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
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:3-7.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 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.
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.
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