New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 3 - LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY IMPORTATION › Subchapter 7 - POULTRY AND HATCHING EGG IMPORTATION › Section 2:3-7.1 - Compliance with subchapter and importation requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In addition to the general requirements for importation, 2:3-1.1 through 1.6, no poultry or hatching eggs shall be moved into New Jersey except in conformity with the specific requirements of this subchapter, and N.J.A.C. 2:9, Avian Influenza.
(b) For purposes of this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
1. "Auction market" means a business where producers, wholesalers, poultry distributor/dealers and retailers meet to purchase, trade or sell poultry.
2. "Avian Influenza" means both Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) as defined by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) "Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, Twelfth Edition, 2023," as amended and supplemented, which is herein adopted and incorporated by reference, or any Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) subtype H5 or H7 that falls outside the parameters of the definition for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
i. A copy of this document may be procured online at
http://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/A_summr y.htm
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ii. A copy of this document is on file in the State Veterinarian's Office, Division of Animal Health, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, NJPHEAL, 3 Schwarzkopf Drive, Ewing, NJ 08628.
3. "Breeding flock" means a flock that is intended for the production of hatching eggs.
4. "Flock" means a group of poultry, held separately from other poultry, which have been housed together for at least 21 days, without any additional poultry being added to the flock during the 21-day period.
5. "Live poultry market" means a facility or operation which offers poultry for sale and on-site slaughter.
6. "Poultry" means chickens, turkeys, guineafowl, peafowl, quail, grouse, chukars, pheasant, ratites and waterfowl, regardless of age or gender, with the exception of doves and pigeons.
7. "Poultry distributor/dealer" means a business that trades poultry in the live poultry market system by acquiring poultry from auction markets, multiple flocks and/or multiple geographic areas.
8. "Poultry inspection certificate" means a document issued by a State agency based on negative Avian Influenza test results by an approved laboratory. The certificate shall include:
i. The full name and address of the origin of the poultry;
ii. The type and quantity of poultry being moved;
iii. The date of issue and expiration date of the certificate;
iv. The dates, results and lab accession number(s) of qualifying tests; and
v. A statement verifying that the identified poultry have been co-mingled for a minimum of 21 days and no poultry have been added to the flock during this 21-day period prior to testing in accordance with 2:3-7.4(e)  1 through 4.
9. "Poultry invoice" means a document issued by a poultry distributor/dealer. The invoice shall include:
i. The full name and address of the poultry distributor/dealer;
ii. The type and quantity of poultry being moved;
iii. The date of movement;
iv. Proof of negative avian influenza status consistent with 2:3-7.4(e)1  through 4; and
v. The name and address of the live poultry market.
10. "Poultry waste" shall include, but not be limited to, poultry offal, poultry manure, poultry litter or egg shells.