S.L. 437.50 Art. 16Measures to be applied in slaughterhouses, border inspection posts and means of transportation.

(1) Where a case of foot-and-mouth disease is confirmed in a slaughterhouse, a border inspection post established in accordance with European Union Council Directive 91/496/EEC or in a means of transport, the competent authority shall ensure that the following measures are carried out in relation to the affected premises or means of transport:

(a) all animals of susceptible species in such premises or means of transport shall be killed without delay;

(b) the carcasses of the animals referred to in paragraph

(a) shall be processed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid the risk of foot-and-mouth disease virus spreading;

(c) other animal waste, including offal, of infected or suspected of being infected and contaminated animals shall be processed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid the risk of foot-and-mouth disease virus spreading;

(d) dung, manure and slurry shall be subject to disinfection and shall only be removed for treatment in accordance with point 5 of Section II in Part A of Chapter III of Annex VIII to European Regulation No 1774/2002;

(e) cleansing and disinfection of buildings and equipment, including vehicles or means of transport, shall take place under the supervision of the official veterinarian in accordance with rule 11 and with the instructions laid down by the competent authority;

(f) an epidemiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with rule 13.

(2) The competent authority shall ensure that the measures provided for in rule 18 are applied in contact holdings.

(3) The competent authority shall ensure that no animals are reintroduced for slaughter, inspection or transport in the premises or means of transport referred to in sub-rule (1) until at least twenty-four hours after completion of the cleansing and disinfection operations referred to in sub-rule (1)(e).

(4) Where required by the epidemiological situation, in particular where contamination of animals of susceptible species in holdings adjacent to the premises or means of transport referred to in sub-rule (1) must be suspected, the competent authority shall ensure that by way of derogation from the definition of a ‘holding’ in rule 2, second sentence, an outbreak is declared on the premises or means of transport referred to in sub-rule (1), and the measures provided for in rules 10 and 19 are applied.