§ 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.