$ 145.11 a Blood tes and samples uit by an aspector i laborat antigen, lor Sale tests ior the mic or th en used 26, 1979, and amended at 45 FR 10315, Feb. or not the flock and premises are in 15, 1980; 47 FR 21991, May 20, 1982] compliance with the provisions in $ 145.5(a) and (b). $ 145.11 Supervision. (a) The Official State Agency may (36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 40 designate qualified persons as Author FR 1501, Jan. 8, 1975. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979) ized Agents to do the sample collecting and blood testing provided for in 8 145.13 Debarment from participation. $ 145.14 and the selecting required for the U.S. Approved classification pro Participants in the Plan, who after vided for in § 145.53(a). investigation by the Official State (b) The Official State Agency shall Agency or its representative, are notiemploy or authorize qualified persons fied of their apparent noncompliance as State Inspectors to perform or su- with the Plan provisions or regulapervise the performance of the select- tions of the Official State Agency, ing and testing of participating flocks, shall be afforded a reasonable time, as and to perform the official inspections specified by the Official State Agency, necessary to verify compliance with within which to demonstrate or the requirements of the Plan. achieve compliance. If compliance is (c) Authorities issued under the pro- not demonstrated or achieved within visions of this section shall be subject the specified time, the Official State to cancellation by the official State Agency may debar the participant agency on the grounds of incompe- from further participation in the Plan tence or failure to comply with the for such period, or indefinitely, as the provisions of the Plan or regulations Agency may deem appropriate. The of the official State agency. Such ac- debarred participant shall be afforded tions shall not be taken until a thor- notice of the bases for the debarment ough investigation has been made by and opportunity to present his views the official State agency and the au- with respect to the debarment in acthorized person has been given notice cordance with procedures adopted by of the proposed action and the basis the Official State Agency. The Official therefor and an opportunity to State Agency shall thereupon decide present his views. whether the debarment order shall (36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 continue in effect. Such decision shall FR 13706, May 24, 1973; 41 FR 48723, Nov. be final unless the debarred partici. 5, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. pant, within 30 days after the issuance 26, 1979) of the debarment order, requests the Administrator to determine the eligi. 8 145.12 Inspections. bility of the debarred participant for (a) Each participating hatchery participation in the Plan. In such shall be inspected a sufficient number event the Administrator shall deterof times each year to satisfy the Offi- mine the matter de novo in accordance cial State Agency that the operations with 88 50.21 through 50.28-14 and of the hatchery are in compliance $ $ 50.30 through 50.33 of the rules of with the provisions of the Plan. practice in 7 CFR Part 50, which are (b) Each year at least 15 percent of hereby made applicable to proceedings the independent flocks and the affili- before the Administrator under this ated flocks of each hatchery shall be section. The definitions in 7 CFR inspected by a State Inspector. Each 50.2(e),(g),(h), and (1) and the followinspection shall include the examina ing definitions shall apply with respect tion of a sufficient number of males to terms used in such rules of practice: and females and, in flocks qualified for (a) "Administrator” means the Adparticipation by the whole-blood test, ministrator, Animal and Plant Health the blood testing of a sufficient Inspection Service of the U.S. Departnumber of birds to determine whether ment of Agriculture or any officer or the work of the Authorized Agent was employee to whom authority has heresatisfactory and that the flock is quali tofore been delegated or to whom au. fied for participation. The State In thority may hereafter be delegated to spector shall also determine whether act in his stead. gency, ne, as Encs , € OP nice is within State cipant Plan es the orded ument views in & ed by (36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 this flock, or any other flock on the FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, and amended at 47 same premises during the next 12 FR 21991, May 20, 1982) months, shall be based on the testing of all birds. Such testing shall be conducted by or directly supervised by a State Inspector. (6) All domesticated fowl, except waterfowl, on the farm of the participant shall either be properly tested to meet the same standards as the participating flock or these birds and their eggs shall be separated from the participating flock and its eggs. (7) All tests with Salmonella antigens of flocks participating in or candidates for participation in the Plan shall be reported to the Official State Agency within 10 days following the completion of such tests. All reactors shall be considered in determining the classification of the flock. (8) Reactors shall be submitted to a laboratory for autopsy and bacteriological examination. All reactors in a flock if there are 4 or less reactors shall be submitted to a laboratory designated by the Official State Agency for bacteriological examination, as described in § 147.11 of this chapter: Provided, That if more than 4 reactors are found, a minimum of 4 birds shall be submitted. The recommended minimum procedure for bacteriological examination is described in § 147.11. When reactors are submitted within 10 days from date of reading the test and the bacteriological examination fails to demonstrate infection of the serotype for which the test was conducted, the flock shall be deemed to have had no reactors to the specified test. (9) Any drug, for which there is scientific evidence of masking the test reaction or hindering the bacteriological recovery of Salmonella organisms, shall not be fed or administered to poultry within 3 weeks prior to a test or bacteriological examination upon which a Salmonella classification is based. (10) When suitable evidence, as determined by the Official State Agency or the State Animal Disease Control Official, indicates that baby or started poultry produced by participating hatcheries are infected with organisms for which the parent flock received an official control classification and this decide shal shall 8145.14 Blood testing. Blood samples for official tests shall (a) For Salmonella. (1) The official (4) Poultry must be more than 4 Salmonella antigen. such deter dant hort Adit That alte hi and produ the reso in this evidence indicates that the infection (Approved by the Office of Management was transmitted from the parent flock, and Budget under control number 0579the Official State Agency may, at its 0007) discretion, require additional testing [36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 of the flock involved. If infection is FR 13706, May 24, 1973; 40 FR 1501, Jan. 8, found in the parent flock, its classifi 1975; 41 FR 48723, Nov. 5, 1976. Redesignatcation shall be suspended until the ed at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, and amend ed at 45 FR 10315, Feb. 15, 1980; 47 FR flock is requalified under the require. 21991, May 20, 1982; 48 FR 57473, Dec. 30, ments for the classification. Further 1983) more, the Official State Agency may require that the hatching eggs from such flocks be removed from the incu Subpart B-Special Provisions for Egg bator and destroyed prior to hatching. Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and When Salmonella or Arizona orga Products nisms are isolated from a specimen which originated in a participating 8 145.21 Definitions. hatchery, the Official State Agency Except where the context otherwise shall attempt to locate the source of requires, for the purposes of this subthe infection. The results of the inves- part the following terms shall be contigation and the action taken to elimi strued, respectively, to mean: nate the infection shall be reported by (a) Egg type chicken breeding flocks. the Official State Agency to the Sery- Flocks that are composed of stock that ice. has been developed for egg production (b) For M. gallisepticum and M. syn and are maintained for the principal oviae. (1) The official blood test for M. purpose of producing chicks for the ulgallisepticum or M. synoviae shall be timate production of eggs for human either the serum plate agglutination consumption. test, the tube agglutination test, the (b) Chicks. Newly hatched chickens hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test, which have not been fed or watered. or a combination of two or more of (c) Started chickens. Young chickens these tests. The HI test shall be used (chicks, pullets, cockerels, capons) to confirm the positive results of other which have been fed and watered and serological tests. HI titers of 1:40 or are less than 6 months of age. less may be interpreted as equivocal, and final judgment may be based on [36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 FR 13707, May 24, 1973; 41 FR 48723, Nov. further samplings and/or culture of 5, 1976. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. reactors. 26, 1979) (2) The tests shall be conducted using M. gallisepticum or M. synoviae 8 145.22 Participation. antigens approved by the Department Participating flocks of egg type or the Official State Agency and shall chickens, and the eggs and chicks probe performed in accordance with the duced from them, shall comply with recommendations of the producer of the applicable general provisions of the antigen. Subpart A of this part and the special (3) When reactors to the test for provisions of this Subpart B. which the flock was tested are submit (a) The minimum weight of hatchted to a laboratory as prescribed by ing eggs sold shall be 11412 ounces the Official State Agency, the criteria each, except as otherwise specified by found in $ 147.6 shall be used in deter the purchaser of the eggs. mining the final status of the flock. (b) Mediterranean breed eggs shall (4) Any drug, for which there is sci be reasonably free from tints. entific evidence of masking the test reaction or hindering the bacteriological recovery of mycoplasma organisms, shall not be fed or administered to poultry within three weeks prior to a $ 145.5(a). test or bacteriological examination upon which a Mycoplasma classification is based. (c) Started chickens shall lose their identity under Plan terminology when not maintained by Plan participants under the conditions prescribed in (d) Hatching eggs produced by primary breeding flocks shall be fumigated according to the procedures de |