European Communities (Zoonoses) Regulations, 1996. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Livestock Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Poultry products Food quality control/food safety Fraud Animal health Pests/diseases Poultry Slaughtering Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The purpose of these Regulations is to implement Council Directive 92/117/EEC on measures to protect against specific zoonoses and to provide information on such zoonoses. It also provides for the taking of samples for bacteriological testing for Salmonella and for the slaughter of breeding domestic fowl confirmed as being infected with Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium. Owner or persons in charge of an establishment approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry pursuant to specified Community legislation shall provide all information and take or have taken any samples required by the Minister to detect the presence of the zoonoses listed in Paragraph I of the First Schedule (reg. 3). A similar duty is imposed on the owners or persons in charge of an approved premises where eggs are produced for hatching or a poultry hatchery licensed under the Poultry Hatcheries Act, 1947. The Minister may lay down the requirements, including the frequency of examination, sampling, identification and the keeping of records, for determining the presence of the zoonoses listed in Paragraph I of the First Schedule for approved establishments (reg. 4). Regulation 5 defines requirements for supply farms, hatcheries and holdings. Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 92/117/EEC concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications. Legislation | European Union | 1992 Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Animal feed/feedstuffs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by European Communities (Control of salmonella in breeding flocks of domestic fowl) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 706 of 2006). Legislation | Ireland | 2006 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Poultry, Animal by-products, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Animal reproduction Source: FAO, FAOLEX