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<p>National Control Plan official sampling is done annually as per legislative requirements.
The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) are an approved Industry Control Body for
their own assurance scheme members and their annual official sampling is carried out
by their auditors NSF International. Non-BEIC producers are sampled by the Animal
and Plant Health Agency (APHA).</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, APHA completed all official
sampling on non-BEIC laying farms in the timescales required. 2019 sampling for non-BEIC
laying farms is also on track for completion within the timescales required.</p><p>
</p><p>As part of routine regulatory inspections APHA inspectors audit each egg producer’s
salmonella sampling records in order to review operator sampling. Where late or missed
sampling is identified a penalty notice will be issued. In addition, where there is
no clear current test present at the time of the inspection, the inspector will immediately
take the appropriate samples for testing and will serve a notice applying restrictions
to the eggs pending a clear test result.</p><p> </p><p>The number of penalty notices
that have been raised against producers in England are:</p><p> </p><p>01/06/16-31/05/17
- 30.</p><p>01/06/17-31/05/18 - 44.</p><p>01/06/18-31/05/19 - 35.</p>
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