Control of Goods and Services Order (Hatcheries), 1967

CONTROL OF GOODS AND SERVICES ORDER (HATCHERIES), 5727-1967 By \.lirtue of the power vested in me under SS 5 and 15 Control of Goods and Services Law 5718--1957 and S 10 Animal Diseases Ordinance, 1945, I order as follows: Definitions Chapter One : Interpretation In this Order "Eggs" - Eggs for hatching of poultry as defined in the Ordinance "Light breeds" - Leghorn, New Hampshire and Red brei.,ds and the like; "Heavy breeds" - Rock breeds and the like; "The Director" - Director of Veterinary Services; "Incubator" - installation for hatching eggs; ":-{ew hatchery" - building in which the hatching of eggs, up to the emergence of the chicks and their marketing, is carried out, including the yard around the structure and the installation situated therein, bur excluding an existing hatchery; "Existing hatchery" - a hatchery set up and operating prior to the publication of this Order in Reshumot; "Hatchery" - existing hatchery and new hatchery; "Species of poultry" - chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks and pheasants; "Licence" - licence granted under Paragraph 2; "Hatching companment" - an installation serving for the hatching out of chicks. Chapter Two: Conditions for Construction and Operation of Hatcherv Licence for Hatchery Fee 2. (a) No person shall construct or operate a hatchery unless he has received a licence therefor from the Director, and subject to the conditions thereof. (b) A licence shall be in force for the period stated therein. 2A. A fee of NIS ...... shall be paid for every year during which the licence is in force {l}. Applicariorn for Licence 3. (a) An application for a licence, or for rhe renewal thereof, Licence in Horce shall be submitted to the Director on a form determined by him (hereinafter.- application for a licence). (b) The applicants shall fill in all the particulars in the form predsely and in detail and shall answer fully and correctly all the questions therein. (c) The Director may require the applicant to furnish additional particulars which are, in his opinion, necessary in connection with the said application. (d) The application for a licence shall be accompanied by a plan of the building which the applicant intends to construct, a description of the sire, and specifications of equipment and installations. 4. (a) The applicant shall complete the construction of a new hatchery within one year from the date of the receipt of the licence. (b) If the construction of the hatchery is not completed within one year from the date of the licence, the licence shall expire. Fencing of Hatchery Isolation of Hatchery Hatchery Building Hatchery Installations 5. (a) A hatchery shall be surrounded by a fence of wire mesh or other fence which is sufficient to prevent the entry of humans or animals (hereinafter - the fence). (b) Signs shall be placed on the fence and on the entrance gate, on which "Entry to Strangers is Forbidden" shall be written in large, clear and easily readable letters. 6. A new hatchery shall not be constructed or maintained if within a radius of 300 meters from ir there are poultry-houses or other structures containing poultry. 7. (a) A hatchery shall contain the following rooms: (1) Room for receiving eggs; (2) Fumigation room, which shall be sealed and equipped with a mechanic::il ventilator, a humidifier and a heater; (3) Incubator room; ( 4) Hatching room containing hatching compartments; (5) Room for sorting and keeping chicks; (6) Equipment store; (7) Room for cleaning and disinfecting equipment. (b) The walls, floors, ceilings and doors of the hatchery shall be consrructred of materials that can be thoroughly and easily cleaned. (c) The openings of the hatachery shall be covered with mesh so as to prevent the entry of birds, insects and rodents. 8. A hatchery shall be equipped with: (1) A sewage system; (2) A waste disposal installation approved by the Director. e Grant of Licence Operating a New Hatchery Alterations to Hatchery 9. (a) The Director shall not grant a licence except after being supplied with plans and specifications of the proposed new hatchery, and he has approved the same after finding that they meet the requirements of this Order. (b) The Director shall not grant a licence for an existing hatchery unless it complies with the provisions of this Order. 10. No person shall operate a new hatchery except after the Direcror has inpected it and its installations and has confirmed in writing that it has been constructed in th place indicated in the licence and in accordance with its conditions. 11. (a) If the Director finds that the new hatchery and its installations have nor been constructed in the place indicated in the licence, and in accordance with its conditions, he shall direct the alterations necessary to enable the proper operation of the hatchery be carried within such period as he shall specify. (b) If the alterations directed by the Dire.er or are not carried our, the licence shall expire. Revocation of Licence 12. (a) The Director may, by notice sent by registered post to the holder of the licence, revoke the same or suspend it for such period as he shall direct, if he is statisfied that the provisions of any law are not being meticulously complied with. (b) The validity of a suspended licence shall be restored only when it shall have been proved to the Director that provisions of any law have been complied with as required by the Director. Changes in a Hatchery Making Changes Permit to operate existing hatchery Structure of Existing Hatcherv ~ Application of Provisions to Existing Hatcheries 13. No person shall make changes in a hatchery unless he has obtained a licence for the same from the Director and they are made in accordance with the conditions of the said licence. 14. (a) Toe provisions of Paragraphs 3, 4, 9 and 11 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to anyone who wishes to make changes in a hatchery. (b) The provisions of Paragraph 6 shall apply to anyone who wishes to make changes in an existing hatchery, if, in the opinion of the Director, there is justification for them for sanitary reasons. 15. (Repealed) 16. An existing hatchery shall contain the rooms and instalations required for its efficient operation and use as specified hereunder: (1) Room for receiving eggs; (2) Fumigation room; (3) Incubator and hatching room; ( 4) Room for sorting chicks; (5) Equipment store; (6) Room for cleaning and disinfecting of equipment. 17. Toe provisions of Paragraphs 10 and 11 shall apply to an existing hatchery, with the necessary modifications. Kinds of Eggs in Hatchery Marking of Eggs Cleanliness in the Hatchery Chapter Three: Operation and Care of Hatchery 18. No person shall introduce into a hatchery, or incubate in it, eggs of different species of poultry or of light breeds and heavy breeds at one and the same time. 18A.No person shall introduce eggs into a hatchery unless the number of the breeding farm is stamped (1) on each egg in the incubator tray, if the breeding farm is not from the same settlement; (2) on at least six eggs in each incubator tray, if the tceeding fa.rm is in the same settlement. 19. A hatchery, its installations and equipment shall be kept in a clean condition and the following sanitation measures shall be implemented in it: (1) Prior to incub::ition of each batch the hatchery, its walls, ceiling and all its insral!a[ions shall be thoroughly clean; (2) After completion of incubation of each batch the hatchery and all irs installations shall be thorou£hlv cleaned bv - , , being hosed down by a strong jet of ".).Vater, scrubbed wirh appropriate hard bristled brushes using a soap or other detergent cleaning substance; (3) All waste and refuse shall be immediately collected into closed containers and transferred to a refuse disposal ins,allarion or for burial or for incineration in a place authorised by the Director; Subparagraphs (2) and (3) all rooms, floors, walls and equipment must be disinfected with a disinfectant from the phenol group, with a disinfectant belonging to quarternary ammonium group or with any other preparation approved by the Director; Cleaning of eggs Duties of Workers Hatchery Log (4) After completion of cleaning as provided in Subparagraphs ('.2) and (3) all rooms, floors, wall and equipment must be disinfected with a disinfectant from the phenol graoup, with a disinfectant belonging to quarternary ammonium group or with any other prepration approved by the Director; (5) The hatching compartments, including hatching drawers, shall be thoroughly fumigated after each use. 20. (a) The shells of the eggs shall be cleaned in the egg receiving room irnmediatelv on their arrival at the ha,.:herv. - J (b) The eggs shall be fumigated in a fumigation room upon arriving at the hatchery and once again immediately after having been brought into the hatchery. (c) "Fumigation", for the purposes of this paragraph, means exposure to formaldehyde gas created by mixing formalin with potassium permanganate or by heating para formaldehyde powder. 21. (a) Workers at a hatchery shall wear clean and whole working clorhes, which shall be used only-for the purposes of work in the hatchery. (b) Each worker in a hatchery shall be tested once a year for salmonella, and shall keep in his possession a medical certificate confirming that his body is free of salmonella. (c) Workers at a hatchery shall nor work in abatroires, markets, in the raising or handling of poultry, except under the provisions of this Order. 22. (a) A person granted a licence for a hatchery shall keep a daily log relating to the hatchery (hereinafter - the log). (b) The licence holder shall record in the log daily the following: (1) Date of receipt of eggs at the hatchery; Time of Recording Prohibition on Incorrect Entries Place where Log is to be kept Period for preserving Log Despatch of Chicks (2) Quantity of eggs received; (3) Name and address of farm supplying the eggs and indication of the breeding flock which laid them; (4) Date of placing of eggs in incubator; (5) Results of incubation (fertility, hatching, number of unfit chicks); (6) Date of despatch of chicks from hatchery; (7) Name and address of recipient of chicks. 23. The person responsible for recording the above shall do so immediately after the happening of the act or occurrence to be recorded. 24. The person responsible for writing up a log shall enter therein correct, full and precise details. 25. The person responsible for writing up a log shall keep the same at the hatchery and shall nor remove pages from it. 26. The person responsible for writing up a log shall keep the same for a period of twelve months from the date of the last entry in it. Chapter Four: Chicks 27. (a) Chicks shall be removed from a hatchery in a new container or in a container that can be washed and disinfected. (b) Chicks and containers shall not be moved from one hatchery to another; each hatchery shall have only containers marked as provided in Subparagraph ( c ). (c) Containers shall be marked with the name and address of the hatchery or the number of its licence. Delivery Note Removal of Chicks 28. (a) No person shall remove chicks from a hatchery unless they are accompanied by a delivery note containing the following particulars: (1) Name and address of hatchery; (2) Number of hatchery licence; (3) Number of chicks; (4) Sex and breed (including cross - breed) of chicks; (5) Hatching date; (6) Place from which eggs were received and name of farm and breeding flock laying the eggs; (7) Breed or cross - breed of chicks, if the breeding flock which bid the eggs, from which the chicks hatched, is free of mycoplasma; (8) Treatments given to eggs or chicks, antibiotic treatments, vaccinations, heating of eggs and any other treatment; (9) Destination of despatch and the name of the transmitter. (b) The delivery note shall be drawn up in two copies; one shall remain in the hatchery and the other shall be sent with the chicks. ( c) Tne delivery note shall be preserved, both in the hatchery and by the consignee of the chicks, for six months from the date of its issue and shall be produced to the Director or a person authorised by him in writing, whenever they so require. 29. No person shall remove a chick from a hatchery unless the following conditions are satisfied in regard to it: (1) It is one day old; (2) Its na .. ·el is closed; (3) It is dry; ( 4) It stands on its own feet; (5) Its eyes are healthy and open; (6) Its weight is not less than the minimum weights determined from time to time by the Extension Services of the Ministry of Agriculture. Conveyance of Chicks Sale of Chicks 30. (a) Chicks removed from a hatchery shall be conveyed in clean and disinfected vehicles. (b) Vehicles conveying chicks from a hatchery shall not at the same time carry animals, animal carcasses, animal products, animal produce or other products, except day old chicks and their containers. 31. No person shall sell chicks except in their original containers marked with the name of the hatchery !icenc"! holder and accompanied by a delivery note. No persor: shall buy, or transfer in any manner, chicks except in their said container and accompanied by a delivery note. Tests and Notification 32. (?) In every case of the occurence of disease in the of Disease hatchery, and in every case in which the Director or a State Vererinary Officer sees fir, the person in possession of a hatchery shall send samples of chicks, embryos and eggs, as the Direcrnr or Seate Veterinary Officer shall direct, for examination ar rhe Veterinary Institute of the Ministry of A2:ricultrure at Bet-Dagan or at a laborarorv for - - , poultry diseases as the Director or a State Veterinary Officer shall direct. (b) In every case of the occurrence of dise3se in the hatchery the person in possession of it shall forthwith notify ,he Director or a State Veterinary Officer for poultry diseases.