Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (Amendment) Order 2026.

(2) This Order comes into force on 22nd April 2026.

(3) This Order—

(a)extends to England and Wales;

(b)applies in relation to England only.

Amendments of the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006

2. In the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006(2), in article 24 (measures when meat and eggs have been traced)—

(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) No person may move meat from the premises to which it has been traced under article 23, except in accordance with paragraph (1A) (including that paragraph as applied in the circumstances set out in paragraph (1B) or (1D)).”;

(b)for paragraph (1A) substitute—

“(1A) The Secretary of State may—

(a)dispose of meat traced from infected premises under article 23;

(b)require disposal of the meat, by notice to the person in possession of it;

(c)license the movement of the meat to a food processing establishment for treatment, where, following a risk assessment, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the movement and treatment will not endanger animal health and that the treatment will inactivate the avian influenza virus.

(1B) Where the premises to which the meat has been traced is a food processing establishment, the meat may be moved from that establishment where—

(a)following a risk assessment, the Secretary of State is satisfied that treatment at those premises will inactivate the avian influenza virus and will not endanger animal health; and

(b)the meat has undergone treatment to achieve a core temperature of 70°C for at least 3.5 seconds.

(1C) Where meat traced from infected premises under article 23 has been moved to a food processing establishment under a licence issued under paragraph (1A)(c), no person may move the meat from that food processing establishment unless the meat has undergone treatment to achieve a core temperature of 70°C for at least 3.5 seconds.

(1D) The Secretary of State may also exercise the power in paragraph (1A)(c) in circumstances where the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to license the movement of the meat from one food processing establishment to another, whether the earlier food processing establishment was the premises to which the meat had been traced or the meat had been moved there under a licence issued under paragraph (1A)(c).”.