[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR82.37]

[Page 323]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 82--EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE (END) AND CHLAMYDIOSIS; POULTRY DISEASE CAUSED BY SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS SEROTYPE ENTERITIDIS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Poultry Disease Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis Serotype 
                               Enteritidis
 
Sec. 82.37  Cleaning, washing, and disinfection of depopulated infected poultry houses.

    If any infected poultry house is depopulated \6\, the poultry house 
shall be cleaned, washed, and disinfected as follows between the time 
the poultry house is depopulated and the time the new birds arrive at 
the premises. All manure and litter must be removed from the house to an 
isolated area where there is no opportunity for dissemination of disease 
organisms; all surfaces in the house (except dirt floors) must be 
scrubbed with hot, soapy water and rinsed; and all surfaces in the house 
must be sprayed in accordance with the label directions with a 
disinfectant which is registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency as germicidal, and which is effective against Salmonella 
enteritidis serotype enteritidis.\7\ The owner or person in control of 
the infected poultry house must request a Federal or State 
representative to inspect the poultry house after it is disinfected but 
before it is restocked with new chickens, and cleaning, washing, and 
disinfection shall not be considered completed until the Federal or 
State representative determines the procedures have been properly 
performed.
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    \6\ Upon request of the flock owner, APHIS will conduct 
environmental testing for Salmonellae of depopulated poultry houses 
between the time they are disinfected and the time they are restocked.
    \7\ A list of some disinfectant solutions registered by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency as germicidal that are effective against 
Salmonella enteritidis serotype enteritidis may be obtained by writing 
to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, 
Center for Planning, Certification, and Monitoring, 4700 River Road Unit 
46, Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1231.

[56 FR 3738, Jan. 30, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 67613, Dec. 30, 1994; 66 
FR 21062, Apr. 27, 2001]