements when animals which are infected with a listed or emerging disease are slaughtered or processed on the premises:

1. (i)

   visitors to the establishment must be avoided, but when such visits are unavoidable, they must be controlled and protective clothing and footwear must be provided by the operator which are safely disposed of or cleaned and disinfected after use;

2. (ii)

   the personnel of the disease control aquatic food establishment must wear work clothing and footwear which must be cleaned and disinfected at an appropriate frequency;

3. (iii)

   an appropriate disinfection system must be in place to ensure that waste water from the disease control aquatic food establishment is appropriately treated so that any disease agents which are present are inactivated before the water is discharged;

4. (iv)

   an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection and appropriate disposal of animal by-products; such by-products shall be processed as Category 1 or Category 2 material in compliance with Article 12 or Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;

5. (v)

   appropriate cleaning and disinfecting operations must be completed prior to the arrival of any new consignment of aquatic animals for processing;

6. (vi)

   appropriate measures must be in place to ensure that all means of transport and their containers which are used to deliver aquatic animals to a disease control aquatic food establishment are cleaned and disinfected before they leave the establishment.