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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 323a - Intensive Poultry Farming › Section 22-323a-6 - Manure management

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Manure shall be
			 stored, managed, and disposed of in a manner which will minimize and control
			 the breeding of flies and vermin, minimize and control offensive odors, and not
			 create a threat to the environment or public health, or constitute a public
			 nuisance.
(b) Manure transported
			 over public highways on farm vehicles shall be in leak proof containers,
			 spreaders, or vehicles. Manure transported in other than farm vehicles shall be
			 in leak proof containers and be covered if necessary to prevent debris from
			 blowing or falling out of the transporting vehicle.
(c) Any manure spilled on public roads or
			 dumped on any property other than that on which the intensive poultry farm is
			 located, without the owner's permission, shall be removed immediately by the
			 vehicle owner or operator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 323b - Inspection of Intensive Poultry Operations › Section 22-323b-1 - Notification of inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
Before an inspector proceeds with an inspection, the farm owner
				shall be sought out to accompany the inspector. If the farm owner is not
				available, his designee may accompany the inspector on the complete inspection
				of the intensive poultry farm.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 323b - Inspection of Intensive Poultry Operations › Section 22-323b-2 - Disease precautions

Current through July 10, 2024
No inspector shall enter any pen or building on any intensive
				poultry farm without first changing his outer clothing and sanitizing his
				boots. In addition, an inspector shall, at a minimum, meet the sanitary
				standards required of employees of the intensive poultry farm being inspected,
				except that an inspector may conduct multiple inspections on any given
				day.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 323b - Inspection of Intensive Poultry Operations › Section 22-323b-3 - Emergency disease control

Current through July 10, 2024
The State Veterinarian may stop all regular inspections of
				intensive poultry farms if he has reason to believe that the poultry industry
				is threatened by a contagious or transmissable disease.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 323b - Inspection of Intensive Poultry Operations › Section 22-323b-4 - Inspection complete

Current through July 10, 2024
The inspector, upon completion of his inspection of an
				intensive poultry farm, shall leave a signed and dated copy of his inspection
				report with the farm owner or his designee, sanitize his boots and remove any
				outer clothing and place them in a plastic bag.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Clinical evidence.
Evidence, such as decreased
				feed and water consumption, depression, unusual movements or position,
				increased mortality, hemorrhage beneath the skin on the lower legs and feet,
				severe decrease in egg production; post-mortum lesion; and history of the
				disease occurrence in the flock.
Commissioner.
The Commissioner of Agriculture or
				his duly authorized representative.
Director of the Task Force.
The Commissioner or
				Department of Agriculture official designated by the Commissioner to supervise
				and perform the disease control and eradication work of the Task Force.
Exposed poultry.
Poultry which through the
				movement of poultry, individuals, feed, or other vectors has been determined by
				a Federal or State inspector to have had contact, directly or indirectly, with
				highly pathogenic avian influenza.
State inspector.
An inspector of the Department of
				Agriculture, Department of Consumer Protection, or Department of Environmental
				Protection responsible for the performance of the function involved.
Federal inspector.
An inspector of the Animal and
				Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, or the
				Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture,
				responsible for the performance of the function involved.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza.
A disease of
				poultry caused by any influenza virus Type A that results in not less than 75
				percent mortality within eight days in at least eight healthy susceptible
				chickens, 4-8 weeks old, inoculated by the intramuscular, intravenous, or
				caudal airsac route with bacteria-free infectious allantoic or cell culture
				fluids and using standard laboratory operating procedures to assure
				specificity
Infected poultry.
Poultry determined by the
				Director of the Task Force, in such person's judgment, as being infected with
				highly pathogenic avian influenza on the basis of clinical evidence,
				epidemiological evidence,1 or diagnostic
				tests.2
Movement.
Shipped, transported, delivered or
				received for movement by any person.
Permit.
Pursuant to this section of these
				regulations, an official document issued by a State or Federal inspector for
				movement of a restricted article.
Person.
Any individual, partnership, corporation,
				association, joint venture or any other legal entity.
Poultry.
Chickens, ducks, geese, swans, turkeys,
				pigeons, doves, pheasants, grouse, partridges, quail, guinea fowl, and pea
				fowl.
Task Force.
Special force of Federal and/or State
				personnel designated by the Commissioner to control and eradicate highly
				pathogenic avian influenza.
Veterinary Services.
The Veterinary Services unit
				of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection service, United States Department of
				Agriculture.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-2 - Intrastate movement of infected or exposed live poultry or materials

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No live poultry infected with or exposed
			 to highly pathogenic avian influenza or other contagious poultry disease shall
			 be moved intrastate.
(b) No
			 carcasses or parts thereof from poultry infected with or exposed to highly
			 pathogenic avian influenza or other contagious poultry diseases, no manure from
			 such poultry and no litter which has been used by such poultry shall be moved
			 intrastate unless heated throughout to at least 160°F (71°C) or unless
			 moved intrastate from a quarantined area for incineration, rendering, or burial
			 in a landfill in accordance with Section
			 22-324-8
			 of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-3 - Contaminated means of conveyance, premises, containers, and other accessories; not to be used for movement of poultry until cleaned and disinfected

Current through July 10, 2024
No means of conveyance or premises which have contained any
				poultry which have been found infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza
				or other contagious poultry diseases, and no coops, containers, troughs, or
				other accessories used in the handling of such infected poultry, shall be used
				in connection with the movement of poultry until the said means of conveyance,
				premises, coops, containers, trough, or other accessories have been cleaned and
				disinfected under supervision of a Federal or State inspector with a permitted
				disinfectant, as provided in §§ 71.4, 71.6, 71.7, 71.10, and 71.11 of
				9-CFR: or with three percent solution cresol compound, U.S.P.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-5 - Prohibited articles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 are designated as prohibited articles:
(1)
			 Live Poultry;
(2) Manure from
			 poultry;
(3) Litter that has been
			 used by poultry, and
(4) Hatching
			 eggs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-6 - Restricted articles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 are designated as restricted articles:
(1)
			 Poultry carcasses or parts thereof,
(2) Eggs from poultry used for
			 food,
(3) coops, containers,
			 troughs, or other accessories that have been used in the handling of poultry or
			 poultry eggs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-7 - Permits for movement of restricted articles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
			 permit for the movement of a restricted article may be obtained from a State or
			 Federal inspector.1It shall list the name and
			 address of the consignor and consignee, the origin and destination locations,
			 the number and type of articles covered, and the purpose of the
			 movement.
(b) Any permit which has
			 been issued may be withdrawn by a Federal or State inspector or the
			 Commissioner if he determines that the holder thereof has not complied with any
			 condition for the use of the permit. The reasons for the withdrawal shall be
			 confirmed in writing as promptly as circumstances allow. Any person whose
			 permit has been withdrawn may appeal the decision in writing to the
			 Commissioner within ten (10) days after receiving the written notification of
			 the withdrawal. The appeal shall state all of the facts and reasons upon which
			 the person relies to show that the permit wrongfully withdrawn. The
			 Commissioner shall grant or deny the appeal, in writing, stating the reasons
			 for the decision as promptly as circumstances allow. If there is a conflict as
			 to any material fact, a hearing shall be held to resolve such
			 conflict.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-8 - Movement by United States Department of Agriculture or Connecticut Department of Agriculture for diagnostic or experimental purposes; other movements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
			 other provisions in Sections
			 22-324-1
			 through
			 22-324-11
			 of these regulations, a prohibited article or restricted article may be moved
			 by the United States Department of Agriculture or Connecticut Department of
			 Agriculture for diagnostic or experimental purposes under conditions found by
			 the Commissioner to be adequate to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic
			 avian influenza.
(b)
			 Notwithstanding other provision in Sections
			 22-324-1
			 through
			 22-324-11
			 of these regulations the Commissioner may in specific cases allow the movement
			 of prohibited articles or restricted articles other than as provided for in
			 Sections
			 22-324-1
			 through
			 22-324-11
			 of these regulations under conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe in each
			 case to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The
			 Commissioner will promptly notify the appropriate officials of Federal and
			 State Agencies involved of any such action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-9 - Inspections and seizures

Current through July 10, 2024
State inspectors and federal inspectors appointed as
				representatives of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture designated by the
				Commissioner and identified by an official identification card, shall have
				authority, in accordance with Section
				22-324
				of the Connecticut General Statutes to enter upon any premises in Connecticut
				for the purpose of making inspections and seizures necessary under Sections
				22-324-1
				through
				22-324-11
				of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-11 - Cleaning and disinfecting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
All pens, coops, containers, troughs, other accessories, or
				means of conveyance found by a Federal or State inspector to have been used in
				the handling of any poultry or related products, carcasses or parts thereof,
				egg products, or articles subject to an order under Section 22-324-11 of this
				regulation shall be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the provisions
				in §§ 71.7, 71.10, and 71.11 of 9-CFR or with a three percent
				solution cresol compound, U.S.P., unless other disposal is ordered under
				Section
				22-324-10 of
				these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A1 - 'Flock' defined

Current through July 10, 2024
The word "flock," as used in these regulations, shall be
				  construed as meaning all poultry kept on the premises, farm or ranch of the
				  owner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A2 - Responsibilities of poultry owner

Current through July 10, 2024
The owner of a flock of poultry who has made application for
				  examination and placed his flock under the supervision of the commissioner of
				  agriculture and natural resources shall keep and agree to maintain such flock
				  under a system of housing, yarding management and general sanitation
				  satisfactory to the commissioner or his agent. He shall agree to refrain from
				  advertising falsely or misleadingly regarding the tests on his flock, and shall
				  agree not to hatch eggs on his farm except from poultry of like or higher
				  status and not to have eggs from his own poultry hatched for him by a
				  poultryman or hatcheryman except with a flock or flocks of like or higher
				  status.
(See 1961 Supp. §
									22-322.)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A3 - Age and time for testing

Current through July 10, 2024
No poultry shall be presented to the inspector for
				  examination and blood test until five months of age. All poultry on the
				  premises of breeding and laying age shall be tested at the beginning of the
				  breeding season and within the testing year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A4 - Segregation of birds. Post-mortem examination

Current through July 10, 2024
All birds reported as positive or doubtful shall be
				  segregated at once from the flock. The owner, when so requested by the
				  commissioner or his agent, shall submit birds for check-test by post-mortem
				  examination to the Department of Animal Diseases, The University of
				  Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, or final disposition made as directed by the
				  commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A5 - Cleaning and disinfecting of pens, etc

Current through July 10, 2024
All pens, perches, dropping boards, nests, floors and side
				  walls with which any of the infected poultry have come in contact at any time
				  shall be cleaned and disinfected with one of a list of disinfectants approved
				  by the commissioner and shall be subject to the inspection of the commissioner
				  or his agent within fifteen days from the date of the order for such cleaning
				  and disinfecting.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A6 - Certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When a flock has been found to be free of
				any evidence of pullorum-typhoid disease by one tube agglutination test made on
				all poultry on the premises, the flock shall be designated as pullorum-typhoid
				passed and a pullorum-typhoid passed certificate issued by the
				commissioner.
(b) When a flock has
				been found to be free of any evidence of pullorum-typhoid disease on two
				consecutive tube agglutination tests, made at intervals of not less than
				twenty-one days on all poultry five months of age or over on the premises, the
				flock shall be designated as pullorum-typhoid clean and a pullorum-typhoid
				clean certificate issued by the commissioner.
(c) When a flock originating from a
				pullorum-typhoid passed or a pullorum-typhoid clean flock has been found to be
				free of any evidence of pullorum-typhoid disease by one tube agglutination test
				on all poultry five months of age or over on the premises, the flock shall be
				designated as pullorum-typhoid clean and a pullorum-typhoid clean certificate
				issued by the commissioner.
(d) Any
				flock may be pronounced clean on the completion of two consecutive clean tests
				not less than twenty-one days apart, the last being made within the testing
				year immediately preceding the date of sale of hatching eggs or chicks from
				such flocks.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A7 - Requirements on finding of positive or doubtful birds

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If one or more positive or doubtful birds
				are found in a pullorum-typhoid passed or a pullorum-typhoid clean flock by the
				tube agglutination test, the use of eggs for hatching shall be discontinued at
				once, from the pen or pens in which the reacting birds were found. The positive
				or doubtful birds shall be sent alive to the laboratory immediately by the
				owner as requested by the commissioner, provided not more than five shall be
				sent, unless others are requested by the laboratory.
(b) If no evidence of pullorum-typhoid
				disease is found in the reacting birds upon post-mortem examination at the
				laboratory, the flock shall be considered pullorum-typhoid clean.
(c) If the pullorum-typhoid organism is
				identified in any of the birds posted and so reported by the laboratory, all
				sales of hatching eggs and chicks to pullorum-typhoid passed or
				pullorum-typhoid clean flocks shall stop at once.
(d) If not more than one half of one per cent
				of a pullorum-typhoid clean flock is found to be positive by the post-mortem
				examination, a retest of the entire flock shall be made at the discretion of
				the commissioner not earlier than twenty-one days and not later than forty-two
				days after the first test. For the flock to be reinstated as a clean flock, it
				shall pass two negative tests not less than twenty-one days apart.
(e) If the pullorum-typhoid disease organism
				is recovered from young chicks which unquestionably originated from Connecticut
				pullorum-typhoid passed or Connecticut pullorum-typhoid clean flocks, the flock
				from which the chicks originated shall be tested at the discretion of the
				commissioner.
(f) Any poultryman
				selling eggs for hatching or chicks shall notify the purchaser at once
				regarding any change in the status of his flock.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A8 - Addition or return of birds to passed or clean flocks

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All hatching eggs, chicks or poultry to
				be added to pullorum-typhoid passed or pullorum-typhoid clean flocks under
				supervision shall be approved by the commissioner before purchase.
(b) All birds returned to pullorum-typhoid
				passed and pullorum-typhoid clean flocks from poultry exhibits or egg-laying
				contests or after being removed from the premises for any purpose whatsoever
				shall be quarantined until birds from pullorum-typhoid passed flocks have
				passed one clean test and birds from pullorum-typhoid clean flocks have passed
				two clean tests at least twenty-one days apart. If a reactor is found, all
				birds under quarantine shall be disposed of.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A9 - Breeders and hatcheries to place flock under supervision of commissioner

Current through July 10, 2024
No breeder, breeder hatchery or commercial hatchery in
				  Connecticut may offer pullorum-typhoid passed or pullorum-typhoid clean chicks
				  for sale unless the flock and hatchery are placed under the supervision of the
				  commissioner of agriculture and natural resources. Hatcheries handling more
				  than one class of chicks shall be classified as of the lowest class
				  handled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A10 - Tube agglutination test to be used

Current through July 10, 2024
The tube agglutination test shall be used for all official
				  tests. Private pullorum-typhoid tests of flocks under supervision will not be
				  permitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Eradication and Control of Pullorum-Typhoid Disease in Flocks of Poultry › Section 22-324-A11 - The National Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans

Current through July 10, 2024
Poultrymen and hatcherymen participating in the
				  U.S.-Connecticut pullorum-typhoid disease control program may cooperate in
				  breed improvements under the National Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans by
				  cooperating with the Connecticut Poultry Improvement Association, Inc., set up
				  for the purpose of supervising the breeding stages of the National Poultry and
				  Turkey Improvement Plans in Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B1 - Infectious laryngotracheitis

Current through July 10, 2024
Flocks of chickens and domesticated pheasants with infectious
				  laryngotracheitis shall be held in strict quarantine until all infected and
				  exposed birds have been disposed of for slaughter. During the duration of the
				  quarantine, sale or disposal of market eggs, hatching eggs and day-old chicks
				  is ordinarily permissible.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B2 - Newcastle disease

Current through July 10, 2024
Flocks of domesticated birds affected with an active outbreak
				  of Newcastle disease shall be held in strict quarantine for at least two months
				  following the disappearance of all clinical signs and symptoms of the disease.
				  The quarantine is inclusive of all poultry products and equipment. If direct
				  sanitary marketing can be assured, written permission for the sale or disposal
				  of market eggs and of birds for slaughter may be obtained.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B3 - Importation of vaccine

Current through July 10, 2024
Infectious laryngotracheitis vaccine or live Newcastle
				  vaccine or any virulent product of a similar nature shall not be shipped or
				  transported into the state without the written permission of the commissioner
				  of agriculture and natural resources.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B4 - Possession of vaccine or virus regulated

Current through July 10, 2024
No person, firm or corporation, nor the agent or employee of
				  any corporation, shall have in his possession or use any virulent exudate,
				  vaccine or virus, or any preparation of a similar nature for infectious
				  laryngotracheitis and Newcastle diseases, unless permission in writing has been
				  obtained from the commissioner of agriculture and natural
				  resources.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B5 - Doubtful diagnosis to be determined by University

Current through July 10, 2024
In case of doubt, the diagnosis of infectious
				  laryngotracheitis and Newcastle diseases shall be established through the
				  examination of suitable specimens at the department of animal diseases of The
				  University of Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Controlling the Spread of Virus Disease and the Sale, Distribution and Use of Live Virus Vaccine for Poultry › Section 22-324-B6 - Administration

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
				  22-324-B1
				  to
				  22-324-B5,
				  inclusive, shall be administered at the discretion of the commissioner of
				  agriculture and natural resources.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Public Exhibition of Live Poultry › Section 22-324-C1 - Commissioner to be notified of exhibitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner of agriculture and natural resources shall
				  be notified in writing by the show management of the date and place of holding
				  its show or exhibition of live poultry at least five days prior to the date of
				  opening of such show or exhibition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Public Exhibition of Live Poultry › Section 22-324-C3 - Statement of freedom from disease

Current through July 10, 2024
All entries to a show or exhibition shall be accompanied by a
				  declaration or certification from the owner or exhibitor that, to the best of
				  his knowledge, the poultry entries and source
of
flock or
				  flocks are free from any evidence of, and were not recently exposed to,
				  Newcastle disease or any other infectious or transmissible disease, the
				  certification to be based on inspection made within at least five days of
				  admission to each show or exhibition
by a certificate of the
				  commissioner of agriculture and natural resources that such entries are
				  negative to a pullorum-typhoid test or, for any show or exhibition held on or
				  after January 1, 1969, by a certificate of the commissioner that such entries
				  are from flocks negative to a pullorum-typhoid test.
The certificate
				  or declaration shall contain the date of inspection, the name and address of
				  the owner or exhibitor, the name and location of the show, and the number,
				  breed, species and identification band number of each bird to be
				  exhibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Public Exhibition of Live Poultry › Section 22-324-C5 - Disinfection of crates and vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
All crates, boxes or containers and vehicles used for
				  transporting the poultry to a show shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
				  prior to such use.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Public Exhibition of Live Poultry › Section 22-324-C8 - Segregation of diseased birds

Current through July 10, 2024
Birds showing evidence of disease upon entry to or during a
				  show shall be properly segregated and cared for and reported promptly by the *
				  * * superintendent of the show to a representative of the commissioner of
				  agriculture and natural resources. It is recommended:
(1) Since all birds returned from a show are
				potential sources of infection, they be isolated immediately after their return
				from all other birds. This isolation should be maintained at least until it has
				been established that the birds are not carriers of disease-producing agents as
				may be determined by exposure of a few susceptible birds to direct contacts
				with them;
(2) shows be of not more
				than three days' duration;
(3)
				there be solid partitions between coops, and
(4) satisfactory provisions be made for air
				disinfection.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 22-324-D1 to
				  22-324-D7,
				  inclusive:
(1) "Case" means, when
				referring to containers, an egg case, as used in commercial practice in the
				United States, holding thirty dozens of shell eggs;
(2) "condition" means any condition,
				including, but not limited to, the state of preservation, cleanliness,
				soundness, wholesomeness, or fitness for human food, of any product which
				affects its merchantability;
(3)
				"plant" means any building, machinery, apparatus or fixture, used for the
				storing, grading or packing of shell eggs;
(4) "potable water" means water that has been
				approved by the state department of health, or any agency or laboratory
				acceptable to the commissioner of agriculture and natural resources, as safe
				for drinking and suitable for food processing;
(5) "premises" means a tract of land with the
				buildings thereon or building or part of a building with its grounds or other
				appurtenances;
(6) "product" or
				"products" means shell eggs of the domesticated chicken;
(7) "shell eggs" means eggs of domesticated
				chickens;
(8) "shell protected"
				means eggs which have had a protective covering such as oil applied to the
				shell surface.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D3 - Equipment and utensils

Current through July 10, 2024
Equipment and utensils used in processing shell eggs shall be
				  of such design, material and construction as will (1) enable the examination,
				  segregation and processing of such products in an efficient, clean and
				  satisfactory manner, and (2) permit easy access to all parts to insure thorough
				  cleaning and sanitizing. So far as is practicable all such equipment shall be
				  made of metal or other impervious material, if the metal or other impervious
				  material will not affect the product by chemical action or physical contact.
				  Receptacles and packages used for shell eggs which are not fit for human food
				  shall bear some conspicuous and distinctive identification.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D4 - Protection of shell eggs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Shell eggs
				which are not fit for human food shall be placed in a conspicuously marked
				container and shall be treated in such manner as will preclude their use as
				human food.
(b) No product or
				material which creates an objectionable condition shall be processed, stored or
				handled in any room, compartment or place where any shell eggs are processed,
				stored or handled.
(c) Only
				germicides, insecticides, rodenticides, detergents or wetting agents or other
				similar compounds which will not deleteriously affect the egg products and
				which have been approved and listed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture list
				of Chemical Compounds, authorized for use under the U.S.D.A. poultry and egg
				products inspection program, may be used in a plant. The use of such compounds
				shall be in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner.
(d) Packages or containers for eggs shall be
				clean when being filled; and all reasonable precautions shall be taken to avoid
				soiling or contaminating the surface of any package or container liner which
				is, or will be, in direct contact with such eggs. Only new containers or used
				containers that are clean and in sound condition shall be used for packaging
				eggs.
(1) A used fiber case shall be
				construed to be good if it is reasonably clean and free from excessive stains
				and odors. Cases which have lost their original shape, due to warping, bulging,
				sagging or denting shall not be used. All seams shall be securely fastened
				without broken stitches or pulled staples. Hand slots and other parts of the
				case shall be free of tears.
(2)
				Used fillers, flats and filler-flats shall be construed to be good if they are
				reasonably clean and sufficiently sound to permit the lifting of the layer of
				eggs from the case without losing eggs. They shall be free of mold, mustiness
				or off-odor.
(3) Any material which
				does not meet the definition of new, good, and used shall not be
				used.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D5 - Candling and transfer room: Construction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The candling
				and transfer room shall be so constructed that it can be adequately darkened to
				assure accuracy in removal of inedible or loss of eggs by candling. Equipment
				shall be arranged so as to facilitate cleaning and the removal of refuse and
				excess packing material.
(b) The
				construction of the floor shall allow thorough cleaning. In any building
				constructed after the effective date of this regulation, the floors shall be of
				water-resistant composition and provided with proper drainage.
(c) Ventilation shall be such as to provide
				for the rapid removal of objectionable odors and dust, preferably by means of
				an exhaust fan.
(d) Candling
				devices of an approved type shall be provided to enable candlers to detect
				inedible, dirty or checked eggs, and eggs other than chicken eggs.
(e) Leaker trays shall be made of such
				material and design as to be conducive to easy cleaning and
				sanitizing.
(f) Containers made of
				a material and design conducive to easy cleaning and sanitizing shall be
				provided for inedible eggs. All such containers shall be conspicuously
				marked.
(g) Containers made of a
				material and design conducive to easy cleaning and sanitizing shall be provided
				for trash unless clean disposable containers are furnished daily.
(h) Shell egg conveyors shall be constructed
				so that they can be thoroughly cleaned.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D6 - Candling and transfer room: Cleanliness

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Candling and
				transfer rooms shall be kept clean and free from cobwebs, dust, objectionable
				odors and excess packing materials.
(b) Floors, benches and conveyors shall be
				cleaned as often as necessary to maintain a clean operation but at least once
				daily.
(c) Mechanical candling
				machines shall be maintained in a clean condition during operations.
(d) Containers for trash and inedible eggs
				shall be removed from the candling room as often as necessary but at least once
				daily and shall be cleaned and treated in such a manner as will avoid off odors
				or objectionable conditions in the plant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Standards for Egg Room Sanitation › Section 22-324-D7 - Cooler room requirements. Shell egg protecting and cleaning operations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Cooler room requirements:
Shell eggs shall be held under refrigeration meeting the following
				requirements:
(1) Cooler rooms shall have
				refrigeration facilities capable of reducing within forty-eight hours and
				holding the maximum volume of eggs handled to 45°F. or below. Accurate
				thermometers shall be provided.
(2)
				Cooler rooms shall be free from objectionable odors and from mold and shall be
				maintained in a sanitary condition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324a - Disposal of Dead Poultry › Section 22-324a-2 - Acceptable methods

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A disposal pit
			 shall be so constructed as to be vermin proof, with tight fitting covers, and
			 large enough to accommodate daily disposal and comply with the public health
			 code of the state of Connecticut. No disposal pit shall be constructed within
			 seventy-five feet of a well or spring or within fifty feet of a place of human
			 habitation nor shall it be constructed within fifty feet of a tributary of a
			 water supply reservoir or any ground or surface water drain tributary to such
			 reservoir. No disposal pit shall be located within ten feet of a lot line or
			 within twenty-five feet of any stream, pond, lake or tidal water except by
			 specific approval by the local director of health having jurisdiction. The
			 bottom of any such pit shall be at least eighteen inches above maximum ground
			 water level. The minimum size pit for one thousand birds shall be ninety-six
			 cubic feet. The recommended capacity for ten thousand birds is six hundred
			 forty cubic feet.
(b) Incineration
			 shall be by continuous firing, and complete destruction of the soft tissues
			 shall be accomplished.
(c) Burying
			 shall be permitted only in case of an emergency. At least two feet of earth
			 shall be used for covering the dead birds.
(d) No other form of disposal shall be
			 utilized without the permission of the commissioner of agriculture and natural
			 resources.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 326c - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-326c-1 - Appraisal

Current through July 10, 2024
Poultry, carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or
				articles required to be destroyed in accordance with Section
				22-324-10
				shall be appraised by two appraisers, one chosen by the Commissioner and one
				chosen by the owner. If they are unable to agree upon the value of such
				property, each shall choose an arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so chosen
				shall choose a third, and the three arbitrators so chosen or a majority of the
				three arbitrators so chosen shall be approved by the
				Commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 326c - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-326c-2 - Payment

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A claim for payment for destruction of
			 poultry, carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles must be
			 presented to the Director of the Task Force before payment will be made. The
			 claimant must state whether the items for which payment is requested are, or
			 are not, subject to a mortgage, lien, or other security or beneficial interest
			 held by any person other than the claimant. If the claimant is the owner and
			 states that there is no mortgage, lien, or other such interest on the items,
			 payment will be made to the owner. If the claimant states that there is a
			 mortgage, lien, or other such interest, a VS form 1-23 shall be signed by the
			 claimant and by each person holding a mortgage, lien, or other such interest on
			 the items, consenting to the payment of any indemnity allowed to the person
			 specified thereon and payment will be made to such person. All payments are
			 dependent upon the availability of funds appropriated to the Department of
			 Agriculture for the payment of compensation pursuant to Connecticut General
			 Statutes Section
			 22-326c.
(b) No payment shall be made unless all
			 conditions for release of quarantine in Section 22-324-10c and
			 22-324-11,
			 and Sections
			 22-326c-1
			 and 22-326c-2 of these regulations are met.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of sections 22-332b-1 to
				22-332b-11,
				inclusive, the following definitions shall apply: "Hospital" means any
				institution for the medical care of human patients licensed under sections
				19-31 to 19-42, inclusive, of the general statutes. "Educational institution"
				means a college or university licensed and accredited to confer academic
				degrees under the provisions of the general statutes, or a school, institute or
				academy of any kind giving instruction requiring use of dogs. "Laboratory"
				means any other facility utilizing living dogs for medical or biological
				research or study. "Medical or biological teaching" shall include instruction
				in any subject under circumstances involving surgical manipulation of living
				dogs, administration to dogs of drugs, anaesthetic or toxic substances, or the
				subjection of dogs to unusual physical, environmental, psychological or
				nutritional stress or stimulus. "Research or study" means subjection of living
				dogs to experimental procedures involving surgery, administration of drugs,
				anaesthetic or toxic substances, or the application of unusual physical,
				environmental, nutritional or psychological stress or
				stimulus.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-2 - Eligibility for license to procure and use dogs

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall be eligible to apply for a license to procure
				or use any living dog for medical or biological teaching, research or study
				except the owner or authorized and responsible agent of a hospital, educational
				institution or laboratory.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-3 - Exemptions

Current through July 10, 2024
A person, firm or corporation engaged in the care, breeding,
				training or use of living dogs under the provisions of the general statutes
				pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine or to the operation of a
				kennel or pet shop shall be exempt from the provisions of sections
				22-332b-1
				to
				22-332b-11,
				inclusive, unless engaged in an activity which, in the judgment of the
				commissioner of health, falls within the meaning of research or study as
				defined above.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-4 - Application for license

Current through July 10, 2024
Application for a license to procure or use living dogs for
				medical or biological teaching, research or study shall be made on forms
				procurable from the state department of health and shall be made by an
				authorized and responsible agent of the hospital, educational institution or
				laboratory proposing to engage in such activity. Each application shall contain
				the name of the facility and its address, a description of the land, buildings,
				equipment and facilities available, a description of the nature of the proposed
				uses of living dogs, the location of such activity and such other data as may
				be required by the commissioner of health. Such application shall further
				designate the person or persons who shall be responsible for compliance with
				the provisions of sections
				22-332b-1
				to
				22-332b-11,
				inclusive, and shall set forth pertinent data concerning qualifications of such
				person or persons.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-6 - Issuance or denial of license

Current through July 10, 2024
Issuance of a license shall be dependent upon presentation by
				the applicant of evidence acceptable to the commissioner of health that the
				proposed teaching, research or study program is designed to impart or elicit
				knowledge or understanding of the problems of human or animal health and that
				the use of living dogs in such program is essential. If, after investigation,
				it is found that this evidence is not sufficient or it is found that the
				applicant does not have facilities and personnel adequate for reasonable
				compliance with standards hereinafter set forth, the application will be denied
				and the applicant informed in writing of the reasons for such
				denial.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-7 - Revocation or suspension of license

Current through July 10, 2024
When investigation or inspection discloses that a licensee has
				failed to maintain substantial compliance with standards set forth in sections
				22-332b-1
				to
				22-332b-11,
				inclusive, or has wilfully and materially failed to comply with the provisions
				of any law or regulation relating to the acquisition, housing and care of dogs,
				his license may be suspended or revoked after written notice from the
				commissioner of health. Within ten days after receipt of a notice of intent to
				suspend or revoke a license, the licensee may request a hearing to show cause
				why the license should not be suspended or revoked. If no request for a hearing
				is made within the aforesaid ten days, suspension or revocation of the license,
				at the discretion of the commissioner of health, shall become effective upon
				issuance to the licensee of an order of suspension or revocation accompanied by
				the commissioner's findings and conclusions. In a similar manner, after a
				hearing, suspension or revocation of license shall be effective when in the
				judgment of the commissioner such action is necessary. No facility shall
				procure or use living dogs for medical or biological teaching, research or
				study while its license is suspended or after revocation thereof. Reinstatement
				of a suspended license may be requested after the correction of conditions
				leading to suspension, at which time reinstatement may be granted at the
				discretion of the commissioner when such evidence as he may require indicates
				that acceptable corrective measures have been made effective.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 332b - Use of Living Dogs for Medical or Biological Teaching, Research or Study › Section 22-332b-8 - Renewal of license

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each license
			 shall be renewed annually on or before July first. Application for renewal
			 shall be filed annually before such date and shall be accompanied by the
			 renewal fee.
(b) In addition,
			 renewal of license shall be required at any time when the premises of the
			 facility licensed are to be changed or when there is to be any additional use
			 of living dogs not covered by a license then current. Licenses are not
			 transferable with respect to either condition.