# The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order 1993, Article 5: Taking of samples from breeding flocks of domestic fowl for bacteriological testing for salmonella


It shall be the duty of a person in respect of any holding of his on which a breeding flock of domestic fowl is kept and of the person in charge of any such holding to ensure that—
(a) samples are taken in respect of the flock in such manner as is specified in Part I of Schedule 2 and at such times as are so specified;
(b) such samples are identified in such a manner as to enable the laboratory to which they are submitted to know what type of samples they are, the date on which they were taken, the name of the owner or person in charge of the breeding flock, the address of the holding on which the breeding flock is kept and the building (if any) on that holding from which they were taken;
(c) such samples (other than those required to be taken under the supervision of an officer of the Minister) are dispatched, within 48 hours of being taken, to a laboratory for testing (at his expense) for the presence of salmonella in accordance with an appropriate bacteriological method set out in Part III of Schedule 2; samples shall be kept in a refrigerator at between 1 degree C and 4 degrees C if they are not so dispatched within 24 hours of being taken; and
(d) in the case of samples required to be taken under the supervision of an officer of the Minister they are given to him after being so taken for testing by the Minister for salmonella in accordance with such a bacteriological method.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1898/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-order-1993/article-5
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