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ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry ASEAN CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION OF LIVESTOCK ESTABLISHMENT CATTLE AND BUFFALOES FOR SLAUGHTER L i v e s t o c k P u b l i c a t i o n S e r i e s No.3B CONTENT A. PREAMBLE B. SCOPE C. DEFINITION D. SPECIFICATION 1. Species 2. Animal Health Situation In The Country/Region/Area 3. Veterinary Public Health Status In Country/Region/Area 4. Inspection System 5. Infrastructure And Facilities 6. Bio security Measures 7. Monitoring And Surveillance Programmes For Disease Control 8. Good Animal Husbandry Practice 9. Laboratory Testing 10. Good Management Practice (GMP) & Operational Hygiene 11. Staff Competence 12. Product Identification and Trace back Mechanism 2 ASEAN CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION OF LIVESTOCK ESTABLISHMENT CATTLE AND BUFFALOES FOR SLAUGHTER A. PREAMBLE This criteria is prepared as a guideline protocol for the competent authority of ASEAN member countries for the accreditation of livestock establishment for cattle & buffaloes for slaughter purposes. B. SCOPE This criteria shall apply to livestock establishment where cattle & buffaloes are reared or kept for slaughter. C. DEFINITION “Animals” means cattle and/or buffaloes. “Animal for slaughter” means an animal intended for slaughter within a short time, under the control of the relevant competent authority. “Animal health situation” means animal disease situation of a country with respect to animal species concerned. “Case” means an individual animal affected by an infectious or parasitic disease. “Competent authority” means the Government Veterinary Services of the country having the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervision the implementation of animal health measures recommended in this criteria. “Disinfection” means the operation, after thorough cleansing, destined to destroy the infectious or parasitic agents of animal diseases, including zoonoses using the approved chemical agents and/or physical methods. “Establishment” means the premise or farm where animals are reared or kept and should be registered with or under supervision of the competent authority of the country. “Free zone” means a clearly defined area or territory within a country in which no case of a disease concerned has been reported or occurred during the specified period or period stated for such disease according to the OIE Standards and within which official veterinary control is effectively applied for animals and animal products, and their transportation. 3 “FMD free zone” means a clearly defined area or territory within the country in which no case of FMD has been reported or occurred for a specified period recognized by the ASEAN and/or OIE. “Laboratory” means a properly equipped institution staffed by technically competent personnel under the control of a specialist in veterinary diagnostic methods, who is responsible for the validity of the results. The competent authority approves and monitors such laboratories with regard to diagnostic tests required for international trade. “Monitoring” means activity constitutes on-going programmes directed at the detection of changes in the prevalence of disease in a given population and in its environment. “OIE Animal disease List A and List B” means the List of transmissible diseases that are set out in the OIE International Animal Health Code. “Quarantine” means all measures relating to the entry and detention of animals in the quarantine establishment, including controlling their movement to and from this establishment and activities rendered to ensure the disease free status of the animals. “Quarantine establishment” means a building or collection of buildings where animals are maintained in complete isolation, with no direct contact with other animals, in order to undergo observation for specified period and to be subjected to various control tests and treatment so that the veterinary authority may assure that they are free and not affected with certain disease. “Surveillance” means the continuous investigation of a given population to detect the occurrence of disease for control purposes, which my involve testing of a part of the population. “Vehicle” means any method of transport by land, air or water. D. SPECIFICATION 1. Species Cattle & buffaloes for slaughter. 2. Animal health situation in the country/region/area 2.1 Cattle diseases of concern 2.1.1 OIE Animal Disease List A 2.1.1.1 Foot and mouth disease 2.1.1.2 Vesicular stomatitis 4 2.1.1.3 2.1.1.4 2.1.1.5 2.1.1.6 2.1.1.7 2.1.2 OIE List B Diseases 2.1.2.1 2.1.2.2 2.1.2.3 2.1.2.4 2.1.2.5 2.1.2.6 2.2 Rinderpest Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Bluetongue Rift Valley fever Lumpy skin disease Bovine brucellosis Bovine tuberculosis Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Anthrax Paratuberculosis Leptospirosis The establishment should fulfill the following criteria on animal health status as follows:2.2.1 it should be in a country which is free from Rinderpest, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Rift Valley Fever, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Lumpy Skin Disease. 2.2.2 it should be located in Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone. 3. Veterinary public health status in the country/region/area 3.1 The animals should be tested and found free from Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis during their quarantine period but not less than 14 days prior to export. 4. Inspection system 4.1 The establishment must implement a documented inspection system at critical points of the quarantine process to monitor the animal diseases to the satisfaction of the competent authority, so as to ensure that the animal health and veterinary public health criteria for accreditation of the establishment are maintained. 4.2 The documented inspection system should be carried out under the supervision of the registered veterinarian of the country. 4.3 Accredited establishments will be assigned an establishment code by the competent authority. 5 5. Infrastructure and facilities 5.1 The establishment must be located in the area where there are neither slaughterhouses nor livestock markets situated within the radius of at least 5 km. 5.2 The establishment must be completely fenced and easily identifiable. 5.3 The establishment should have only one main entry point and measures for restricting entry of visitors and vehicles should be available at the entry point of the establishment. 5.4 The establishment should have access to a continuous supply of adequate electrical power, potable water, proper drainage and good access roads within the establishment. 5.5 The establishment should have a reception area to receive visitors and vehicles. The quarantine area should be segregated from the reception area by internal fencing and should not be accessible to visitors or outside vehicles without going through appropriate bio-sanitation measures. 5.6 The establishment should have facilities to allow the proper disposal of solid and liquid waste. 5.7 The establishment should have proper loading/unloading ramp to prevent the access of vehicle from outside. 5.8 The establishment should have proper stores for the storage of feed, chemicals and equipment. 6. Biosecurity measures 6.1 The establishment should have vehicle and personnel disinfection facilities at critical points of entry into the quarantine area. 6.2 Farm apparels, footwear and footbath shall be provided for authorised personnel and farm workers to the quarantine areas. 6.3 The animals must be kept entirely in barns with roof and each barn should be provided with a disinfection footbath. 7. Monitoring and surveillance programmes for disease control. 7.1 The establishment should implement a documented disease surveillance programmes which as a minimum comprise of surveillance of Bovine brucellosis, Bovine tuberculosis, Foot and mouth disease, and Leptospirosis. 6 7.2 The establishment should use serological and/or microbiological tests to determine whether an infection is present. 7.3 Samples for testing must be taken as appropriate for the particular infection, such as blood/serum, fresh faecal samples, culled, sick or dead animals and any other suspected samples (animal feed and/or water that is provided). 7.4 The documentation system should be carried out under the supervision of the registered veterinarian of the country. 8. Good Animal Husbandry Practice 8.1 Hygiene rules must be drawn up by the management of the establishment. 8.2 Personnel must wear appropriate working clothing. 8.3 It must have a recording system kept for each herd which shows; 8.3.1 - arrival and departure, 8.3.2 – daily health check, 8.3.3 - drugs and vaccines used, 8.3.4 - any laboratory tests and the results there of, 8.3.5 - the place of origin of the animals, 8.3.6 - the destination of the animals. These record should be kept for at least 1 year after the removal of the herd. 8.4 The animals should be vaccinated, if necessary, using only the approved vaccines under the ASEAN Standards of Animal Vaccines. 8.5 Each barn/premise should practice all-in all-out system. The barn should then be cleaned thoroughly, disinfected and rested for a minimum period of 1 week before the next restocking. 8.6 The establishment should have a system for immediate removal of dead animals, which are properly disposed of in a manner acceptable to the competent authority. 8.7 The establishment should have a system for isolation of sick animals for treatment and/or slaughter in an manner acceptable to the competent authority. 8.8 No other animals are allowed to be reared or kept in the establishment. 8.9 Compounded animal feed must derived from approved sources. Feed ration used shall not contain microbial contaminants, growth promoters, 7 chemicals, drugs, mycotoxins above level acceptable to the competent authority. 8.9 Meat and bone meal of mammalian origin are not permitted to be used in the feed ration. 8.10 Animals should be kept at the appropriate stocking density for the rearing system used. 8.11 The owner and/or manager of the establishment must notify the competent authority of any sign suggesting the presence of an infectious animal disease. 8.12 Buildings, facilities and equipment should be well maintained and kept in good condition. 9. Laboratory Testing 9.1 All samples should be tested at an approved laboratory. 10. Good Management Practice & Operational Hygiene 10.1 The Establishment must have a documented quality assurance programme to ensure the management of good quality animals which has been evaluated and approved by the competent authority. 10.2 The establishment should keep accurate records to meet the requirements of para 10.1. 10.3 The establishment should use properly labeled chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biologics which are registered for veterinary use only. Accurate records should be maintained for all chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biologics used and where and how they were disposed of. Staff must carefully read and follow directions for use. 11. Staff competence 11.1 The establishment should employ suitably qualified and/or experienced personnel in animal management and production. It must have access to the services of the registered veterinarians of the country. 11.2 The establishment should provide a documented training programme for staff on animal management/production and disease prevention and control. 8 12. Product Identification and Trace back Mechanism 12.1 The establishment should implement a product identification system which would identify : Identification of animals (official marking, ear tag, microchip implant, breed, sex, age and quantity) : 12.1.2 Origin of animals 12.1.2.1 12.1.2.2 12.1.2.3 12.1.2.4 12.1.3 Country of origin Name and address of exporter Place of origin Establishment code number Destination of animals 12.1.3.1 12.1.3.2 12.1.3.3 12.1.3.4 Country of destination Name and address of consignee Means of transport Date of shipment 12.1.4 Animal health certification issuing by the competent authority. 12.1.5 Sanitary information. 12.1.6 Details of the competent authority permitting the export. ***** 9