A person or entity may not maintain or operate a hatchery or breeding flock facility unless the person or entity has obtained a permit from the board. Permits must be renewed annually based on a date set by the board. Permits may be revoked or suspended for failure to comply with the requirements in this part. Prior to issuance of a permit, an application must be filed with the board and the hatchery or breeding flock facility must be inspected by an agent of the board to determine that:
All hatcheries and breeding flocks in the state must meet the requirements of the pullorum-typhoid clean program of the plan or an equivalent pullorum-typhoid classification program as determined by the board.
All commercial egg-type chicken, commercial meat-type chicken, or commercial turkey hatcheries or breeding flocks in the state must meet the requirements of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae clean programs of the plan.
All commercial egg-type chicken hatcheries or breeding flocks in the state must meet the requirements of the Salmonella enteritidis clean program of the plan.
All commercial turkey hatcheries or breeding flocks in the state must meet the requirements of the sanitation monitored program of the plan.
Records of testing, inspections, and other documents as required by the plan must be maintained by each hatchery or breeding flock facility. Records must be maintained on all poultry, hatching eggs, and ratites that enter or leave a hatchery or breeding flock facility. For each group of poultry, hatching eggs, or ratites that enter or leave a hatchery or breeding flock facility, records must include the date, the number and type of poultry, hatching eggs, or ratites, and the origin and destination. Records required in this subpart must be maintained for at least three years.
Minn. R. agency 110, ch. 1721, POULTRY, pt. 1721.0320
Statutory Authority: MS s 35.03