Chapter 9 - Emergency Situations

Table of Contents

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Contingency Planning
  • 9.2.1 Contact List
  • 9.2.2 Site Plan and Map of Facility
  • 9.2.3 Outline of System to Track Livestock and Products
  • 9.2.4 Cleaning and Disinfection Resources
  • 9.2.5 Resources for the Disposal of Carcasses, Wastes and Animal Products
  • 9.2.6 First Recognition Procedures
  • 9.2.7 Sample Collection and Submission
  • 9.2.8 Clean-up and Disinfection Procedures
  • 9.2.9 Investigation While Awaiting Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 9.2.10 Bio-security and Personal Protective Equipment
  • 9.2.11 Signatures
  • 9.2.12 Role of the Veterinarian in Charge
  • 9.2.13 Role of the Operator
• 9.3 Response
  • 9.3.1 Low Risk vs High Risk
    • 9.3.1.1 Low Risk
    • 9.3.1.2 High Risk
  • 9.3.2 Time of Detection of a Foreign Animal Disease
    • 9.3.2.1 Detection During Ante mortem Examination
    • 9.3.2.2 Detection During Post mortem Examination
  • 9.3.3 Initial Response - Communication, Control and Quarantine, Traceback, Sample, Cleaning and Disinfection, Disposal, Record of Activities
    • 9.3.3.1 Notification / Communication
    • 9.3.3.2 Control and Quarantine
    • 9.3.3.3 Traceback
    • 9.3.3.4 Samples
    • 9.3.3.5 Cleaning and Disinfection
    • 9.3.3.6 Disposal
    • 9.3.3.7 Record of Activities
  • 9.3.4 Awaiting Confirmation or Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 9.3.5 Confirmation of Diagnosis
  • 9.3.6 The Role of the Abattoir in the Event an Outbreak Was Detected Somewhere Else
• 9.4 Reportable and Immediately Notifiable Diseases
• 9.5 Guidelines for Dealing With Other Reportable Diseases or Immediately Notifiable Diseases in Registered Slaughter Establishments
  • 9.5.1 Anaplasmosis
  • 9.5.2 Anthrax
    • 9.5.2.1 General
    • 9.5.2.2 Pens and Areas of Possible Contamination
    • 9.5.2.3 Human Contact
    • 9.5.2.4 Cattle and Sheep
    • 9.5.2.5 Swine
  • 9.5.3 Bluetongue
  • 9.5.4 Brucellosis
  • 9.5.5 Cysticercosis
    • 9.5.5.1 Bovine and Ovine Cysticercosis
    • 9.5.5.2 Porcine Cysticercosis
  • 9.5.6 Pullorum Disease
  • 9.5.7 Fowl Typhoid
  • 9.5.8 Glanders
  • 9.5.9 Dourine
  • 9.5.10 Rabies
  • 9.5.11 Trichinosis
  • 9.5.12 Tuberculosis
  • 9.5.13 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Scrapie, and Chronic Wasting Disease
• 9.6 Food Borne Disease Emergency - Recalls
• 9.7 Bio-Terrorism or Tampering
  • 9.7.1 Management of Food Security
  • 9.7.2 Physical Facility
  • 9.7.3 Employees
  • 9.7.4 Computer Systems
  • 9.7.5 Raw Materials and Packaging
  • 9.7.6 Operations
  • 9.7.7 Finished Products
• 9.8 Generic Policy for the Movement of Poultry and Poultry Products Processed in a Federally Registered Establishment Within the Confines of an Identified Area: Consequence of an Outbreak of Notifiable Avian Influenza (NAI) as Defined by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. H5/H7)
  • 9.8.1 Background
  • 9.8.2 Diagnosis of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus in Domestic Poultry
  • 9.8.3 Diagnosis of Low Pathogenicity H5/H7 Avian Influenza Virus in Domestic Poultry
  • 9.8.4 Export Market Access
  • 9.8.5 Marking Requirements
• Annex A Identification mark
• Annex B List of material and supplies for FAD in a poultry slaughter plant

Next page: Section 9.1