S.I. No. 153/1985 - Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) Order, 1985.

1. A particular part of the premises must be used solely for the storage and processing of unprocessed swill.

2. The premises must at all times be maintained vermin free and in a good state of repair and the plant, machinery and equipment therein must be maintained in a serviceable condition.

3. No livestock or poultry or dogs or cats shall at any time be permitted to enter or remain on the premises.

4. The whole premises must be securely closed at all times when no one is in attendance thereat.

5. (1) All unprocessed swill brought on to the premises must be unloaded and stored within the reception area.

(2) The entrance to the reception area must be securely closed when no one is in attendance thereat.

6. The premises and the plant and equipment used for processing swill must be such as in the opinion of the Minister will enable the requirements of this Order to be complied with at all times.

7. If processed swill is removed from the premises it must be moved only from the clean area.

8. Swill shall not without the permission of an authorised person be allowed to remain in the reception area in an unprocessed state for more than 48 hours before being processed or as an authorised person may direct.

9. (1) Unless an authorised person so directs as regards a particular day, the premises must be cleaned at the end of each day on which the processing of swill takes place in the premises.

(2) The premises must be cleaned at any time at which they are required by an authorised person to be cleaned.

10. The person who as regards the registered premises is the applicant must ensure that the inside surfaces of any road vehicle used for transporting unprocessed swill to the premises which have been soiled with unprocessed swill, together with any other part of such a vehicle which has been so soiled with unprocessed swill, are thoroughly cleansed and disinfected as soon as possible after the completion of unloading.

11. Any equipment, tool or container which has been used for or in connection with unprocessed swill must not be moved from the reception area or the disinfection area unless it has been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant and such equipment, tool or container must not, before being so cleansed and disinfected, be taken into the clean area or used in connection with processed swill.

12. Any tool, equipment or container used for handling processed swill shall not be used for any other purpose and must be kept entirely separate from any tool, equipment or container used for handling unprocessed swill.

13. Any tool, equipment or container used in the premises must be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant at the end of each day on which boiling of unprocessed swill has taken place.

14. Any floor sweepings or other waste collected in the clean area must be either processed before coming into contact with livestock or poultry or disposed of in a manner which satisfies an authorised person.

15. The person who in relation to any registered premises is entered in the register as an applicant, his employees and agents must not leave the reception or disinfection areas without first washing their hands, cleansing and disinfecting their footwear and changing or cleansing and disinfecting their outer clothing.

16. All persons handling unprocessed swill shall wear protective clothing and rubber boots which when not in use be retained in either the reception or the disinfection area. Such protective clothing and boots must not be used for any purpose other than the handling of unprocessed swill unless they have been previously thoroughly cleansed and disinfected.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of June 1985.

AUSTIN DEASY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for comprehensive control of swill as a protective measure against the introduction or spread of animal disease and to comply with certain provisions of EEC Directive 80/217 on the control of classical swine fever. It provides, in particular, for the registration of swill processing premises, for hygiene and construction standards in processing premises, the hygienic transport of swill and for the prohibition on feeding of unprocessed swill to animals and poultry. Authorised officers of the Minister for Agriculture are given specific powers regarding premises, vehicles, disease risks in relation to premises, etc.

S.I. No. 153 of 1985.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS (FEEDING AND USE OF SWILL) ORDER, 1985.

I, AUSTIN DEASY, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

,

10

and

13

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture and Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 31 of 1977

), hereby order as follows