Sec. pants. flocks. hatcheries. dealers. eral. and classification; classification; Subpart A-General Provisions Subpart B-Special Provisions for Egg Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and Products 145.21 Definitions. 145.22 Participation. 145.23 Terminology flocks and products. 145.24 Terminology States. and classification; and classification; 8 145.1 Definitions. Words used in this part in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this part the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: (a) Plan. The provisions of the National Poultry Improvement Plan contained in this part. (b) Person. A natural person, firm, or corporation. (c) Department. The U.S. Department of Agriculture. (d) Service. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, of the Department. (e) State. Any State, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. (f) Official State Agency. The State authority recognized by the Department to cooperate in the administration of the Plan. (g) State Inspector. Any person employed or authorized under $ 145.11(b) to perform functions under this part. (h) Authorized Agent. Any person designated under $ 145.11(a) to perform functions under this part. (1) Affiliated flockowner. ' A flockowner who is participating in the Plan through an agreement with a participating hatchery. (j) Flock-(1) As applied to breeding. All poultry of one kind of mating (breed and variety or combination of stocks) and of one classification on one farm; and classification; and classification; classification; and classification; Subpart E-Special Provisions for Waterfowl, Flocks and Products 145.51 Definitions. a participa werstandi wwn and (2) As applied to disease control. All ic strain or trade name and who au- u. of the poultry on one farm except thorizes other hatcheries to producers? that, at the discretion of the Official and sell products under this same na bat State Agency, any group of poultry strain or trade name. which is segregated from another (w) Franchise hatchery. A hatchery, MA group and has been so segregated for a which has been authorized by a franperiod of at least 21 days may be con- chise breeder to produce and sell prod. izd. sidered as a separate flock. ucts under the breeder's strain or man (k) Hatchery. Hatchery equipment trade name. on one premises operated or controlled (x) Pullorum disease or pullorum. A : China by any person for the production of disease of poultry caused by Salmonelbaby poultry. la pullorum. (1) Poultry. Domesticated fowl, in (y) Fowl typhoid or typhoid. A dis- se to the cluding chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, ease of poultry caused by Salmonella set :o and game birds, except doves and pi gallinarum. geons, which are bred for the primary purpose of producing eggs or meat. (z) S. typhimurium infection or ty- to the ar (m) Domesticated. Propagated and phimurium. A disease of poultry Fin the S maintained under the control of a caused by Salmonella typhimurium or the provis person. S. typhimurium var. copenhagen. (n) Products. Poultry breeding stock (aa) Official supervision-(1) As apand hatching eggs, baby poultry, and plied to Plan programs. The direction, itdial started poultry. inspection, and critical evaluation by (0) Baby poultry. Newly hatched the Official State Agency of compli- ein ano poultry (chicks, poults, ducklings, gos ance with the provisions of the Plan; lings, keets, etc.) that have not been (2) As applied to non-Plan but equivo u detivere fed or watered. alent State poultry improvement pro ris rega (p) Started poultry. Young poultry grams. The direction, inspection, and (chicks, pullets, cockerels, capons, critical evaluation by an officer or poults, ducklings, goslings, keets, etc.) agency of a State government, of comthat have been fed and watered and pliance with a publicly announced are less than 6 months of age. State poultry improvement program. (q) Strain. Poultry breeding stock tory designated by an Official State at the E (bb) Authorized laboratory. A laborabearing a given name produced by a breeder through at least five genera Agency, subject to review by the Servtions of closed flock breeding. ice, to perform the blood testing and (r) Stock. A term used to identify the bacteriological examinations provided progeny of a specific breeding combi for in this part. nation within a species of poultry. (cc) Salmonella. Any of the species These breeding combinations may in of the bacteria belonging to the Salclude pure strains, strain crosses, monella genus, except that members of the arizona group are not included 12. D breed crosses, or combinations thereof. (s) Primary breeding flock. A flock in this definition. composed of one or more generations (dd) Colon bacilli. For the purpose that is maintained for the purpose of of this chapter, those organisms which establishing, continuing, or improving are gram negative, non spore-forming parent lines. bacilli, which ferment lactose with gas (t) Multiplier breeding flock. A flock formation, and serve as an index of that is intended for the production of fecal contamination. hatching eggs used for the purpose of (ee) Equivalent or equivalent reproducing progeny for commercial egg quirements. Requirements which are or meat production or for other non- equal to the program, conditions, cribreeding purposes. teria, or classifications with which (u) Trade name or number. A name compared, as determined by the Offior number compatible with State and cial State Agency and with the concurFederal laws and regulations applied rence of the Service. to a specified stock or product thereof. (ff) Sexual Maturity. The average (V) Franchise breeder. A breeder who age at which a species of poultry is normally sells products under a specif- biologically capable of reproduction. adopt ! agen -(1) Ating. and 136 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 Plan when he has demonstrated, to to prock FR 13706, May 24, 1973; 41 FR 14256, Apr. the satisfaction of the Official State 2, 1976; 41 FR 48723, Nov. 5, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, and Agency, that his facilities, personnel, A hatce amended at 47 FR 21991, May 20, 1982) and practices are adequate for carry. ing out the applicable provisions of $145.2 Administration. the Plan, and has signed an agreement ed sell pri with the Official State Agency to stra (a) The Department cooperates comply with the general and the appli through a Memorandum of Underpulloro: standing with Official State Agencies cable specific provisions of the Plan Salme in the administration of the Plan. and any regulations of the Official State Agency under $ 145.2. Affiliated (b) The administrative procedures flockowners may participate without coid and decisions of the Official State signing an agreement with the Official Valmis Agency are subject to review by the State Agency. Service. The Official State Agency (b) Each participant shall comply tion or shall carry out the administration of POLE the Plan within the State according to with the Plan throughout the operatthe applicable provisions of the Plan ing year of the Official State Agency, and the Memorandum of Understand or until released by such Agency. (c) A participant in any State shall (C) An Official State Agency may participate with all of his poultry luation accept for participation an affiliated hatching egg supply flocks and hatchof com flock located in another State under a ery operations within such State. He mutual understanding and agreement, shall report to the Official State in writing, between the two Official Agency on NPIP Form 3B or through State Agencies regarding conditions of other appropriate means each breedtion 3 participation and supervision. ing flock before the birds reach 24 (d) The Official State Agency of any weeks of age. This report will include: TAO! NC State may, except as limited by (1) Name and address of flockowner; $145.3(), adopt regulations applicable (2) Flock location and designation; to the administration of the plan in (3) Type: Primary or Multiplier; (4) Breed, variety, strain, or trade name of stock; higher standards compatible with the (5) Source of males; (6) Source of females; (Approved by the Office of Management (7) Number of birds in the flock; and and Budget under control number 0579 (8) Intended classification of flock. (d) No person shall be compelled by the Official State Agency to qualify 138 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, and amended at products for any of the other classifications described in 8 145.10 as a condition of qualification for the U.S. Pul lorum-Typhoid Clean classification. (a) Any person producing or dealing (e) Participation in the Plan shall in products may participate in the entitle the participant to use the Plan des emblem reproduced below: me Play but ega's menti officers' Plan. 0007) 48 FR 57473, Dec. 30, 1983) 8 145.3 Participation. omla Ith a The proced d be conside * kept free hapa of incu * kept clear Agency and approval of the Service, PT. Provided. 22 Dec. 3, 1971, signed a permanent approval number i May 2, 1973. R by the Service. This number, prefaced by the numerical code of the State, marie provisio will be the official approval number of themes the participant and may be used on each certificate, invoice, shipping label, or other document used by the be kept i participant in the sale of his products. cable to tu Each Official State Agency which requires an approval or permit number through 141 for out-of-State participants to ship into its State should honor this was complia number. The approval number shall be minim be withdrawn when the participant no se to sanit longer qualifies for participation in the the Plan. NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN (Approved by the Office of Management skills FIGURE 1. and Budget under control number 0579- (44 U.S.C. 3506) (Approved by the Office of Management (36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 botine hatic and Budget under control number 0579 FR 13706, May 24, 1973; 41 FR 48723, Nov. thall be ke 0007) (36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 40 5, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. FR 1500, Jan. 8, 1975. Redesignated at 44 26, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 21991, May FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979 and amended at 48 20, 1982; 48 FR 57473, Dec. 30, 1983) FR 57473, Dec. 30, 1983) 8 145.5 Specific provisions for participat- lentile 8 145.4 General provisions for all partici ing flocks. pants. (a) Poultry equipment, and poultry (a) Records of purchases and sales houses and the land in the immediate and the identity of products handled vicinity thereof, shall be kept in sanishall be maintained in a manner satis tary condition as recommended in factory to the Official State Agency. $ $ 147.21 and 147.22 (a) and (e) of this (b) Products, records of sales and chapter. The participating flock, its purchase of products, and material eggs, and all equipment used in conused to advertise products shall be nection with the flock shall be sepasubject to inspection by the Official rated from nonparticipating flocks, in State Agency at any time. a manner acceptable to the Official (c) Advertising must be in accord State Agency. ance with the Plan, and applicable (b) All flocks shall consist of rules and regulations of the Official healthy, normal individuals characterState Agency and the Federal Trade istic of the breed, variety, cross, or Commission. A participant advertising other combination which they are products &s being of any official classi- stated to represent. fication may include in his advertising (c) A flock shall be deemed to be a reference to associated or franchised participating flock at any time only if hatcheries only when such hatcheries it has qualified for the U.S. Pullorum. produce the same kind of products of Typhoid Clean classification, as prethe same classification. scribed in Subparts B, C, D, or E of (d) Participants may not buy, sell, or this part. receive for any purpose products from (d) Each bird shall be identified with nonparticipants, Provided, That with a sealed and numbered band obtained the permission of the Official State through or approved by the Official be trayed and the baby poultry boxed with a view to uniformity of size. (e) All hatcheries within a State which are operated under the ownership or management of the same person or persons or related corporations shall participate in the Plan if any of them are to participate. State Agency: Provided, That excep- ing hatcheries. 8 145.7 Specific provisions for participat ing dealers. Dealers in poultry breeding stock, hatching eggs, or baby or started poultry shall comply with all provisions in this part which apply to their operations. honor mbe? ticipants cipatia and eggshells. umber (2) Tops of incubators and hatchers dust. 53] State Agency nimedia unded 8 145.8 Terminology and classification; general. (a) The official classification terms defined in $ $ 145.9 and 145.10 and the various designs illustrative of the official classifications reproduced in $ 145.10 may be used only by participants and to describe products that have met all the specific requirements of such classifications. (b) Products produced under the Plan shall lose their identity under Plan terminology when they are purchased for resale by or consigned to nonparticipants. (c) Participating flocks, their eggs, and the baby and started poultry produced from them may be designated by their strain or trade name. When a breeder's trade name or strain designation is used, the participant shall be able by records to substantiate that the products so designated are from flocks that are composed of either birds hatched from eggs produced under the direct supervision of the breeder of such strain, or stock multiplied by persons designated and so reported by the breeder to each Official State Agency concerned. 8 145.9 Terminology and classification; hatcheries and dealers. Participating hatcheries and dealers shall be designated as "National Plan Hatchery” and "National Plan Dealer”, respectively. All Official State Agencies shall be notified by the Service of additions, withdrawals, and changes in classification. (4) Hatchery residue, such as egg- , infertile eggs, and dead germs, (c) All baby and started poultry of- (d) Eggs incubated shall be sound in shell, typical for the breed, variety, strain, or cross thereof and reasonably uniform in shape. Hatching eggs shall ock Ollik ter. State Agency. tion represented. 33-023 0-84-–32 |