Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 324 - Control of Avian Disease › Section 22-324-10 - Disposal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Whenever the Director of the Task Force
			 finds that any poultry upon any premises in Connecticut are or have been
			 infected with or exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza, or that any
			 carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, or other products or articles were so related
			 to such poultry as to be likely to be a means of disseminating the disease, the
			 Director of the Task Force will order the owner thereof, or the owner's agent
			 in possession thereof, to maintain them in quarantine on such premises for such
			 period and dispose of them within such time, and in such manner as the Director
			 of the Task Force shall prescribe in accordance with Section
			 22-324
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The order shall be served upon the owner
			 of the poultry, carcasses or parts thereof, egg products or articles, or the
			 owner's agent, in person by a Federal inspector appointed as an employee of the
			 Connecticut Department of Agriculture or by a State inspector. If the owner or
			 the owner's agent does not comply with such order, after such notice thereof,
			 the Director of the Task Force may seize, quarantine, and dispose of the
			 poultry carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles as provided in
			 Section
			 22-324
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) When any poultry, carcasses or parts
			 thereof, eggs, products, or articles are ordered to be quarantined on any
			 premises under paragraph(s) of this section, they shall not be moved from such
			 premises unless authorized by the Director of the Task Force.
(c) A premises quarantine shall remain in
			 effect until the following conditions are met:
(1) All poultry on such premises are
			 depopulated;
(2) All carcasses and
			 parts thereof from the depopulated poultry, and any other poultry carcasses and
			 parts thereof, eggs, products, and articles so related to the depopulated
			 poultry as to be likely to be a means of disseminating highly pathogenic avian
			 influenza, and disposed of by incineration, rendering, burial in a landfill or
			 other place, or by such other means as the Commissioner determines would be
			 adequate to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (the
			 incinerator, rendering facility, place of burial, or other place of disposal
			 must have equipment and use procedures that are determined by the Commissioner
			 to be adequate to prevent the dissemination of highly pathogenic avian
			 influenza and must comply with the applicable laws for environmental
			 protection);
(3) The premises are
			 found by a Federal or State inspector to have been cleaned and disinfected in
			 accordance with Section
			 22-324-11
			 after the carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles are disposed
			 of as specified in paragraph (c) (2) of this section;
(4) No live poultry are taken onto the
			 premises for a 30-day period after the premises have been found to meet the
			 cleaning and disinfection provisions of paragraph (c) (3) of this section, and
			 for any additional time period determined necessary by the Director of the Task
			 Force to insure that the premises are free of highly pathogenic avian
			 influenza; and
(5) The Director of
			 the Task Force has determined (by means which may include testing with test
			 birds and evaluation of epidemiological conditions) the highly pathogenic avian
			 influenza has been eradicated and that the premises can be safely
			 repopulated.