| Legislative： |
1.Promulgated on March 15, 2023
2.Amended on July 26, 2023 |
| Content： |
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 Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter
referred to as the MOA), 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 MOA for adding and regaining the
designation according to the Operation Directions. For the
application of the DE(s) which is conducted assessment and
approved by the MOA 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 or observed establishments
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 Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Agency (hereinafter referred to as APHIA).
3.1 The DE(s) will be added to the list after the MOA’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 MOA assesses that
it is required by the domestic industry.
3.1.3 The previous qualified importing record is confirmed by APHIA.
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 MOA 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 Health 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 APHIA.
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 suspension of the DE(s) information of WAHIS, of the website
of the exporting country, or the application of the exporting
country has been reviewed and confirmed by APHIA 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 apply 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. |