MCU14/0028 Appendix 3 chicken-meat-guidelines

                                               -    5000 metres between a meat
                                                    chicken farm complex and a meat
                                                    chicken breeder farm
                                              meat chicken farms have a perimeter
                                               fence or otherwise well defined
                                               boundary that establishes a clearly
                                               defined biosecurity zone
                                              surface water used for meat chicken
                                               drinking water or cooling water in sheds
                                               must be treated in accordance with the
                                               requirements of the National Water
                                               Biosecurity Manual Poultry Production
                                              persons entering a meat chicken farm
                                               strictly follow the biosecurity protocols to
                                               avoid cross contamination
                                              trucks collecting dead birds, picking up
                                               birds for processing and delivering feed
                                               strictly follow farm biosecurity protocols
                                               to avoid contamination on-farm
                                              an area is made available for vehicles to
                                               be washed and disinfected before and
                                               after entering the meat chicken farm
                                               complex (production area)
                                              grazing livestock and other domestic
                                               animals do not have access to the
                                               production area at any time
                                              rodents and feral animals on the farm
                                               are controlled
                                              contact between the flock and native
                                               animals and/or wild birds is prevented
                                              compost facilities are located away from
                                               sheds and boundary fences
                                              composting areas are kept neat and
                                               clean at all times to keep away rodents,
                                               cats, dogs, feral animals, scavenging
                                               birds and flies
                                              shed openings are to remain closed or
                                               screened at all times when the sheds
                                               contain birds, other than for the purpose
                                               of facilitating access or egress.




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