Explanatory note

This Order requires the owner or person in charge of a poultry flock to ensure that samples are taken in respect of the flock and are submitted to a laboratory for testing for the presence of salmonella (article 3 and Schedule). The Order also requires such an owner or person in charge to keep records of all such tests (article 5).

The Order also requires the person in charge of a laboratory to which any such sample has been submitted for testing to ensure that the test is carried out in the required manner and that the result of the test is reported to the person who submitted the sample and who, if he is not the owner or person in charge of the flock in respect of which the sample was taken, is required to pass the report to the owner or person in charge of the flock (article 4).

“Poultry flock” for the purposes of this Order means any flock of poultry consisting of not less than 25 birds which are kept for the production of eggs for human consumption or breeding (including birds which are being reared to produce eggs for either of those purposes) and any flock of poultry consisting of less than 25 birds the eggs of which are sold for human consumption (article 2).