Article 4 Testing of samples from laying flocks and reporting of results of tests
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of a laboratory to which a sample has been submitted under article 3(b) to ensure that –
the sample is tested for the presence of salmonella in acccordance with a bacteriological method set out in Part II of Schedule 1;
the result of such a test is reported in writing as soon as practicable to the person who submitted the sample; and
where, as a result of an examination carried out in accordance with the said bacteriological method, a culture of salmonella is isolated from the sample that a subculture is sent to the Lasswade Veterinary Laboratory of the Ministry situated at Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland or to a Veterinary Investigation Centre of the Ministry in England and Wales.
If a person to whom a report is made under article 4(1)(b) is not the owner or person in charge of the flock in respect of which the sample was taken, he shall immediately pass that report to the owner or person in charge of that flock.