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Division 2 ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR POULTRY AND HATCHING EGGS ORIGINATING FROM A THIRD COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OR ZONE THEREOF WHERE VACCINES USED AGAINST INFECTION WITH NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS DO NOT MEET THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA SET OUT IN POINT 1

United Kingdom

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Poultry and hatching eggs originating from a third country or territory or zone thereof where vaccines used against infection with Newcastle disease virus do not meet the specific criteria set out in point 1.2 must meet the requirements set out below:

  1. (a)

    poultry and the flocks of origin of hatching eggs must not have been vaccinated with such vaccines for a period of at least 12 months prior to the date the consignment is loaded for dispatch to the Union;

  2. (b)

    the flocks of origin of poultry and of hatching eggs must have undergone a virus isolation test for infection with Newcastle disease virus not earlier than 2 weeks prior to the date of loading of the consignment for dispatch to the Union or, in the case of hatching eggs, not earlier than 2 weeks prior to the date the eggs were collected. The test must have been carried out in an official laboratory on a random sample of cloacal swabs taken from at least 60 birds in each flock, and no avian paramyxoviruses with an ICPI of more than 0,4 have been found;

  3. (c)

    poultry and the flocks of origin of hatching eggs must have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin during the two-week period referred to in point (b);

  4. (d)

    poultry and the flocks of origin of hatching eggs must not have been in contact with poultry not meeting the requirements set out in points (a) and (b):

    1. (i)

      in the case of poultry, during the period of 60 days prior to the date the consignment was loaded for dispatch to the Union;

    2. (ii)

      in the case of hatching eggs, during the period of 60 days prior to the date the eggs were collected;

  5. (e)

    day-old chicks and the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks are derived must not have been in contact in the hatchery or during transport to the Union with poultry or hatching eggs not meeting the requirements set out in points (a) to (d).