N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 1 § 57.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 57.3 - General provisions

(a) All flocks and/or hatchery owners must qualify as National Plan hatcheries and all hatching supply flocks within the State must qualify as U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or they must meet equivalent requirements for pullorum-typhoid control under official supervision.

(b) Flocks, premises, hatcheries and records of each participant will be inspected by an official agent for sanitation and compliance at least once each year and at such other times as, in the opinion of the commissioner, are necessary. Each participant shall maintain his premises and equipment in accordance with acceptable and recognized standards necessary and adequate to insure sanitary conditions.

(c) The minimum age for testing is three months for quail, five months for turkeys and four months for other poultry.

(d) If suspects or reactors to an official test are discovered in a flock, five percent or five of the suspect or reactor birds, whichever is greater, shall be submitted to a laboratory designated by the commissioner for examination and culture.

(e) Participants shall keep and maintain records of purchases and sales of all poultry and poultry products and such records shall be available for inspection by an official agent.

(f) Classification shall expire 12 months after the date of the final official test.

(g) All laboratory reports of S. pullorum or S. gallinarium isolation will be investigated by an official agent.

(h) All laboratories must report not more than two days after final typing and isolation of Salmonella sp. from poultry to the Division of Animal Industry of the department.

(i) All shipments of products other than U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or equivalent, into the State are prohibited.

(j) All flocks deemed to be infected with pullorum or typhoid shall be quarantined by the department. Quarantined flocks or any portion thereof shall not be removed from the premises where the infection was detected, except with the written permission of the department.

(k) All poultry except waterfowl shown in public exhibitions in the State shall have originated from U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or equivalent flocks, or have a negative pullorum-typhoid test within 90 days of the movement to the public exhibition.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 1 § 57.3