STATUTORY INSTRUMENT  
 
No.       of 2022  
 
 
BELIZE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (POULTRY HEALTH) REGULATIONS, 2022  
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS  
 
 
1. Citation  
2. Interpretation  
3. Application  
4. Competent Authority and functions  
5. Designation of officers  
6. Power of inspection of designated officers  
7. Designation of accredited veterinarians and accredited laboratories  
8. Compulsory registration  
9. Application for registration  
10. Registered establishments  
11. Types of establishments  
12. Conditions for registration  
13. Refusal to register an establishment  
14. Suspension or revocation of registration  
15. Modification of registration  
16. Aggrieved persons  
17. Register of establishments  
18. Farm location and design  
19. Duty to record movement  
20. Epidemiological surveillance  
21. Establishment of the Poultry Disease  Program me 
22. Components  of the program me 
23. Establishment of the Poultry Health  Committee  
24. Functions of the Committee  
25. Procedures and meetings  
26. Testing schedules  
27. Animal f eed safety  
28. Veterinary drugs and pesticides  
29. Poultry  disease  
30. Duty to report  
31. Notification to the OIE  
32. Positiv e and suspected cases  
33. The Authority to investigate   34. Restriction on movement  
35. Restriction Notice  
36. Declaration of infected area  
37. Quarantine measures  and lifting  
38. Depopulation  
39. Disposal of dead animals and farm waste  
40. Compensation  
41. Importation  
42. Exportation  
43. Adoption  of biosecurity measures  
44. Cooperation with other agencies  
45. Records  
46. Administrative measures  
47. Fees  
48. Penalties  
49. Repeals  
50. Effect of the Schedules  
51. Commencement       
 
 
FIRST SCHEDULE  
 
SECOND SCHEDULE  
 
THIRD SCHEDULE  
 
FOURTH SCHEDULE  
 
FIFTH SCHEDULE  
 
SIXTH SCHEDULE  
 
SEVEN TH SCHEDULE  
 
EIGHTH SCHEDULE  
 
NINTH SCHEDULE  
 
 
 
                                                                      
 
 BELIZE:  
 
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT  
 
No.      of 2022  
 
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REGULATIONS made by the Minister, after consultation with the Belize Agricultural 
Health Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 86 of the 
Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act, Chapter 211 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, 
Revised Edition 20 20; and all other powers thereunto him enabling.  
 
(Gazetted                              , 2022)  
 
_____________________  
 
 
1. These Regulations may be cited as the  
 
BELIZE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (POULTRY HEALTH) REGULATIONS, 
2022.  
 
2. In these Regulations , unless otherwise  specifically provided  –  
 
“accredited veterinarian”  means a veterinarian recognized and approved by the 
Authority to conduct sanitary activities and other functions under these 
Regulations;  
 
“Act”  means the Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act;  
 
“animal feed”  means a mixture of nutrients that are produced under hygienic  
conditions that comply with the requirements of each species, age, and type of 
production, either as the only source of feed or as a supplement;  
 
“biosecurity”  means a set of manag ement and physical measures designed to 
reduce the risk of introduction, establishment and spread of animal diseases, 
infections or infestations to, from and within an animal population;  
 
“commercial poultry establishment”  means any business or enterprise that is 
duly registered in Belize under Chapters 247 or 250 to carry out any economic 
activity involved in  the movement of poultry, poultry products, poultry by -
products, or poultry litter on a regular  and sustai ned manner ;  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Citation  
 
 
Interpretation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
“epidemiological unit”  means a group of birds  with the same likelihood of 
exposure to a pathogenic agent.  In certain circumstances, the epidemiological 
unit may be a single bird; 
 
“establishment”  means the place where poultry are kept or processed , including 
farms, feed mills and hatcheries, table eggs depots, spent hens depots, and bird 
markets;  
 
“event”  means a single outbreak or a group of epidemiologically related 
outbreaks of a given listed disease or emerging disease that is the subject of 
notification.  An event is specific to a pathogenic agent and strain, when 
appropriate, and includes all related  outbreaks reported from the time of the 
initial notification through to the final report.  Reports of an event include 
susceptible species, the number and geographical distribution of affected birds  
and epidemiological units ; 
 
“flock”  means a number of an imals of one kind kept together under human 
control or a congregation of gregarious wild animals.  A flock is usually regarded 
as an epidemiological unit;  
 
“live bird market”  means a market where poultry  from various sources are re sold 
for slaughter, slaughtered, or sold for further rearing or production;  
 
“notifiable disease”  means a poultry disease listed in Part A of the First Schedule 
which be reported to the Authority, in accordance with Regulation 26 as soon as 
it is detected or suspected;  
 
“reportable disease”  means a poultry disease listed in Part B of the First Schedule 
which shall be reported to the  Authority , in accordance with Regulation 26 as 
soon as it is detected or suspected;  
 
“OIE”  means the World Organisation for An imal Health;  
 
“OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code”  means the most up -to-date version of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code as approved and published by the OIE;  
 
“poultry”  means all birds reared or kept in captivity for the production of any 
commercial ani mal products or for breeding for this purpose , fighting cocks used 
for any purpose, and all birds used for restocking supplies of game or for breeding 
for this purpose, until they are released from captivity. Birds that are kept in a 
single household, the products of which are used within the same household 
exclusively, are not considered poultry, provided that they have no direct or  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 indirect contact with poultry or poultry facilities. Birds that are kept in captivity 
for other reasons, including those that  are kept for shows, racing, exhibitions, 
zoological collections and competitions, and for breeding or selling for these 
purposes, as well as pet birds, are not considered poultry, provided that they have 
no direct or indirect contact with poultry or poult ry facilities ;  
 
“poultry product”  means any poultry meat, egg or fibre (feather), or part thereof ; 
 
“poultry by -product”  means manure and litter together with waste from eggs 
and poultry processing;  
 
“pro cessing facility”  means  a plant or premises where animals are slaughtered 
for human consumption, or where meat or meat products are processed, but 
does not include rendering plants;  
 
“rendering plant”  means an establishment where dead animals or any part or 
portion thereof , are p rocessed for the purpose of obtaining the feathers, hide, 
skin, grease , residue, or any other biproduct whatsoever;  
 
“sample”  means any bodily fluid, tissue, organ, carcass, waste water, feed and 
feed ingredients, or other product from poultry or an establishment, which is 
used to conduct laboratory diagnostic tests . 
 
3. These Regulations shall apply to commercial poultry establish ments  in Belize .  
 
4. (1) The Belize Agricultural Health Authority is the competent authority with 
responsibility for ensuring the implementation of these Regulations.  
 
(2) The Competent Authority shall have such powers and exercise such functions 
as are conf erred upon it by these Regulations and by any other written law.  
 
5. (1) The Authority may, in writing, designate an officer of the Authority to 
administer and enforce the provisions of these Regulations;  
 
(2) A designation under sub regulation (1) does not p revent the Authority from 
exercising the power, duty or function in question;  
 
(3) The Authority may, at any time, revoke in writing, a designation given under 
sub regulation (1).  
 
6. For the purposes of these Regulations, an officer designated by the Authori ty 
shall have:  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Application  
 
Competent 
Authority and 
functions  
 
 
 
 
Designation of 
officers  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Power of 
inspection of (a) the powers of entry, inspection and certification given by section 78 of the 
Act; 
 
(b) the power to inspect animals before slaughter, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Animals) (Ante Mortem) 
(Inspection) Regulations;  
 
(c) the power to inspect carcasses in accordance with the provisions of the  Food 
and Drugs (Meat) (Post Mortem) (Inspection) Regulations.  
 
7. (1) The Authority may designate a veterinarian who has been accredited under 
the National Accreditation Programme to provide the services required under 
these Regulations.  
 
(2) An accredited veterinarian designated under sub regulation (1) shall comply 
with the conditions of his designation in the exercise  of his functions.   
 
(3) The Authority may designate a laboratory that has been accredited under the 
National Laboratory Accreditation Programme to provide the services required 
under these Regulations.  
 
(4) Laboratories designated under sub regulation (3) shall comply with the 
conditions of their designation.     
 
 
REGISTRATION OF POULTRY ESTABLISHMENTS  
 
8. (1) Every owner or keeper of a commercial poultry establishment shall register 
with the Authority in accordance with Regulation 9: 
 
(a) within six months from the date of commencement of these 
Regulations; or  
 
(b) within seven days of the completion of con struction of a new 
establishment;  
 
(2) Notwithstanding that owners or keepers of  such establishments may have 
registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, such 
owners or keepers shall be required to register under these Regula tions.  
 
Provided that any establis hment registered in accordance with the Belize 
Agricultural Health Authority  (Service Fees) Regulations, 2022, shall be deemed 
to have registered under these Regulations . 
 designated 
officers  
CAP. 211  
 
 
S.I 23/2001  
CAP. 211  
 
S.I. 20/1970  
CAP. 291  
 
Designation of 
accredited 
veterinarians 
and accredited 
laboratories  
 
 
 
S.I.  59/2012  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compulsory 
Registration  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S.I. 34/20 22 
 
 (3) Every importer and every exporter of poultry, poultry products and poultry 
by-products shall be registered in accordance with Regulation 9. 
 
(4) Application for registration shall be made on or before January 31st every 
year.  
 
(5) Any person required by this Regulation to apply for registration and fails to 
do so, commits an offence.  
 
9. (1) A person required by Regulation 8 to Register with the Authority shall submit 
a duly completed application for registration to the Authority in the form set 
out as Form 1 in the Second Schedule . 
 
(2) An importer or exporter whose establishment is required to register with 
the Authority shall submit a duly completed application for registration to the 
Authority in the form set out as Form 2 in the Second Schedule . 
 
(3)  The Authority shall carry out an inspection of t he premises indicated in the 
application and shall evaluate the application on the basis of the criteria for 
registration established in Regulation 10. 
 
10. (1)  Where an application made under Regulation 9 refers to a new commercial 
establishment, the Authori ty shall register the establishment if it is satisfied 
that:  
 
(a) the premises are fit and proper for that purpose;  
 
(b) the operations of the establishment will not create or allow to be 
created any unacceptable risk of spreading diseases;  
 
(c) the premises have been duly inspected by an authorized officer ;  
 
(d) the applicant has met the requirements of Regulation 18; and 
 
(e) the applicant has paid the relevant fees specified in the Third Schedule . 
 
(2)  Where the Authority registers an establishment, it shall assign to it a 
registration number and issue the applicant with a registration certificate in the 
form set out in the Fourth Schedule.  
 
(3)  A registration certificate issued under sub regulation (2) shall specify:  
 
(a) the address, referenced with geographical coordinates, of the 
establishment to which the certificate refers;   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Application for 
Registration.  
Second Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Registered 
establishments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Schedule  
 
 
 
 
Fourth Schedule  
 
 
 
 
  
(b) the name of the owner;  
 
(c) the purpose for which the registration is granted;  
 
(d) the period of its valid ity; 
 
(e) any conditions to which the registration is subject; and  
  
(f) the registration number assigned to the establishment.  
 
11. The following types of establishments shall be registered by the owner or 
keeper:  
 
(a) poultry farms ; 
 
(b) hatcheries;  
 
(c) feed mills;  
 
(d) live bird markets;  
 
(e) table egg depots;  
 
(f) spent hens depots ; 
 
(g) breeder farms;  
 
(h) broiler farms;  
 
(i) processing facilities ; 
 
                 (j) rendering plants . 
 
12. (1) Where the Authority grants a registration certificate to an establishment, it 
shall be a condition for such registration that the owner or keeper:  
 
(a) keeps a record of the movement of poultry, poultry products and 
animal feed into and out of the establishment;  
 
(b) implements good production or good manufacturing practices in the 
establishment;  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Types of 
establishments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Conditions for 
Registration  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (c) establishes a system which allows the owner or keeper of the 
establishment to demonstrate that the requirements in sub paragraphs 
(a) and (b) are being met.  
 
(2) Wh ere the Authority grants a registration certificate to an establishment, 
that establishment shall additionally:  
 
(a) keep records of the mortality in each epidemiological unit within the 
premises for the type of production carried out and the result of any  
epidemiological surveillance carried out by the owner or keeper; and  
 
(b) comply with any epidemiological surveillance requirement.  
 
13. (1) The Authority may refuse to grant a registration certificate if it is satisfied 
that:  
 
(a) the applicant does not meet  the requirements for registration specified 
in Regulation 9; or  
 
(b) that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.   
 
(2) In determining whether an applicant is a fit and proper person, the Authority 
may consider, inter alia , the applicant’s history of compliance with enactments 
relating to animal health, animal welfare, food safety, agriculture, public health 
or public safety.  
 
(3) Where the Authority refuses to grant a certificate of registration, or grants 
it under specific c onditions, it shall notify the applicant, in writing, of the 
reasons for the refusal or for the imposition of conditions.  
  
14. (1) The Authority may, by notice in writing to the holder  of a registration 
certificate, suspend or revoke a registration certifica te if it is satisfied that:  
 
(a) the holder of the certificate has not complied with or is not complying 
with the conditions for registration or with the provisions of these 
Regulations;  
 
(b) the establishment is not being operated for the purposes for whi ch the 
certificate was granted, or has ceased to operate;  
 
(c) it is necessary to suspend or revoke the certificate to prevent or limit 
the risk of spread of disease.  
 
(2) A notice issued under this Regulation  shall specify:   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refusal to 
register an 
establishment  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Suspension or 
revocation of 
registration  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
(a) the reasons for the suspension or revocation;  
 
(b) the date on which the revocation or suspension takes effect; and  
 
(c) in the case of suspension, the date on which, or the event in relation 
to which, the suspension ceases to have effect;  
 
(3) A person whose certificate has  been suspended or revoked in accordance 
with this regulation shall forthwith surrender his certificate to the Authority, 
and in any event, not later than seven days from the date of receipt of the 
notice, whether or not the revocation or suspension is the  subject of any 
reconsideration or revision.  
 
15. (1) The Authority may, on its own initiative or on the application of the owner 
or keeper of an establishment, modify a registration certificate and such 
modification may include the modification of any conditi on of the certificate.  
 
(2) Where the owner or keeper of an establishment wishes the modification of 
a registration certificate, he shall submit an application to the Authority in the 
form and manner specified by the Authority and provide the Authority wit h 
such information as the Authority may reasonably require.  
 
(3) Where the Authority modifies a registration certificate on its own initiative 
or denies an owner’s or keeper’s application for modification, it shall, by notice 
in writing to the owner or keeper specify:  
 
(a) in the case of modification, the modification, the date on which it takes 
effect, and the reasons for the modification;  
 
(b) in the case of denial, the decision to deny the application and the 
reasons therefor.  
 
16. Any person who is aggri eved by the decision of the Authority to grant, refuse, 
suspend, revoke or modify a certificate of registration may, within twenty -one 
days from the date of receipt of the notification from the Authority, apply to 
the Minister in writing for a review of th e decision of the Authority.  
 
17. (1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a register of the establishments 
registered in accordance with Regulation 9.  
 
(2) The Authority shall make the Register available for inspection by the public 
free of charge at re asonable hours, and afford members of the public to obtain 
a copy of any entry in the register, upon payment of reasonable charges.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Modification of 
registration 
certificate  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aggrieved 
persons  
 
 
 
 
Register of 
establishments  
 
 
 
  
18. (1) Every person wishing to establish premises for the purposes of commercial 
poultry production shall consult with the Aut hority prior to undertaking any 
construction to ensure that the establishment will be fit for registration.  The 
Authority shall require that:  
 
(a) new establishments are located in an isolated geographical location, 
where feasible, and should consider, inter alia:  
 
(i) the location of or proximity to other poultry and animal 
establishments;  
 
(ii) wild bird concentrations in the area;  
 
(iii) distance of the premises from roads used to transport poultry, 
poultry litter and poultry products ; 
 
(b) new poultry establishments are located and constructed to provide 
adequate drainage for the site.  Run -off or untreated waste water shall 
not be discharged into waterfowl habitats;  
 
(c) poultry barns and hatcheries shall be designed and constructed with 
preferably smo oth and impervious material to facilitate effective cleaning 
and disinfection.  Areas immediately surrounding poultry barns and 
hatcheries shall, where feasible, also be paved with concrete or other 
impervious material to facilitate cleaning and disinfecti on; 
 
(d) new establishments are surrounded by a security fence with a secured 
gate to prevent the entry of unwanted animals and unauthori sed persons ; 
 
(e) a sign indicating restricted entry is posted at the entrance to the 
establishment.  
 
(2) In addition to the requirements in sub regulation (1), the Authority shall be 
satisfied that:  
 
(a) the establishments are designed to house a single species and a single 
production type, and where feasible, adopt the “all -in-all-out” single 
age group principle. If this is  not feasible, the establishment shall be 
designed so that each flock can be managed as a separate 
epidemiological unit;  
  
Location and 
design of 
establish ment s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (b) poultry premises and buildings used to store feed, eggs or other 
material are constructed and maintained ins such a way as to prevent 
the entry of wild birds, rodents and arthropods;  
 
(c) poultry premises are designed and constructed, where feasible, with 
concrete or other impervious materials to facilitate the effective 
cleaning and disinfection;  
 
(d) where feasible, animal feed is delivered in to the farm from outside the 
security fence;  
 
(e) the design of the hatchery takes into account work flow and air 
circulation needs;  
 
(f) the hatchery buildings have physical separation of the different areas 
and spaces.  
 
(3) The requirements established in sub re gulations (1) and (2) shall apply to any 
request for registration in accordance with Regulation 9.  Provided that existing 
establishments shall present to the Authority for its approval, a plan for the 
gradual adoption of the measures required by sub regul ations (1) and (2).  
 
19. (1) Every owner or keeper of an establishment shall maintain records of 
movements of live birds, poultry products, animal feed and poultry by-products  
for the purposes of traceability in the form set out in Fifth  Schedule .  These 
records shall be kept  for a period of  at least one year after flock disposal and 
shall be made available to the Authority upon request.  
 
(2) Every owner or keeper of an establishment shall report any movement  
referred to in sub regulation (1) to th e Authority within thirty days  from the date 
of such movement.  
 
(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, every  owner or keeper or person having 
control of movement of live birds, poultry products, animal feed or poultry litter 
shall record the change of a new owner or keeper, regardless of change of 
establishment , and shall report this change to the Authority within thirty days  
of such change.  
 
(4) Every owner or keeper of a n establishment  shall apply in the Form specified 
in the Sixth Schedule , to the Auth ority for a Movement Permit  to move spent 
hens  and poultry litter and the Authority may issue a Movement Permit  in the 
Form set out in the Seventh Schedule . 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duty to record 
movement  
 
Fifth Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sixth Schedule  
 
Seventh 
Schedule  
 
 (5) Movement permits  issued by the Authority shall be valid for the movement 
of live poultry, poultry products and poultry by -products  within any part of 
Belize.  
 
(6) Every person who contravenes this Regulation commits an offence.  
 
20. (1) The Authority shall undertake epidemiological surveillance of notifiable and 
reportable poultry diseases.  The need and frequency of active surveillance of a 
poultry disease listed in the First Schedule  shall be determined by risk analysis.  
 
 
(2) For t he purposes of prevention, control and eradication of poultry diseases, 
the official laboratory tests for the diagnosis of poultry diseases shall be those 
determined by the Authority and which meet the OIE Terrestrial Manual 
guidelines, including serologic al and molecular screening  and confirmatory  
tests.  
 
21. (1) The Authority shall develop, approve and implement a Poultry Disease 
Program me for notifiable poultry diseases and reportable poultry diseases in 
Belize and shall identify the poultry population relev ant to the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code.  
 
(2) The Authority shall apply measures to prevent, diagnose, control or 
eradicate poultry diseases regardless of the breed and purpose of production, 
and shall:  
 
(a) establish a system for the registration and access to documentation, 
including those required for movement  control ; 
 
(b) keep an updated list of official and accredited veterinarians and 
laboratories for the collection of samples and analysis;  
 
(c) establish and implement an emergency preparedness response and 
control plan for poultry diseases listed in Part A of the First Schedule  to 
address  emergency situations for the purposes of preventing, controlling 
and eradicating a disease;  
 
(d) develop a strategy for training  of stakeholders;  
 
(e) establish a poultry feed inspection plan for the prevention and control 
of poultry diseases;  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Epidemiological 
surveillance  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Establishment of 
the Poultry 
Disease 
Program me 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (f) establish procedures for the collection of samples and their submission 
to the designated laboratories in Belize or to approved international 
diagnostic laboratories;  
 
(g) establish procedures to address confirmatory  diagnosis of poultry 
disease;  
 
(h) adopt procedures for the provision of technical assistance aimed at 
strengthening biosecurity;                                                                                                                                 
 
(i) develop and implement a strategy for  awareness and communication 
regarding poultry diseases ; 
 
(j) establish a specific programme for addressing surveillance,  
monitoring, and prevention and control of diseases in backyard 
poultry, in collaboration with the Ministry with responsibility for 
agriculture, relevant community leaders and other stakeholders; and  
 
(k) develop guidelines on biosecurity, animal welfare and antimicrobial 
resistance measures  which are consistent with the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code, for implementation in establishments.  
 
(3)  The Authority shall  designate a National Poultry Health Coordinator to 
coordinate activities of the Poultry Disease P rogram me. 
  
22. The components  of the Poultry Disease  Program me shall include:  
 
(a) the establishment of  methods for risk analysis;  
 
(b) the establishment and implementation of methods, including those 
for the collection of data and sampling frequency, designed to 
categorize risk and classify a nimals as positive cases, suspected cases 
or cases free of the poultry disease listed in the First Schedule ; 
 
(c) the establishment and implementation of surveillance and quarantine 
procedures designed to detect positive cases or suspected cases of 
poultry disease and to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of a 
disease;  
 
(d) the adoption of procedures for the notification and provision of 
information to the OIE of OIE listed poultry disease;  
 
(e) the development of operational procedures for addressing suspec ted 
and confirmed cases of poultry diseases listed in the First Schedule ;  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Components  of 
the program me 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule   
(f) the development of communication strategies to ensure public 
awareness of poultry disease in general, and specifically of those listed 
in the First Schedule , as well as on the importance of biosecurity, and 
to ensure that supporting information is available;  
 
(g) the coordination of presentations to OIE of declarations of disease -
free status of the country, a zone or a compartment, or the loss or 
recovery of such status.  
  
23. (1) The Poultry Health Committee is hereby established to support the Authority 
with the planning, coordination and implementation of poultry disease 
programmes . 
 
(2) The Poultry Health Committee shall be comprised of a representative from 
each of the following ag encies and entities:  
 
(a) the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, not being the National Poultry 
Health Coordinator;  
 
(b) the Ministry with responsibility for health;  
 
(c) the Ministry with responsibility for agriculture;  
 
(d) the Department of the Environment;  
 
(e) the Forestry Department; and  
 
(f) the Belize Poultry Association or a representative of the private sector 
selected by the poultry associations.  
 
(3) The Chairperson of the Committee shall be the National Poultry Health 
Coordinator.  
 
24. The functions of the Committee  shall be as follows:  
 
(a) advise the Authority on emergency and emerging issues;  
 
(b) coordinate the implementation of the poultry disease programmes to 
prevent, control and eradicate poultry diseases;  
 
(c) develop, coordinate and monitor the activities of the poultry disease 
programmes;  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Establishment of 
the Poultry 
Health 
Committee  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Functions of the 
Committee  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (d) within three months of its establishment, develop an emergency response 
plan for poultry diseases;  
 
(e) formulate and coordinate activities to sensitise the public on poultry health 
and on the importance of preventing, controlling and eradicating poultry 
diseases;  
 
(f) develop strategies for addressing training needs of stakeholders;  
 
(g) collect data and advise the Authority on technical innovations in poultry 
health and the prevention, control and eradication of poultry diseases;  
 
(h) identi fy and advise the Authority on lawful sources of funding, including 
contributions, donations and bequests, to finance the activities of the 
poultry disease programmes;  
 
(i) facilitate inter -agency and multidisciplinary cooperation between 
governmental and non -governmental agencies;  
 
(j) make recommendations to the Authority on all aspects of the prevention, 
control and eradication of poultry disease in Belize; and  
 
(k) perform any other function as directed by the Authority for the proper 
implementation of these Regulations.  
 
25. (1) The Committee shall meet as often as may be necessary or expedient for the 
transaction of its business and such meetings shall be held at such  places and 
times and on such days as the Committee may determine.  
 
(2) The Committee may invite any person or entity to attend meetings or 
deliberations of the Committee for the purpose of advising it on any matter 
under discussion, but that person shall not be entitled to vote.  
 
(3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings but if the Chairman is unable to 
attend a meeting, the members present and constituting a quorum shall elect 
one of their numbers to preside at that meeting.  
 
(4) The quorum of the Co mmittee shall be four members.  
 
(5) The Committee’s decision shall be by majority of votes, and in addition to an 
original vote, the Chairman or other person presiding at a meeting shall have a 
casting vote in any case in which the voting is equal.  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Procedures and 
Meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (6) Su bject to this Regulation, the Committee shall regulate its own proceedings 
and meetings.  
 
26. All testing required for the surveillance and monitoring of diseases under these 
Regulations shall be carried out at the official laboratory of or at the laboratories  
designated or approved by the Authority.  
 
27. (1) No person shall sell, manufacture, import, package, label or distribute animal 
feed that is not registered by the Veterinary Drugs Control Unit under 
Regulation 9 of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary Drugs and 
Animal Feed) (Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
(2) Every premises, establishment or outlet that manufactures, repackages, 
rebottles, relabels, sells, imports, exports, bottles, packages, labels or exports 
animal feed, shall app ly to be registered in accordance with  Regulation 17 of 
the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary Drugs and Animal Feed) 
(Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
(3)  Persons and entities registered in accordance with sub -regulations (1) and 
(2) shall be deemed to have registered in accordance with Regulation 9.  
 
(4) The Authority shall establish and implement an animal feed plant inspection 
plan which shall be consistent with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  and 
good manufacturing practice s. 
 
(5)  The animal feed plant inspection plan established under sub regulation ( 4) 
shall contain procedures for the sanitary auditing of the facility, evaluation , 
testing and control of poultry feed, premix, additives and ingredients, the 
products, compon ents and waste of which can pose a risk of spreading the 
pathogenic  agent of any of the diseases listed in the First Schedule  of these 
Regulations.  
 
(5)  No person shall import animal feed for poultry except in accordance with 
the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary Drugs and Animal Feed) 
(Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
28. (1) No person shall sell, manufacture, import, package, label or distribute 
veterinary drugs or veterinary pesticides for use in the production of poultry or 
poult ry feed that are not registered by the Veterinary Drugs Control Unit under 
Regulation 9 of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary Drugs and 
Animal Feed) (Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
(2) Every premises, establishment or outlet that  manufactures, repackages, 
rebottles, relabels, sells, imports, exports, bottles, packages, labels or exports  
 
 
Testing  
Schedules  
 
 
 
Feed Safety  
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
 
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
Veterinary drugs 
and pesticides  
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
 
 veterinary drugs or veterinary pesticides, shall apply to be registered in 
accordance with Regulation 17 of the Belize Agricultural Health Authori ty 
(Veterinary Drugs and Animal Feed) (Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
(3)  All veterinary drugs and pesticides intended for retail sale in Belize shall be 
properly labelled in English and contain the information required by Regulations 
13 and 14, respectively, of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary 
Drugs and Animal Feed) (Registration and Control) Regulation.  
 
(4)  No person shall import veterinary drugs or veterinary pesticides except in 
accordance with the Belize Agricultural Hea lth Authority (Veterinary Drugs and 
Animal Feed) (Registration and Control) Regulations.  
 
(5) Only registered veterinarians shall sell or use veterinary drugs that are 
categorized as “PRESCRIPTION ONLY”.  
 
 
DISEASE CONTROL  
 
29. For the purposes of these Regulations :  
 
(a) notifiable poultry diseases and reportable poultry diseases shall be those 
listed in the First Schedule  and any other poultry disease as the Minister may 
from time to time by Order declare to be an animal disease within the 
meaning of the pr incipal Act ; 
 
(b) reference to establishment shall mean all those within the country of Belize 
and shall not be limited to only commercial poultry establishments . 
 
30. (1) A person who knows or has reasonable grounds , including by reason of the 
appearance or behavio ur of any bird, to suspect, or has diagnostic evidence to 
show that any bird is affected or may be affected, or was or may have been 
affected at the time of its death, by any infection, infestation or any of  the 
diseases listed in Part A of the First Schedule  of these Regulations, whether the 
bird is alive or dead , and shall notify the Authority within twenty -four hours of 
the suspicion or evidence of the disease.  
 
(2)  Every owner or keeper of an establishm ent having in his possession or under 
his charge any diseased bird shall  keep such bird separate from any animal not 
so diseased.  
 
(3) A person who gives notice to the Authority in accordance with sub regulation 
(1) of this r egulation shall provide all rel evant information, including:  
  
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
 
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
S.I. 184/2001  
CAP 211  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poultry  disease s 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duty to report  
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (a) the name of the owner or keeper of the establishment where the bird 
is or was kept;  
 
(b) the geographical location of the establishment where the bird is or 
was kept;  
 
(c) details of the clinical signs  presented by the affected bird;  
 
(d) measures taken to separate the affected bird from the non-affected  
ones; and  
 
(e) measures taken to dispose of the affected bird. 
 
(4)  Where the person giving notice under sub regulation (1) is not the owner or 
keeper of the animal, that person shall also notify the fact or suspicion to the 
owner or person in possession or control of the bird.  
 
31. The Authority shall send to the OIE not ification of the following events of 
poultry diseases:  
 
(1) within twenty -four hours  of their occurrence:  
 
(a) first occurrence in the country, zone or compartment;  
 
(b) reoccurrence of an eradicated poultry disease following the final report 
that declared the event e nded;  
 
(c) first occurrence of a new strain of a pathogenic agent of a poultry 
disease;  
 
(d) reoccurrence of an eradicated strain of a pathogenic agent following the 
final report that declared the event ended;  
 
(e) a sudden and unexpected change in the distribution or  increase in 
incidence or virulence of, or morbidity or mortality caused by the 
pathogenic agent of a poultry disease present within the country;  
 
(f) occurrence of a poultry disease in an unusual host species;  
 
(2) weekly reports subsequent to a notification unde r sub regulation (1) until a 
final report is submitted.  
 
32. For the purposes of these Regulations:  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notification to 
the OIE  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Confirmed  and 
suspected cases  (a) a confirmed  case of a poultry disease listed in the First Schedule  is 
established when the bird is confirmed as being positive by a reference 
laboratory designated by the Authority pursuant to these Regulation s; 
 
(b) a suspected case of a poultry disease listed in the First Schedule  is 
established when  a bird exhibits changes in its neurological , respiratory 
and/or digestive  nature, including ch anges in behaviour, or in motor ability, 
or in sensitivity, or a progressive deterioration of its general state of health, 
including a failure to respond to any type of specific treatment or in which 
it has not been possible to make a tentative  diagnosis a fter a clinical 
examination.  
 
33. (1) Immediately upon receipt of a report of the infection, or reasonable 
suspicion of infection, of birds by any of the diseases listed in the First Schedule , 
the Authority shall cause an epidemiological investigation to be co nducted at 
the establishment where the affected animals are kept ; 
 
Provided that every case identified through serological diagnosis as positive or 
suspect must be confirmed by pathogen isolation, culture  and typing , PCR,  or 
any other technique approved by  the Authority for that purpose.  
 
(2) The authorized officer may give directions in relation to the steps which 
should be taken in dealing with any poultry affected with disease  and with any 
other poultry, or poultry products, fomite, fodder, poultry  by-products   or other 
thing , whether similar to the foregoing or not, vehicles, utensils, implements, 
within the infected place and the occupier of every such infected place shall 
comply with such directions .  
 
34. (1)  Where a report  has been made in accordance with Regulation 30, the owner 
or keeper of an establishment shall not:  
 
(a) move, or cause or permit another person to move poultry, poultry 
products, poultry litter or other thing that has been used in, with or for 
poultry products or poultry by-products, from or unto the establishment 
where the diseased animal or animal product is located;  
 
(b)  spread or cause or permit another person to spread slurry or poultry 
by-products  on any land or establishment; or  
 
(c)  otherwise dispose of, or cause another person to dispose of, poultry, 
poultry products, fomite, fodder, poultry by-products  or other things 
used therein, therewith or therefor, which is or is suspected to be 
infected or diseased  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Authority  
to investigate  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restriction on 
movement  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 for a period of seven days, except i n accordance with a permit in writing, given 
by an authorized officer.  
 
(2)  An authorized officer may issue a movement permit, subject to such 
conditions as such officer deems necessary, if such officer is satisfied that the 
movement will not, or is not l ikely to, result in the spread of any of the diseases 
listed in the First Schedule . 
 
(3)  An authorized officer may suspend or cancel a movement permit issued in 
accordance with sub regulation (2) if he reasonably believes that:  
 
(a)  any condition under w hich the permit was issued or is contained in 
the permit, has not been complied with;  
 
(b)  the applicant knowingly or recklessly provided false information to 
obtain the permit;  
 
(c)  it is necessary to avoid the spread of any disease listed in the First 
Schedule.  
 
(4)  Any person moving poultry or poultry products under a movement permit 
issued in accordance with sub regulation (2) shall carry the permit, or a copy 
thereof, at all times and present it, on request, to an authorized officer for 
inspection.  
 
(5)  A person who acts in contravention of this regulation commits an offence.  
 
35. (1) Where an authorized officer has reasonable cause to suspect that poultry, 
poultry products, poultry litter or other thing that has been used in, with or for 
poultry or poultry products is or has been affected or exposed by contact or 
otherwise, to a risk of being so infected or diseased, he may serve a Restriction 
Notice in respect of such poultry, poultry products, poultry litter or other thing 
that has been used in, wi th or for poultry or poultry products, or of the 
establishment where these are located.  
 
(2)  A Restriction Notice shall be in the form set out in the Eight h Schedule  and 
shall prohibit the movement of poultry, poultry products, poultry litter or other 
thing that has been used in, with , or for poultry or poultry products from the 
establishment where they are located.  
 
(3)  A Restriction Notice shall remain in force until withdrawn by a Withdrawal 
Notice in the form set out the in the Ninth  Schedule  to these Regulations.  
 
(5)  A person who acts in contravention of this regulation commits an offence.   
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restriction 
Notice  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eighth Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ninth Schedule  
 
  
36. (1)  The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, by Order 
published in the Gazette , declare any area in Belize as an infected area by 
reas on of the existence of any poultry disease listed in the First Schedule . 
 
(2)  The Order referred to in sub regulation (1) shall specify the limits of the 
infected area.  
 
(3)  The owner or keeper of an establishment within an infected area shall cause 
his animals to be confined in a coop, pen or other enclosure unless an 
inspector/authorized officer, in writing, directs otherwise.  
 
37. (1)  Owners and keepers of establishments shall establish procedures and 
quarantine measures aimed at detecting, controlling an d eradicating poultry 
diseases, and the Authority shall review and approve such procedures.  
 
(2)  The Authority shall inform an owner or keeper of an establishment, in 
writing, of its intention to quarantine a flock or flocks, the reason for the 
quarantine  and the procedure for the removal of the birds into quarantine.  
 
(3)  The Authority may impose a precautionary quarantine where the official or 
accredited veterinarian detects positive cases or suspected cases of poultry  
diseases listed in Part A of the First Schedule . 
 
(4)  For the purposes of sub regulation (3), the Authority shall lift the 
precautionary quarantine when all the birds  in the epidemiological unit test 
negative, and those that tested positive are killed or slaughtered following 
approved pro cedures.  
 
(5)  The Authority may impose a definitive quarantine:  
 
(a)  where birds infected with any of the diseases listed in Part A of the 
First Schedule  are confirmed positive by culture and typing or  any other 
applicable test approved by the Authority ; or 
 
(b) when the Authority determines that the presence of pathogens or 
infectious agents is indicated through epidemiological studies.  
 
(6) The owner or keeper of exposed animals  under definitive quarantine must 
keep the exposed animals  until depopulati on or until the completion of the 
tests for the lifting of the quarantine.  
  
Declaration of 
infected area  
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quarantine 
measures and 
lifting  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (7) The Authority may lift a definitive quarantine where t wo consecutive tests 
with negative results have  been obtained from all the exposed  animals  and the 
owner or keeper has complied with all other quarantine measures.  
 
(8)  A person intending to move animals  that have been under definitive 
quarantine shall notify the Authority of the movement of  such  animals  out of 
the establishment and the Authority shall record such movemen t. 
 
38. (1)  An authorized person may cause any diseased or suspected bird or any 
animal which has been on the same land, or in the same flock as, or in contact 
with, any diseased or suspected animal, whether or not any such land has been 
declared to be an inf ected place or is within an infected area, to be killed or 
slaughtered in order to prevent the spread of the disease, and for such purpose 
the Officer may give all such directions as he may consider necessary.  
 
(2)  The owner or keeper of an establishment shall conduct the killing or 
slaughter in the manner and under the conditions approved by the Authority, 
and which shall be consistent with the standards approved in the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code.  
 
(3)  An authorized officer may take possession o f or retain any animal  liable to 
be killed or slaughtered in accordance with sub regulation (1) for the purposes 
of observation and treatment.  
 
39. For the purposes of avoiding contamination or spread of diseases:  
 
(1) subject to section 57 of the Act, every person involved with the disposal of 
poultry carcass, poultry products , poultry litter  or fomites shall adopt any of the 
following measures or any other measure approved by the Authority, and shall 
follow the process approved by the Authority, after consul tations with the 
Ministry with responsibility for the environment:  
 
(a) burial;  
 
(b) incineration;  
 
(c) chemical treatment;  
 
(c) composting; or  
 
(d) rendering, except in cases of diseased poultry and poultry products  
 
provided that the measure adopted does  not contaminate or otherwise adversely 
impact the environment, human or animal health.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depopulation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disposal of dead 
animals and 
farm waste  
CAP. 211  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
(2) poultry establishments shall follow the guidelines established by the Authority 
for the treatment of waste water to ensure its sanitary disposal;  
 
(3)  the disposa l of poultry litter:  
 
(a) requires a movement certificate issued by an inspector/authorized 
officer where such litter is sought to be moved outside of the 
establishment where it was produced;  
 
(b)  requires the adoption of procedures approved by the Authority to 
ensure that its transportation does not create spills;  
 
(c)  requires the authorization of the Authority if it is to be processed in a 
treatment plant, to ensure that the necessary sanitary conditions to 
protect the health of animals, employee s and other persons are met;  
 
(4)  in the event that a poultry disease listed in Part A of the First Schedule  is 
identified in an establishment, or a declaration of an infected area is made in 
accordance with Regulation 36, poultry litter and bedding in th e contaminated 
area shall be disposed of in accordance with the guidelines established by the 
Authority, after consultations with the Ministry with responsibility for the 
environment.  
 
40.  Where poultry is killed or slaughtered in accordance with section 56 o f the Act, 
the compensation for the slaughter caused by a risk of the spread of poultry 
disease shall be in accordance with section 58 of the Act.  
 
41. (1) A person desiring to import poultry, poultry products or biologicals into Belize 
shall apply to the Auth ority and pay the applicable fees for the conduct of an 
import risk analysis, which may also require an in situ  visit.  All fees and charges 
shall be borne by the importer.  
 
(2) The r esults of the import risk analysis shall determine approval of the 
importation and the conditions on which it will b e granted . 
 
42. A person who engages in the exportation of live poultry, poultry products, poultry 
litter or biologicals shall meet the conditions of importation of the importing 
country.  
 
 
 
BIOSECURITY  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation  
CAP. 211  
 
 
 
Importation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exportation  
 
 
 
 
 
 43. (1) Every owner or keeper of an establishment shall adopt biosecurity measures 
aimed at reducing the risk of introduction or spread of disease, including but not 
limited to:  
 
(a) constant and consistent cleaning and disinfecting of barn areas;  
 
(b) establishment and maintenance of active footbaths at all barn 
entrances;  
 
(c) establishment and maintenance of other facilities, including shower 
rooms, perimeter fencing, storage facilities, etc;  
 
(d) properly cleaning and disinfecting equipment and containers;  
 
(e) limiting and monitoring access of visitors and vehicles to the barn areas;  
 
(f) removal of dead animals on a daily basis and their disposal in accordance 
with Regulation 3 9 (1) ; 
 
(g) cleaning and disinfecting all contaminated areas of the establishment 
whenever a reactor is identified;  
 
(h)  organic matter found in the contaminated area shall be removed with 
soap and water before disinfecting.  
 
(i)  all bedding material and poultry by-products  in the contaminated area 
shall be properly disposed of in accordance with Regulation 3 9 (4). 
 
(2)  All disinfecting activities shall be conducted using disinfectants  that are 
registered with , and are approved by , the Author ity. 
 
(3)  All biosecurity measures referred to in sub regulation (1) shall be consistent 
with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code and shall be approved by the 
Authority.  
 
(4)  Every person that has direct contact with poultry , poultry products and 
poul try by -products in an establishment shall always wear protective gear, 
including but not limited to gloves, masks, rubber boots, and follow all sanitary 
directions of the establishment.  
 
(5)  For the purposes of this Regulation, reference to establishment shall mean all 
those within the country of Belize, and shall not be limited to only commercial 
poultry establishments . 
 Adoption of 
biosecurity 
measures  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
MISCELLANEOUS  
 
44. For the purpose of implementation of these Regulations, and consistent with 
section 6 of the Act, the Authority may enter into bilateral or multilateral 
arrangements, cooperation programs and activities, and any other relevant 
measure to promote, obtain or carry out the following, including but not limited 
to: 
 
(a)  mechanisms that promote exchange of information, knowl edge or 
expertise;  
 
(b)  technical support and training opportunities;  and 
 
(c)  funding mechanisms that provide financial support for the activities of 
the Authority under these Regulations . 
 
45. (1) For the purposes of the implementation of these Regulations, the following 
records shall be kept by owners or keepers of establishments:  
 
(a)  data on flock health, production, medications, vaccination, mortality 
and surveillance;  
 
(b)  for hatcheries, data on fertility, hatchability, vaccination and 
treatments;  
 
(c) of cleaning and disinfection of barns, hatchery buildings and equipment;  
 
(d) all other records required under these Regulations.  
 
(2)  All records required to be kept in accordance with sub regulation (1) shall be 
maintained for one years and should be readily available for inspection on site.  
 
46. The Authority may take any of the following actions with respect to a person who 
fails to comply with the implementation of the Poultry Disease Programme : 
 
(a)  send a letter of notification r equiring compliance within a specified 
period;  
 
(b)  suspend or revoke a certificate or permit issued in accordance with 
these Regulations;  
 
(c)  restrict the movement of animals owned by the person to 
slaughterhouses only;   
 
 
 
Cooperation 
with other 
agencies  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Records  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Administrative 
measures  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
(d)  restrict the movement of a nimals into the establishment owned or kept 
by the person;  
  
(e)  seek enforcement through the court.  
 
47. (1) The Authority shall  charge the owner or keeper of an establishment the fees 
prescribed in the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Service Fees) Regulations, 
2022 for testing and services relating to testing for any of the diseases listed in 
the First Schedule . 
 
(2) Notwithstanding sub regulation (1), any fees chargeable under these 
Regulations which are not specified in the Belize Agricultural Health Authority 
(Service Fees) Regulations, 2022  shall be determined by the Authority.  
 
48.  (1)  A person who contravenes these Regulations commits an offence and is liable 
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to 
imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years or to both fine and 
imprisonment.  
 
(2) A person who obstructs the Authority, or  any authorized officer or accredited  
veterinarian or laboratory in the due performance of their duties under these 
Regulations commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of 
five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for three years or to both fine and 
imprisonment.  
 
49. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry Disease) Regulations is hereby 
repealed.  
 
50. The Schedules shall be read and construed as one with these Regulations, and 
form an integral part of these Regulations.  
 
51. These Regulations shall come into force on the xx day of XXXXXXX, 2022.  
 
 
Made this             day of                                 , 2022.  
 
 
 
_____________________________  
Hon. JOSE ABELARDO MAI  
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Fees  
 
S.I. 34 /2022  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Penalties  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repeal  
S.I. 47/1982  
 
 
Effect of 
Schedules  
 
Commencement  FIRST SCHEDULE  
 
POULTRY DISEASES  
Regulation 2  
 
PART A  
LIST OF NOTIFIABLE  DISEASES  
 
Avian infectious laryngotracheitis ; 
 
Infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza virus ; 
 
Infection of birds other than poultry including wild birds, with influenza viruses  of high 
pathogenicity ; 
 
Infection of domestic and captive wild birds with low pathogenicity avian influenza 
viruses having proven natural transmission to humans associated with severe 
consequences ; 
 
Infection with Newcastle Disease virus.  
 
PART B  
LIST OF  REPORTABLE DISEASES  
Avian chlamydiosis ; 
Avian infectious bronchitis ; 
Avian mycoplasmosis  (Mycoplasma gallisepticum) ; 
Avian mycoplasmosis  (Mycoplasma synoviae) ; 
Duck virus hepatitis ; 
Fowl typhoid ; 
Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) ; 
Pullorum disease ; 
Turkey rhinotracheitis ; 
Marek’s disease.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SECOND SCHEDULE  
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENT  
Regulation 9(1)  
FORM 1  
 
 
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY  
 
DATE:  
 
TO:  The Belize Agricultural Health Authority  
 
TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT  
 
 poultry farm  
 hatcher y 
 
 feed mill  
 live bird market  
 table eggs depot  
 spent hens depot  
 breeder farm ; 
 broiler farm;  
 processing facilit y; 
 rendering plant;  
 other establishment: ___________________________________________________  
 
 
Name of Establishment:   ______________________________________________________  
 
Location: ___________________________________________________________________  
    (Geographic coordinates, street address, etc)  
 
Mailing Address:  _____________________________________________________ ________  
 
 
Company Representative (Person responsible for all matters related with registration)  
 
Name:  ______________________________________________________  
 
Telephone:  __________________________________________________  
 
Email:  _______________________ _______________________________  
 
Signature:  ___________________________________________________  
 
Facilities:  
 
Size of building(s) (sq ft):  
1.  ___________________________________  
2.____________________________________  3. ____________________________________  
4. ____________________________________  
5.___________________________________  
 
Number of Employees:  
 
Birds  
Type of Bird  Number of Birds  Number of Barns  
   
   
   
   
 
Density:  
 
Production Data  (per week)  
 
Number of b irds hatched: : 
 
Table Eggs:  
 
Hatching Eggs:  
 
Number of Birds Slaughtered:  
 
Number of l ive birds (per production cycle):  
 
 
Feed Mills:  
 
Bags per production cycle  (measured in mass)  
 
 
Processing Facility  
 
Type of product:  
 
Source of raw materials:  
 
Water Source:  
 
 
Supplier Verification Program   (Yes)    (No)  
 
Feed Safety Management Program   (Yes)  (No)  
 
Facility’s Traceability and Recall Programme  (describe):  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For Official Use:  
 
Application received by: _____________________________________________________ - 
 
Post:  ____________________________________________________________________  
 
Signature:  ________________________________________________________________  
 
Date:  ____________________________________________________________________  
 
Documents provided in support (attach copies to the application):  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I declare, on penalty, that all the information provided above is true and correct to the best of my 
knowledge and belief.   
 
Applicant’s Name:  
 
Applicant’s Signature:  
 
Date:  
  
APPLICATION FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF IMPORTER/EXPORTER  
Regulation 9(1)  
 
FORM 2  
 
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY  
 
DATE:  
 
TO:  The Belize Agricultural Health Authority  
 
TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT  
 
 import  
 export  
 other: ___________________________________________________  
 
 
Name of Establishment:   ______________________________________________________  
 
Location: ___________________________________________________________________  
    (Geographic coordinates, street address, etc)  
 
Mailing Address:  _____________________________________________________________  
 
 
Company Representative (Person responsible for all matters related with registration)  
 
Name:  ______________________________________________________  
 
Telephone :  __________________________________________________  
 
Email:  ______________________________________________________  
 
Signature:  ___________________________________________________  
 
Product imported/exported:  
 
 hatching eggs/day old chicks  
 live birds  
 poultry meat fresh, chilled or frozen  
 processed poultry meat  
 laboratory biologicals and reagents  
 poultry veterinary products including biologicals  
 animal feed  
 other product : ___________________________________________________  
 
Frequency of importation/exp ortation:  
 Country of importation/exportation:  
Quantity imported/exported per year:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For Official Use:  
 
Application received by: _____________________________________________________ - 
 
Post:  ____________________________________________________________________  
 
Signature:  ________________________________________________________________  
 
Date:  ____________________________________________________________________  
 
Documents provided in support (attach copies to the application):  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I declare, on penalty, that all the information provided above is true and correct to the best of my 
knowledge and belief.   
 
Applicant’s Name:  
 
Applicant’s Signature:  
 
Date:  
 THIRD SCHEDULE  
REGISTRATION FEES  
Regulation 10(1)  
 
 
Registration fees for commercial establishments:  
       
Type of Establishment  Size or Production  Registration Fee  
breeder flocks  Less than 3000  
More than 3000  $50.00  
$100.00  
commercial layers   
 Less than 200  
More than 200  $25.00  
$50.00  
broilers  Less than 200  
More than 200  $25.00  
$50.00  
turkeys  Less than 25  
More than 25  $25.00  
$50.00  
hatcheries  Less than 100 per incubator  
More than 100 per incubator  $50 
$100  
feed mills  Small  
Medium  
Large  $250  
$500  
$750  
Vet drug facilities  Small  
Medium  
Large  $50 
$100  
$250  
other establishment  
 Table Egg Depots  
 
 Spent Hen Depots  
 
 Processing 
facilit ies (poultry)  
 
 Live Bird Markets  
 
 Rendering Plant s 
 
  
100 crates or less per day  
More than 100 crates per day  
*crates consists of 30 eggs  
 
100 birds or less per week  
More than 100 birds per week  
 
Less than 40,000 per week  
More than 40,000 per week  
 
 
Less than 100 per week  
More than 100 per week  
Small  
Medium  
Large   
 
 
$50.00  
$100.00  
 
 
$50.00  
$100.00  
 
 
$500  
$750  
 
 
 
$50 
$100  
 
$250    $500  
$750  
 
FOURTH SCHEDULE  
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE  
Regulation 10(2)  
 
 
CERTIFICATE NO. ___________________  
 
 
Certificate of Registration of Establishment  
 
This certifies that  
 
 
 
owned by _______________________________________________________  
 
(address, including geographical coordinates)  
 
has been registered with the Belize Agricultural Health Authority in accordance with the provisions of the 
Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry Health) Regulations, S.I.      of 2022 of the Belize Agr icultural 
Health Authority Act, Chapter 211 of the Laws of Belize, R.E. 2011, for the purpose of 
_________________________________________________________________, and under the 
conditions set hereunder.  
 
This registration is valid for the period _________ _________________________ to 
_____________________________________.  
 
Establishment Registration No: ______________________  
 
 
_______________________________    ___________ _____________________  
              Managing Director            Director of Animal Hea lth 
 
 
Dated this __________  day of _________________________, 20______.   
 
 
FIFTH SCHEDULE  
MOVEMENT RECORDS  
Regulation 19(1)  
 
 
 
MOVEMENT RECORD OF LIVE BIRDS , POULTRY PRODUCTS, ANIMAL FEED  
AND POULTRY LITTER  (During disease outbreaks)  
 
Name:  Poultry Establishment No.  
 
Entry to Poultry 
Establishment  Date  Product  Origin  Quantity  
    
    
    
Exit Poultry Establishment  Date  Product  Destination  Quantity  
  Mortality   
    
    
    
Signature of owner   
Name of owner (print)   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Conditions:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
SIXTH SCHEDULE  
APPLICATION FOR MOVEMENT PERMIT  
Regulation 19(4)  
 
 
APPLICATION FOR MOVEMENT OF SPENT HENS  AND POULTRY LITTER  
 
1. The Director of Animal Health,                                     2. Date _______ _____ ______  
Belize Agricultural Health Authority  
Belmopan  
Belize  
 
3. Name of Applicant _____________________________________  
 
4. Address of Applicant ____________________________________  
_________________________________________________________  
 
5. Telephone Number/Email Address of Applicant ________________  
_________________________________________________________  
 
6. Poultry establishment of origin: Name and registration number  
_________________________________________________________  
 
7. Destination of product:  
 _______ _________________________________________________  
 
8. Type of product: spent hens , poultry litter? (choose one):  
_________________________________________________________  
 
8.1. Live Poultry  
        Spent hens      
  
8.2 Poultry By-Products (specify)     
_________________________________________________________  
 
9. Quantity  
 
9.1 Product:  spent hens , poultry litter (choose one)  
       Total quantity of product :                Number of product/container :       
       Number of containers:  
       Type of containers:   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________ ______________ _______________________________________________  
 
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY  
 
1. Application received by ____________________________________  
 
2. Movement certificate granted  
by________________________________ ____________ ___________  
 
Date ______________________ _________________________  
 
 
_______________ ________ _______  
SIGN ATURE OF  AUTHORISED OFFICER  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEVENTH SCHEDULE  
MOVEMENT PERMIT  
Regulation 19(5)  
 
 
 
 
 
 Permit No:  I declare, on penalty, that all the information provided above is true and correct to the best of my 
knowledge and belief.   
 
Applicant’s Name:  
 
Applicant’s Signature:  
 
Date:  
 MOVEMENT PERMIT  
 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that poultry establishment _____ _____________________ ______ 
belonging to  ______ ________________________ ________,  has as of the _______ day  
of _____________,20 ____, been granted this  Movement Permit pursuant to the  Belize 
Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry  Health ) Regulations , 2022.   
 
THIS PERMIT:  
-  is valid for two month from the date of issuance hereof.  
 
WITNESS my hand and the Public Seal of the Belize Agriculture Health Authority  
 this _______day of _____________ ____ __, 20 ______.  
 
 
_____________________  
Authorised Officer  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EIGHTH SCHEDULE  
RESTRICTION NOTICE  
Regulation 35(2)  
 
RESTRICTION NOTICE  
 
 Restriction on Movement of Poultry, Poultry Products and Poultry Litter specified below onto or Off 
Premises Where Poultry Disease, Infection or Infestation is Suspected  
 To:  
 
 
 
In Accordance with Regulation 7 of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry Health) Regulations, 
2022 I, being a Veterinary Officer of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, reasonably believe that 
Poultry, Poultry Products and Poultry Litter kept on your premises is/are or may be infected with poultry 
disease, infection, infestation  or emerging disease and I hereby give you notice as the occupier of the 
following premises:  
 
 
 
that you must not mo ve any Poultry, Poultry Products and Poultry Litter  specified below onto or off the 
premises  
Unless:  
• You are issued with a licence authorising you to move them, or  
• An official veterinary officer serves a notice to revoke this Notice.  
 
The prohibiti on on movement contained in this notice does not apply to animals which are moved in an 
emergency to a place of slaughter or veterinary treatment so as to prevent the unnecessary suffering of 
that animal. In such cases full details must be given to an Insp ector at the earliest opportunity.  
 
I also give you notice that the following additional restrictions or requirements must be complied with in 
order to prevent the spread of disease:  
 
 
 
This notice shall remain in force until such time as the Poultry, Poultry Products and Poultry Litter  listed 
above die, are moved directly to a slaughterhouse under licence or it is withdrawn by a further notice in 
writing issued by an official veterinary officer. Failure to comply with the provisions of this notice is a n 
offence under the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Health) Regulations, 2022.  
 
Signature  
  
                           
Veterinary Officer   
Name in BLOCK LETTERS  
 
Date:  
 
 
NINTH SCHEDULE  
WITHDRAWAL NOTICE  
Regulation 35(3)  
 
WITHDRAWAL  NOTICE  
 
 Withdrawal of Restriction Notice issued for  Movement of Poultry, Poultry Products and 
Poultry Litter  specified below onto or Off Premises Where Poultry Disease, Infection or Infestation 
is Suspected  
 
To:  
 
 
 
In accordance with Regulation 7 of the Belize  Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry 
Health) Regulations, 2022 I, being a Veterinary Officer of the Belize Agricultural Health 
Authority, reasonably believe that Poultry, Poultry Products and Poultry Litter kept on 
your premises is/are free of poultry disease, infection, infestation or emerging disease 
and I hereby withdraw give you notice as the occupier of the following premises:  
 
 
 
that Restriction Notice issued to __________________, dated the _________________ 
is hereby withdrawn.  
 
 
Signature  
  
                           
Veterinary Officer   
(Name in BLOCK LETTERS)  
 
 
Date: