# The Poultry Laying Flocks (Testing and Registration etc.) Order 1989, Article 3: Taking of samples from laying flocks for testing


It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of a laying flock to ensure that –
(a) samples are taken in respect of the flock in such manner as is specified in Part I of Schedule 1 and at such times as are so specified; and
(b) such samples are submitted forthwith to a laboratory for testing (at his expense) for the presence of salmonella in accordance with a bacteriological method set out in Part II of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1964/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-laying-flocks-testing-and-registration-etc-order-1989/article-3
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