The animal health status (compartment) refers to the level of protection of a farm from infectious animal disease agents.
The proposal involves assessing and identifying the animal disease status of various poultry farming facilities, including land plots, buildings, premises, and structures used for the rearing and housing of poultry. These also include production, processing, slaughtering, and storage facilities.
It is important to note that Russia currently has a system in place for determining the animal health status of pig farms. This system comprises four levels of compartments. A pig farm classified as compartment IV represents a facility with a high level of protection. Such farms are authorized to sell their products without restrictions, even in the event of disease outbreaks in the same region where their production facilities are located.
Prior to that, Russian poultry farmers requested the implementation of a similar system to that used in the pig sector.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the implementation of a compartment system in poultry farming offers trade advantages to producers. “Such as simplified export procedures, improved animal health conditions at poultry farming facilities, and ensuring the veterinary safety of poultry products. This goal can be achieved through ensuring compliance of production facilities with the criteria for medium and high levels of animal health protection,” says the summary report for the document.
The regulations detail the application procedure for an inspection to establish the animal health status of production. The inspection of production facilities and the assignment of their animal health status will be conducted free of charge.
The document outlines the criteria used for determining a compartment.
