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Poultry Service Industry Biosecurity Guide
3. Roles and Responsibilities

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The producer is responsible for developing and implementing a proactive farm-level biosecurity plan.

Guidance documents such as the National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard and the General Producer Guide provide recommendations and best practices to proactive management of poultry health through a series of minimum procedure guidelines for biosecurity. These guidelines have been developed to assist producers in developing their premises-specific biosecurity plan.

The service sector is an integral part of the day-to-day operation of any continuum of biosecurity interventions to protect Canada's animal resource base. Communication exchange is the responsibility of both the service provider, and the individual or industry representative who is requesting, or accountable for, the provision of service. The premises-specific biosecurity protocols should be communicated either by the representative or the producer. Service sector personnel are responsible for the following:

Biosecurity Plan

Scheduling Service Activities

Records

Communications

Lead by example. Encourage the uptake and implementation of biosecurity practices within industry by practising sound biosecurity.

It is recognized that some of the roles and responsibilities are dependent upon the producer communicating and on infrastructure availability. Where best practices cannot be employed it is necessary for the producer and service provider to discuss how the risks can be managed.

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