Article In order to strengthen the management of the live poultry trading market, standardize the live poultry trading behavior, prevent and control major animal diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza, and protect human health and public health safety, according to the "General Office of the State Council's Notice on Rectifying and Regulating the Live Poultry Trading Market" "Opinions on strengthening the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in an orderly manner" [Guobanfa [2006] No. 89], formulates these measures.
Article 2 The live poultry business market and the units and individuals engaged in live poultry business in the market shall abide by these Measures.
Article 3 Live poultry as mentioned in these Measures refers to chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry.
The term "live poultry business" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the trading, slaughtering and processing of live poultry in the market.
The term "live poultry trading market" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the live poultry wholesale market, urban farmers' markets and rural trade markets where live poultry is sold, etc.
Article 4 If laws and regulations have other provisions on live poultry operations, those provisions shall prevail.
Article 5 The veterinary administrative department is responsible for the supervision and management of animal health in live poultry markets.
The health administrative department is responsible for the public health management of workers in the live poultry market.
The industrial and commercial administration department is responsible for the supervision of live poultry operations in the live poultry market.
Article 6 The live poultry business market shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Market construction should be planned as a whole and reasonably laid out;
(2) The business premises shall comply with animal epidemic prevention and other requirements.
Article 7 A live poultry wholesale market shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The site should be selected away from water source protection areas and drinking water intakes, avoid residential areas, public places and other densely populated areas, and be more than 3 kilometers away from the breeding farm;
(2) The waterfowl business area should be relatively isolated from other live poultry business areas, the live poultry slaughtering area should be relatively closed, and physical separation should be implemented between the live poultry sales area, slaughtering and processing area and consumers;
(3) Equipped with exhaust and lighting devices, open water ditches on the ground, ceramic tiles on the walls, and flushing and disinfection facilities suitable for the scale of the business;
(4) The live poultry slaughtering and processing area shall be equipped with special blood buckets, water heaters, flowing water scalding pools, covered waste buckets and other facilities and equipment.
Article 8 The live poultry business area of an urban farmer’s market with live poultry operations shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The live poultry business area must be separated from the business areas for other products and have independent entrances and exits;
(2) The waterfowl business area should be relatively isolated from other live poultry business areas, the live poultry slaughtering area should be relatively closed, and physical separation should be implemented between the live poultry sales area, slaughtering and processing area and consumers;
(3) Equipped with exhaust and lighting devices, open water ditches on the ground, ceramic tiles on the walls, and flushing and disinfection facilities that are suitable for the business scale;
(4) Equipped with a fixed poultry cage, the bottom of the poultry cage should be at least 15 cm above the ground;
(5) The live poultry slaughtering and processing area shall be equipped with special blood buckets, water heaters, flowing water scalding pools, covered waste buckets and other facilities and equipment.
Article 9 Rural trade markets should meet the following conditions:
(1) The live poultry business area must be separated from the business area for other products;
(2) The waterfowl business area should be relatively isolated from other live poultry business areas.
Article 10 Market organizers shall abide by relevant laws and regulations, establish and improve the internal market management system, and assume the following responsibilities:
(1) The market organizer, as the person responsible for business activities, should establish a market operation management system, guide and urge operators of poultry and poultry products to establish systems for purchase inspection and acceptance, certificate and invoice request, purchase and sale ledgers, quality and safety commitments, etc.; Formulate an emergency plan for the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in live poultry trading markets.
(2) Promote relevant laws and regulations to market operators, urge operators to implement relevant systems, and conduct daily management of their business activities; guide operators to strengthen self-discipline and advocate honest operations.
(3) Establish operator files to record the operator’s basic information, purchase channels, credit status, etc.; appoint a dedicated person to inspect the live poultry operation every day.
(4) Establish systems for disinfection and harmless treatment, and equip them with corresponding facilities and equipment. Disinfect poultry and poultry product delivery vehicles, clean and disinfect poultry business premises, equipment and facilities after the market closes every day, collect waste and poultry that have died due to physical reasons, and conduct harmless treatment.
(5) Markets engaged in wholesale operations should strengthen market entry inspection of poultry, check quarantine certificates, and prevent unqualified poultry from entering the market.
(6) Set up a poultry and poultry product safety information bulletin board, promptly disclose relevant information to consumers, provide consumption warnings and reminders, and accept social supervision; establish a special complaint acceptance point to handle consumer complaints and resolve business disputes.
(7) Provide necessary supervision places and working conditions for law enforcement personnel of animal health supervision agencies.
Article 11 Live poultry operators in the market shall bear the following responsibilities:
(1) Live poultry business must have a quarantine certificate.
(2) Live poultry should be purchased based on sales volume to avoid a large backlog or retention of live poultry in the market.
(3) A purchase and sales ledger should be established. Truthfully record the purchase time, source, name, quantity, etc.; those engaged in wholesale business should also record the name, flow direction, time, quantity, etc. of the poultry and poultry products sold.
(4) The place of origin and quarantine certificate of live poultry should be publicized at the business location. Quarantine certificates should be kept for more than six months.
(5) After the market closes every day, clean poultry storage, slaughtering, sales stalls and other places as well as cages, slaughtering utensils and other equipment, and cooperate with the market organizers to implement disinfection and harmless treatment of waste.
Article 12 Employees should master basic protection knowledge.
Performers should take personal protection in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Ministry of Health's "Emergency Plan for Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza" when operating and slaughtering live poultry.
Article 13 Live poultry markets shall implement a system of market closure for disinfection or market area rotation for disinfection.
Live poultry markets should be closed on a rotating basis or arrange regional closures within the market in accordance with the unified arrangements of the local government. During the market close or rotation period, the live poultry business premises, live poultry cages, slaughtering equipment, etc. should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
Article 14 The veterinary administrative department shall organize the surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics on poultry in live poultry markets within its jurisdiction.
Health administrative departments organize the monitoring of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics among employees in live poultry markets within their jurisdiction.
The veterinary administrative department should establish a situation reporting mechanism with the health administrative department.
Article 15 If birds die abnormally or have suspicious clinical symptoms of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a live poultry market, the market organizer and operator should immediately report to the local veterinary administrative department.If the poultry pathogen monitoring results are positive, the market organizer should immediately activate the emergency plan for the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the live poultry market, and cooperate with the veterinary department in relevant emergency response work.
When birds are infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in a live poultry market, the veterinary administrative department should immediately activate an emergency plan and handle the epidemic in accordance with national regulations.
When employees in the live poultry market develop respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc., the market organizer and operator should immediately send the patient to a medical institution for treatment and explain his or her employment status. Medical institutions conduct diagnosis, treatment, investigation and reporting in accordance with relevant regulations of the health department.
Article 16 It is prohibited to produce, process, sell and purchase diseased or dead poultry, as well as live poultry and poultry meat without quarantine certificates. It is prohibited to trade wild poultry in live poultry markets, and it is prohibited to trade live poultry outside markets.
Article 17 The administrative department for industry and commerce shall, in accordance with its authority, implement daily supervision and management of the business activities of live poultry market sponsors and operators, inspect and urge market sponsors and operators to implement various national regulations on the operation and management of poultry and poultry products, and provide guidance , Supervise market sponsors to establish and improve self-discipline systems for operation and management.
Article 18 Animal health supervision agencies shall do a good job in supervising the safety of poultry products in live poultry trading markets, and implement effective quarantine supervision on live poultry transported out of the market. It is necessary to strengthen supervision and inspection of live poultry trading markets, and order market organizers and operators to make corrections on schedule for markets that do not meet animal epidemic prevention requirements. Those who refuse to make corrections will be investigated and dealt with by the industrial and commercial administrative department.
The veterinary administrative department should organize and provide technical guidance for the disinfection and harmless treatment of live poultry markets.
Article 19 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Measures shall be dealt with and punished in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations.
