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1.Promulgated on March 15, 2023 |
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1.The Operation Directions are enacted to add, suspend and regain
the designation of the designated establishments (hereinafter
referred to as DE(s)) by the Council of Agriculture, Executive
Yuan (hereinafter referred to as the COA), and pursuant to the
Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the “Regulations
for the Importation of Objects Subject to Animal Quarantine”.
2.The government of the exporting country, the domestic associations
or the importers apply to the COA for adding and regaining the
designation according to the Operation Directions (application
form as Attachment 1). For the application of the DE(s) which
is conducted assessment and approved by the COA to ensure the
DE(s) is able to prevent the risk of highly pathogenic avian
influenza (hereinafter refer to as HPAI) from being introduced
to this country, the DE(s) will be listed as qualified
establishments (Table.1) or observed establishments (Table.2)
according to Article 3 of the Operation Directions, and will
be added to the list of the DE(s) for day-old poultry and
fertilized eggs published on the website of the Bureau of Animal
and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred
to as BAPHIQ).
3.1 The DE(s) will be added to the list after the COA’s review,
which comply with all of the following requirements:
3.1.1 No cases of HPAI have been occurred in the past 6 months in
the DE(s).
3.1.2 The Department of Animal Industry of the COA assesses that
it is required by the domestic industry (Attachment 2).
3.1.3 The previous qualified importing record is confirmed by
BAPHIQ.
3.2 The DE(s) that have exported day-old poultry and fertilized
eggs to this country with qualified importing records will be
listed as qualified establishments. The DE(s) that has no
importing records will be listed as observed establishments.
4.The COA will immediately suspend the designation of the DE(s)
from exporting day-old poultry or fertilized eggs when one of
the following conditions are met:
4.1 The information from the World Animal Information System (WAHIS)
of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the website
of the exporting country or other countries shows that there
is an HPAI outbreak in the DE(s).
4.2 This country received notification of HPAI outbreak in the
DE(s) from the competent authority of the exporting country.
4.3 Any non-compliance of the import quarantine requirements is
found by BAPHIQ.
4.4 The exporting country does not cooperate in conducting the
on-site audit for the DE(s).
5. The DE(s) will be regained their designation by complying with
one of the following requirements:
5.1 The information of WAHIS, of the website of the exporting
country, or the application of the exporting country has been
reviewed and confirmed by BAPHIQ demonstrating that after
completing the culling, cleaning and disinfection for the last
case, the DE(s) has been free from HPAI for at least 28 days
(wild bird cases are not applicable).
5.2 The on-site audit of the DE(s) has been completed and the
result(s) demonstrates that the DE(s) complies with the
relevant import quarantine requirements.
6.This country may conduct on-site audit of the DE(s) when one
of the following conditions are met:
6.1 There is suspicion about the HPAI outbreak or the biosecurity
management in the DE(s).
6.2 Due to the HPAI outbreak in the DE(s), the DE(s) has been
suspended for exporting day-old poultry or fertilized eggs to
this country in accordance with Article 4 of the Operation
Directions, but intend to pply for regaining the designation.
6.3 The DE(s) does not meet the relevant import quarantine
requirements and has been suspended for exporting day-old
poultry or fertilized eggs to this country in accordance with
Article 4 of the Operation Directions, but intend to apply
for regaining the designation.
6.4 The DE(s) applies for listing as qualified establishments or
observed establishments.
7. During the period from the application for the quarantine
inspection of importation of day-old poultry and fertilized
eggs to the completion of post-entry quarantine, if HPAI
outbreak is suspected in the DE(s), the sampling of 15
individuals for HPAI testing as enhanced quarantine measure
shall be conducted. |