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# 92 2 TITLE 

# 9 OF THE CODE OF 

# FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR FOOT AND MOUTH 

# DISEASE 

# FMD

2004 November

## Authorityorganization and infrastructure ofthe

### veterinaryservices 

## organization in the 

## region Disease Status The status of

## adjacent regionswith 

### respect to the

### agent The extentof an active control program in the 

## region 34 Vaccination status of the 

## region 3 

## Separation from 

## adjacentregions of

## higher risk

## through physical orother barriers Movement control ofanimals and animal

## products from 

## regions of

## higher riskand the level of

## biosecurity regarding such movements Livestock

## demographics and

## regional marketing practices in the 

## region Type and extent of diseasesurveillance 75 

## Diagnostic laboratory

## capabilities Disease Control 

### Programs and 

### EmergencyResponse 

## Capabilities

## Authority organization and infrastructure ofthe

## veterinary services 

## organization in 

### the 

## region
How doveterinarians become licensedto work in

## Argentina
Veterinarians in 

## Argentina after

## obtaining the 

## degree title shall authenticate it at the 

### Ministry ofCulture and Education 

### Afterwards the 

## professional is 

## registered at the National or Provincial Professional Association of 

### Veterinary 

## Physicians according to the 

## jurisdiction where 

## they will be 

## working who 

### assigns them the licence 

### Licence both national and 

## provincial is 

### mandatory

2 How many 

## private veterinarians are authorized to do official 

### government work on 

### FMD and how are

### theyauthorized
Veterinarians have been 

### part of the Eradication 

### Program since it was launched

## through their Professional Associations or Councils that 

## participate
as members ofthe 

### CONALFA the 

## Regional Committees 

## COPROSAS and LocalAnimal Health bodies In 

## Argentina there are 

## approximately 13 000 veterinary 

## physicians ofwhich 

### 5 950 are accredited 

### by SENASA to carry out health activities for the Brucellosis Eradication 

### Program and to 

## certify Brucellosis free 

### holdings and 

### 4 924 are accredited for the Tuberculosis program All veterinarians are authorized for all 

## sanitary programs 

### including FMD Veterinarians in 

### private 

## practice are 

## continuously in contact

### with and

## provide information to the farmers 

## regarding the

## required animal health measures Inaddition 

### they 

## participate in the National 

## Epidemy Surveillance System Resolution N 

### 234

96 The National Private 

### Veterinary 

## Physician Registry was created 

### by SENASA Resolution N 1067 94

## Registry on the 

### Register is annual and the 

## professional has to have the license up to date SENASA issues the 

## Registry Veterinarian certificate and 

### guarantees the necessary

## training for the correct

## performing ofthe duties There is a 

## dispatch pre inspection for bovines intended for 

### export to the 

### European Union carried out

## by private veterinarians who

## verify the 

## sanitary status ofthe animals and the documents ofthe 

## premises issuing a

### sanitary 

## pre certificate which is later endorsed 

## by the local veterinarian The local veterinarian is 

## responsible for the record 

## keeping ofthese 

## professionals

3 Is

## specializedtraining in

## foreign animal diseases

## mandatory and how often must aveterinarian attendsuch

## training
As 

## expressed in the answer to the 

## previous question it is concluded that 

## private veterinarians are 

### part of the 

## epidemiological surveillance 

### system for diseases of

### mandatory notification as sensors As soon as

### they take 

### part of the 

## sanitary programs carried out 

## by SENASA they have to 

## comply with a continuous 

## training program 

### being trained on the

## procedures and standards in force

4 Do 

### private or 

## government veterinarians or animal health 

## specialists need to meet certification 

### requirements to conduct official animalhealth program and orFMD control activitiesIn the case of

## private veterinarians see 

## questions N 2 and 3
With 

## regards to official veterinarians the conditions for the fulfilment of the official programs are determined 

## by the

## compliance of

### training and 

## up dating activities established 

## bythe National Plan 

### Sanitary Education can be mentioned within the main 

## strategies that define the FMD ERADICATION PLAN This 

### strategy includes 

## training activities for the different 

## participants ofthe program 

## technicians and administrative 

## staff and

## promotion of the different activities ofthe 

## plan The content ofthe courses meets the technical 

## guidelines established 

### by the FMD National Eradication Plan and the 

## specific bibliography of the OIE PAHO FAO 

### Likewise 

## professionals are 

## comprised in the 

## guidelines of the TRAINING OPERATIVE 

### PLAN established 

### by SENASA and the CIVIL SERVICE NATIONAL 

### INSTITUTE which includes different 

## subjects in addition to 

### FMD such as Bovine 

## Spongiform Encephalopathy and other

### TSE Cross Border 

### diseases Brucellosis Tuberculosis Farm diseases 

## Trichinosis Classical Swine 

### Fever Newcastle Avian Influenza 

### etc The programs are carded out 

## by experts and teachers from SENASA and other institutions 

### through agreements with national 

### universities research institutes such as INTA 

## National Institute for 

## Agricultural Technology and others 

## FAO INPPAZ

## etc During the 

### past years several 

### training activities were 

## developed within the Plan The main activities are detailed belowTRAININGACTIVITIES YEAR2001

TOTAL OFACTIVITIES 35 TOTAL OF PARTICIPANTS 1233
TRAININGACTIVITIES YEAR 2002

DATE PLACE PARTICIPANTS SUBJECTS Paso de los Libres Characterization of 08 5 2002 

### Corrientes 8 Border zone Villa MercedesSan 03 7 2002 Luis 12 Vaccination Plans San Rafael SanitaryManagement 18 07 2002 Mendoza 4 System Mercedes Sanitary Information 21 08 002 Corrientes 19 

### Systems Sanitary Management 11 09 2002 R Del TalaE Rios 18 System 12 09 2002 Resistencia Chaco 4 VaccinationCampaigns Lazareto Capital 25 09 002 Federal 15 VaccinationCampaigns Bolivar Buenos 10 2002 Aires 15 Sanitary

### Regulatio ns E 

## Castex La 10 2002 Pampa 10 Vaccination Plans 

### Epidemiologicat 10 2002 Villa Maria 

### C rdoba 15 Surveillance LobosBuenos Epidemiological 11 0 2002 

### Aires 16 Surveillance

Gualeguaych8 Characterization of 13 0 2002 ERios 9 Border zone Information Systems at 15 0 2002 

### Neuqu6nNeuqu6n 8 Barriers 16 0 2002 ResistenciaChaco 25 SanitaryAlert inParagua 17 0 2002 La Paz 

### E Rios 20 Sanitary Rio GrandeT del 14 1 2002 Fuego 17 Sanitary TOTALNUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN COURSES 215 Standards lin

01 9 2002 Off site 344 FMD

### Epidemiology SENASA Headquarters 15 08 2002 

### Capital Federal 43 FMD

### Epidemiology
COURSES 2003 DATE PLACE PARTICIPANTS FMDSeroepidemiology Up date 03 10 2003 Cbrdoba 39 FMDSeroepidemiology Up date 22 10 003 Corrientes 44 FMDSeroepidemiology Up date 12 1 2003 Tandil 41 FMDEpidemiological Surveillance Up date 03

1012003 Cbrdoba 39 FMDEpidemiological Surveillance Up date 22

10 003 Corrientes 44 FMDEpidemiological Surveillance Up date 12

1 2003 Tandil 41 Total 6courses 124
COURSES 2004 DATE PLACE PARTICIPANTS FMDEpidemiology Technical Up date 25 02 004 Viedma 24 FMD Epidemiology Technical Up date 26 02 004 R Colorado 22 Course on Animal Health Induction 19 03 2004 BuenosAires 15 Course BasicEpidemiology Up date 30 04 2004 Formosa 18 FMDSeroepidemiology Tools 16 0612004 Tucum n 35 FMD Epidemiological Surveil anceUp

date 18 06 2004 TucumAn 35 FMDSeroepidemiology Tools 06 7 2004 San Luis 36 FMD Epidemiological Surveillance Up date 08

7 2004 San Luis 36 Continuous Education Project Islands Micro

characterization Project Ongoing BuenosAires 1Continuous EducationProject S Luis Micro

characterization 

### Project Total 10Courses 

### Ongoing Buenos Aires 

# 21

Seminars and Lectures Assisted Lectured DATE PLACE PARTICIPANTS OPS SIV CONTSeminar 09 3 2004 Martinez 2 Cosalfa Seminar 03 4 2004 Bolivia 2 OIE International Conference 14 0 2004 BuenosAires 4 III ArgentineCongress on Zoonosis 15 04 2004 BuenosAires 4 Forum of Scientific Technical Interchange of theDNSA 15 07 2004 BuenosAires 22 Total 5 Five 34

5 Please 

## provide information on functions carried out 

### by the National

## AgrifoodInspection Service DNFA

At a national 

### level DNFA is 

## responsible for 

### ensuring that

## slaughterhouses processing plants and or

### storage facilities for animal and 

## plant products and 

## by products whether edible or 

## inedible comply with 

## hygiene and health 

## requirements DNFA is also 

## responsible for

## approving all establishments that 

## slaughter and

or process 

## products derived from farm animals The 

### Veterinary Inspection Services are 

## responsible for said controls and 

## approved plants 

## throughout the 

### country that process for 

### export and for the domestic market International Traffic Direction with the Co ordination of Borders and Federal Traffictakes 

### part in DNFAHow many 

### veterinarians inspectors and 

## support personnel are 

## employed by the 

## deparb33ent What is the DNFA infrastructure in the

## region proposedforevaluation
At 

## slaughterhouses of

## primaryinspection there are 325 official veterinarians and 870 official assistant 

### veterinary technicians who 

## perform the ante modem and 

### post mortem 

## inspections ofthe animals sentto 

## slaughter
7 What 

### type of 

## biosecurity controls exist at 

## slaughtering plants approved for

## export According to the 

## Argentine regulations by Decree 

### 4238 68 

## biosecudty controls in the 

### plants

## approved by SENASA are as follows

Pens animals are 

### kept within pens and cannot be moved from the 

## slaughterhouse after their

### entry
Effluent treatment all effluents from the coldstore 

### pens 

## slaughtering yard and water used in all the 

## processes are treated 

## separating solids fats liquids andchlorinates before 

### releasing them to the 

## general sewage 

### system

Pens

### sanitary 

## complex Deadanimals are treated at the necropsy 

### digestor with 

### skin after

## diagnosis Fallen animals are 

## slaughtered at the emergency

## yard and are not used for 

### exportThe 

### sanitary complex effluents are 

### individually treated 

## disinfection before 

### dumping themto the rest ofthe common treatments
Raw 

## slaughter wastes 

## They are sent to 

## processing plants with thermal 

### treatments for non edible
use in closed vehicles

## approved forthatpurpose 

### They may be 

## processed at the same 

## plant in Melters or 

## digestors with thermal treatmentto make non edible 

## by

products Slaughter pathology wastes 

### they are 

## processed in 

### digestors with 

## atmosphere saturated with pressure steam or in Melters to obtain 

### by 

## products
8 On page 5of your

### submission itwasmentionedthatthe local animal health offices 

## gather information that serves to 

## strenghten the official 

## inspection system oflivestock

## operations Please

## provide details ofthe kindof information that is 

## gathered and

## provide examples ofhowthis information is used to 

## strenghthen the official 

## inspection system for FMD
SENASA local offices have a 

## Sanitary Management system where the actions carried out

## by the local veterinarian are recorded All the information related to movements both 

### ingoing and 

## outgoing and RENSPA 

### number as well as 

### destination 

## producer coldstore dates 

## participating veterinarians etc is recorded9 It wasalso mentioned thatthe local animal health offices 

## represent various local 

## organizations and have technical subcommittees that are chaired 

### by official or 

## private veterinarians What are these local 

## organizations and theirfunctions
The 318 local SENASA Offices are 

## strategically distributed 

## throughout the 

### country and take 

### pad of the Official Veterinarian Service to carry out the decentralized 

## operative actions These offices have 

## para technicians and administrative 

### staff who 

### report to a localveterinarian 

### Furthermore there are Local 

### Sanitary Entities which are ONGs that 

### operate as 

### foundations associations societies etc created 

## through SAGPyA Resolution N 108 2001 These entities are the result of the cattle 

## producers active 

## participation in the FMD eradication and are authorized 

### by SENASA 

### They

are formed 

### by an Administrative 

### Committee constituted 

### by livestock 

## producers and other bodies 

## representing the 

## production sector as 

### well national 

## provincial or

## municipal representatives related to animal health A Technical Committee chaired 

### by the SENASA Veterinarian and formed 

## by the Veterinarians of the Local 

### Sanitary 

## Entity area This committee carried out the 

### sanitary 

## plans set up 

### by SENASA 

## specially the FMD vaccination 

## campaign An 

## Operative Group formed 

### by co ordinators programmers and vaccinators who carried outthe vaccination in the establishments
10 What

### type of

### structure 

## composition and functions do the technical committees haveTheTechnical Committees ofthe

### Sanitary

## Struggle Local Entities are formed 

### by 

## provincial municipal and 

### private 

## professionals technicians officials 

## SENASA local

## Veterinary who assess local 

## possibilities and characteristics for 

## implementing the Local Vaccination Plans established 

### by SENASA that shall be carried out 

### bythe

## Operative Group
11 What

## practices ifany are in

## place with 

## regard to the control and or 

## prohibition of swill 

## feeding If swill 

## feeding is 

### allowed is heat treatment

## mandatory
SENASA Resolution N 225 95 that 

## regulates holding and maintenance of 

## pigs is in force This standard bans 

## pigs feeding with raw viscera of any 

## origin kitchen 

## garbage hospital clinics and or 

### nursing homes 

## garbage national and

or international 

### pods and 

### airports 

## garbage Feeding of 

## pigs with rests offood substances ofanimal 

## origin coming from stores 

## approved by the 

### competent authority to manufacture and orsell food is authorized Authorization is conditioned to the 

## compliance ofthe 

### following requirements a That swill 

## feeding be 

## subjected to a 

### cooking process 

## guaranteeing destruction of

### pathogen organisms where 

### pigs are fed 

## b The existence in the 

## premise ofthe 

## equipment necessary to carry out the 

### requirements of the 

## previous point with an 

## operation capacity allowing treatment of all the rests in a 

## period of time not 

### longerthan 

## eight 8 hours since 

### entry
12 How is

## compliance monitored and enforcedSENASA Resolution N 350 98 establishes a mechanism 

### making the SENASA veterinarians duties easier with 

## regards to confiscation ofanimals infected with Trichinellosis or

## constituting a dsk because 

### they do not have the necessary 

## sanitary

hygienic conditions due to failure to 

## comply with the 

## previously mentioned SFNASA Resolution N 225 95 Atthis 

### moment work is 

## being done on a

## regulation gathering the 

## previous
one to 

## regulate pig activity and

### widening the scope ofthe current one with the purpose of 

### having all the elements to allowtrichinellosis control As a consequence of 

### this there will be more elements

## going beyond this disease and

## granting additional 

### guarantees in the case of FMD
13Does 

## Argentina have establishments authorized to process swill What arethe

## requirements forthisauthorization
There are no establishments 

## exclusively approved to process swill Treatments to process food are carried out 

## by the 

## pig producer in the establishment orthe 

## producer obtains the 

## processed swill from 

## slaughtering establishments On the other 

### hand SENASA Resolution N 895 of 23 12 002 rules the 

## approval of treatment

### systems of swill 

### coming

## through our

## fro ntier

# Ets The SENASA 

## inspector according the dsk of the 

## odgin ofthe swill or if that are swills of a 

## specific dsk shall recommend the treatment to 

## guarantee its destruction The 

## requirements forthe treatment

## complies with the OIT 

### recommendations which are considered a

### strong guarantee ofthe BSE 

### agent reduction As it isthe 

## agent with the 

## highest requirements for its 

### destruction it may be a 

## parameter for this disease 

## prevention as for any other

## agent with a

## potential riskfor animals and human health
14 What laws does

## Argentina have in

## place to 

## regulate movements of used farm 

### machinery across 

## regions in 

## Argentina or across international 

### borders orfrom 

## regions of

## higher riskto 

## regions oflower risk There are not

## specific regulations forfarm 

### machinery The former SENASA Resolution N 809 1 

### establishes among other 

### aspects the 

## washing and disinfection of livestock 

### vehicles transiting empty

orwith animals on the 

### hoof in all livestock movements in the 

### country Disinfection is carried out in all the 

## freight transports 

## including farm 

## machinery and it is 

## performed at random in 

### automobiles in all the 

### entry 

## points to the 

### country and 

### entry 

## points to the free areas where vaccination is not 

## practiced These 

## points are 

### sanitarily 

## approved by SENASA and are located at certain riskborders In case of emergency or outbreaks this disinfection is carded out in all 

### vehicles including farm 

### machinery
5What are the 

### cleaning and disinfection 

## requirements for 

### trucks vehicles oranyother

## equipment
The Resolution 809 of 1982 establishes the 

### cleaning and disinfection 

## requirements for livestock vehicles in 

### plants 

## approved by SENASA Acertificatein

## triplicate is issued 

## laying down thatthe

### cleaning and disinfection have been carried out This document must be submitted 

### by the driverwhen 

## required by sanitary authorities as 

## police or National Border Police This document should also be 

## required by the 

## producer livestock 

### agent as well

as in the 

### farm or 

## place where the animals shall be 

### delivered whenever a cattle

### transport isfulfilled 

### Disease Status
Please 

## provide more information on the FMD outbreaks in 2001 and 2002
6Define outbreak and indicate how infection was detected in each outbreak
Outbreak 

### Holding where animals with MFD are In all cases the detection of an outbreak arose from the notification about the existence of animals with 

### symptoms confusable with vesicular disease Tissues 

### samples were taken from these animals for virus and serum isolation and detection ofantibodies 

## against non structural 

## proteins of FMD virus
17How 

### long is if 

## likely that the infection was 

## present before the 

### detection and how was it introduced How 

### long after detection

were

### trading partners notifiedThe first cases ofFMD detected in 2000 were

## wrongly diagnosed byprivate veterinarians as Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis IBR or Bovine Viral Diarrhea The wrong 

## diagnosis delayed the 

## implementation of measures to hold down the disease thus 

## easing its 

## spreading to other

### holdings First cases wererecorded

## by late 

### July 2000 

## Argentinaacknowledged internationally the disease in 

### March 2001 The way the disease was introduced in the 

### country in 2000 has not been 

### fully elucidated 

### Nevertheless the 

## analysis of the information 

## regarding typing of 

### acting virus the areas affected at the 

## beginning of the 

## epidemic and the characteristics ofthe border areas at the nodh of the 

### country the most 

## probable hypothesis is that the virus may have been introduced 

## through the

## illegal traffic ofinfectedanimals from 

## neighboring countries The 

## only outbreak recorded in 2002 was 

## reported on 

### January 5 and 

## responded the 

### following day According to the lesions that were

### found the disease should have 

## appeared 10 

## days before As soon as the 

## diagnosis

was 

### confirmed it was 

## internationally notified 

## OIE Panaftosa and 

### trading 

## partners The 

### origin of the infection of this outbreak was not found in the research carded out Nevertheless the researches showed that the disease may have been the result ofthe virus residual 

### activity in the area due to both the shod time 

## passed since the last outbreak and the poor vaccination record of the 

### holding At

### present

## Argentina notifies 

## immediately to the international

## community any 

## suspicion of avesicular disease before

### confirming the 

## diagnosis18 Provide data on the numberofsick animals andherds 

## byspecies week and

## province overthe course ofthe disease outbreaks
See tables in Annex I Numberofsick animals 

### 2000 1 2 3
19 Did any of the outbreaks occur in known 

### vaccinated herds 

## vaccinated once or

## twice orin

## export approvedslaughterhouses
Yes there wereoutbreaks in 

## holdingspreviously vaccinated In these cases vaccination has been carried out in a 

## period ranging from 15 to 120 

### days before the outbreak 

### Nevertheless these outbreaks 

## appeared at the 

## beginning of massive vaccination 

## implementation At

### present the records of 7vaccination 

## campaigns and the 

## ongoing 8th 

## plus the 

## immunity levels showed in national 

### serology 

## samples are 

## enough elements to deducethe 

## impossibility of the virus circulation With 

## regards to the disease in 

## slaughterhouses two cases were detected 

### through the 

### post modem observation of

### tongue lesions The local office of the cattle area was notified in each case to take

measures in the

## holdings werethe animal came from

20 What

## specific measures weretaken to 

## preverrt the

## spread ofFMD to otherfarms
The 

### following measures to 

## prevent the infection 

## spreading are taken in 

### holdingswhere 

### suspect or confirmed FMD animals werefoundDelimitation ofthe

### focal 

## perifocal and surveillance area Restraint to move 

## susceptible species within and out the 

### holdings of the area Restrictions on

## people and vehicles movements Establishment of check and disinfection 

## points at the exit of the affected

## holding

sand in

## neighboring roads 

## Ring vaccination ofall 

## susceptible species in a 

## parcel lot 

## depending
on the area

o 

## Slaughter of affected animals and contacts this measure was 

## implemented at the

## beginning ofthe outbreak 

## according to Resolution N 

## 478 99 afterwards this measure was not 

### longer 

## practiced due to the number of cases and its 

## spreading The 

### sanitary slaughter was 

## implemented again at the lastoutbreaks in

### 2001 and inthose occurred in 2002 and 2003

## SENASA Resolution N 

## 35 2002

21 What

## procedures does 

## Argentina have in

## place for

### controlling FMD outbreaks detectedin

## slaughterhouses

The cases with lesions 

## compatible with FMD in 

## slaughterhouses were 

### prompt 

## reported to the local office of the area in order the local 

### veterinary couldvisit the establishment of

## origin immediately
Procedure in the 

## slaughterhouse PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR FMD OUTBREAK RESPONSE ITEM Detection ofoutbreak and or

## suspicion of vesicular disease in 

## slaughterhouses coldstores and Terminal

## Concentrating Markets 

## See Annex II Procedures Manual for FMD Outbreak 

## Response Decree 4238 and its modifications establishes that in case of FMD detection the

## following numerals should be followed 10 3When FMD is confirmed in pens activities shall be halted in the 

## plant and the SENASA office 

## responsible of the establishment area shall be notified to take the relevant measures 

### Veterinary 

## Inspection ofthe establishment Actions 10 3 Until the National Animal Health and 

## Agrifood Quality Service 

## SENASA responsible of the establishment area visits the 

## plant the 

### Veterinary 

## Inspection Service shall 

### 1 Halt the

## ingoing and

## outgoing of

### animals raw materials and

## products 2 Halt the movement of

## freightvehicles and other

### vehicles 

## 3 Take the necessary measures to 

## prevent the virus 

## spreading by the person who is in the 

## plant
Pens disinfection 10 3 2

### Pens streets wallows that may be infected 

### by the FMD 

### virus shall be disinfected with a 

### watery solution of sodium 

## hydroxide at 2 

## caustic soda of 94 

## purity recently 

## prepared or sodium 

## hypochlorite with 5000 

### parts 

## by one million active chlorine as 

### minimum or any other 

## product approved by the National Animal Health and 

## Agrifood Quality Service 

## SENASA

## Slaughtering yard 11 5 6 If FMD is discovered in the 

## slaughtering yard the 

### Veterinary 

## Inspection Service shall follows the 

## proceedings stated in numeral 10 3of the 

## present Rules of Procedure The National Animal Health and 

## Agrifood Quality Service 

## SENASA shall decidethe actions thatwill be carried out
22 Describe control activities that took 

## place in the 

### focal 

## perifocal and surveillance zones 

### during the outbreaks How were affected and 

## exposed animals handled Were there differences in control 

## proceduresaccording to the affected

## species
Focal area Atthe start of

### 2000 1 outbreak

## sanitaryslaughter ofinfected animals and direct contacts was

## applied Afterwards this 

### strategy 

## proved to be 

## impracticable due to the extent and 

## spreading of the disease 

## Consequently the 

### only control 

## applied in this area was the restraint of livestock movements untilthe riskofinfection ended Perifocal Area Restrain of 

### movements ring vaccination 

## periodic inspections serological samples check and disinfection 

## posts Surveillance or buffer area 

### Restraint 

## periodical inspections vaccination 

## serological samples setting up ofcontrol and disinfection 

### posts Furthermore as a result ofthe extent and 

## spreading of the 

### outbreak some
areas were 

### restrained the 

## suspected animal movements were banned 

## excepting those thatwould be

## slaughtered Regarding the different infected 

## species all received the same treatment included 

### vaccination in contrast to 

## systematic vaccination that is 

## only applied on bovines23 

### What how many and on whom 

### e g farmers veterinarians laboratories 

## etc were 

## penalties imposed for 

## non compliance with 

## reportingrequirements Taking into account that in this 

## period the attitude wasthe notification of every FMD like disease and as it was not detected that the notification would have been 

### concealed there were no

## punishments Decree 64311996 ARTICLE 50 

### Spontaneous or immediate notification of FMD existence or 

## suspicion supported by strict 

## compliance of 

### sanitary standards 

### arising from Law N 

### 24 305 shall 

### bdng the 

### following benefits 

### a Immediate advise of the NATIONALANIMAL HEALTH SERVICE 

### b Thoseforeseen in article 14 of Law 

### Ley N 24 305 LawN 24

305 ARTICLE 14 SENASA shall 

### compensate at the market

### value the

## producers affected

### by the measures

## adopted within the framework of article 2 subsection 

### f of this law or 

### by the 

### determining exclusive destination to 

### slaughter due to 

### sanitary reasons The 

### Budget National Law shall foresee a

## specific sum of money to attend this 

## expenditures The 

## regulation shall establish the 

## period to make effective this 

## compensations period that will not be 

### longer than 

### thirty 30 days as from the resolution 

### establishing the 

## slaughter or sale for

## slaughtering If afterwards the 

## people responsible of the 

## problem which gave 

## origin to the

measure are determined 

### by certain they shall pay for the 

## compensations