Chapter 9 - Emergency Situations

Complete chapter (excluding annexes)

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 Trace Livestock and Products
  • 9.2.4 Cleaning and Disinfection
  • 9.2.5 Disposal of Condemned Carcasses, Wastes and Animal By-Products
  • 9.2.6 Training Material for the Recognition of FAD
  • 9.2.7 Sample Collection, Packaging and Submission
  • 9.2.8 Communication and Contingency Plans for the Suspension of Slaughter
  • 9.2.9 Activities While Awaiting Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 9.2.10 Bio-security/Bio-containment and Personal Protective Equipment
  • 9.2.11 Signatures
  • 9.2.12 Role of the Veterinarian in Charge (VIC)
  • 9.2.13 Role of the Operator
• 9.3 Response
  • 9.3.1 Risk Determination: Low Risk versus High Risk
  • 9.3.2 Time of Detection of a FAD
  • 9.3.3 Initial Response - Communication, Control and Quarantine, Traceback, Samples, Cleaning and Disinfection, Disposal, Record of Activities
  • 9.3.4 Awaiting Confirmation of 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 in Registered Slaughter Establishments
  • 9.5.1 Anaplasmosis
  • 9.5.2 Anthrax
  • 9.5.3 Bluetongue
  • 9.5.4 Brucellosis
  • 9.5.5 Cysticercosis
  • 9.5.6 Pullorum Disease
  • 9.5.7 Fowl Typhoid
  • 9.5.8 Rabies
  • 9.5.9 Trichinosis
  • 9.5.10 Tuberculosis
  • 9.5.11 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Scrapie, and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
• 9.6 Food Borne Disease Emergencies - 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 (e.g., H5/H7)
  • 9.8.1 Background
  • 9.8.2 Diagnosis of HPAI 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

• Annex A - Identification Mark: Contains Poultry and Poultry Products from the XX Zone/Region
• Annex B - List of required equipment and supplies for FAD in a poultry slaughter plant
• Annex C - List of required equipment and supplies for FAD in a red meat slaughter plant
• Annex D - Premises Investigation Questionnaire Part A.1.2
• Annex E - Communication plan for FAD - Sample Messages
• Annex F - Suspicion of FAD at an abattoir (ante-mortem) - Diagram of the sequence of events
• Annex G - Suspicion of FAD at an abattoir (post-mortem) - Diagram of the sequence of events