Sec.22-324-10. Disposal

(a) Whenever the Director of the Task Force finds that any poultry upon any premises in Connecticut are or have been infected with or exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza, or that any carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, or other products or articles were so related to such poultry as to be likely to be a means of disseminating the disease, the Director of the Task Force will order the owner thereof, or the owner's agent in possession thereof, to maintain them in quarantine on such premises for such period and dispose of them within such time, and in such manner as the Director of the Task Force shall prescribe in accordance with Section 22-324 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The order shall be served upon the owner of the poultry, carcasses or parts thereof, egg products or articles, or the owner's agent, in person by a Federal inspector appointed as an employee of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture or by a State inspector. If the owner or the owner's agent does not comply with such order, after such notice thereof, the Director of the Task Force may seize, quarantine, and dispose of the poultry carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles as provided in Section 22-324 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) When any poultry, carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles are ordered to be quarantined on any premises under paragraph(s) of this section, they shall not be moved from such premises unless authorized by the Director of the Task Force.

(c) A premises quarantine shall remain in effect until the following conditions are met:

(1) All poultry on such premises are depopulated;

(2) All carcasses and parts thereof from the depopulated poultry, and any other poultry carcasses and parts thereof, eggs, products, and articles so related to the depopulated poultry as to be likely to be a means of disseminating highly pathogenic avian influenza, and disposed of by incineration, rendering, burial in a landfill or other place, or by such other means as the Commissioner determines would be adequate to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (the incinerator, rendering facility, place of burial, or other place of disposal must have equipment and use procedures that are determined by the Commissioner to be adequate to prevent the dissemination of highly pathogenic avian influenza and must comply with the applicable laws for environmental protection);

(3) The premises are found by a Federal or State inspector to have been cleaned and disinfected in accordance with Section 22-324-11 after the carcasses or parts thereof, eggs, products, or articles are disposed of as specified in paragraph (c) (2) of this section;

(4) No live poultry are taken onto the premises for a 30-day period after the premises have been found to meet the cleaning and disinfection provisions of paragraph (c) (3) of this section, and for any additional time period determined necessary by the Director of the Task Force to insure that the premises are free of highly pathogenic avian influenza; and

(5) The Director of the Task Force has determined (by means which may include testing with test birds and evaluation of epidemiological conditions) the highly pathogenic avian influenza has been eradicated and that the premises can be safely repopulated.

(Effective June 25, 1986)