Communique on Biosecurity Rules for Commercial Broiler and Layer Poultry Enterprises (No: 2025/33)
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This Turkish regulation establishes mandatory biosecurity standards for all commercial poultry operations raising chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, ostriches, and quails. It applies to enterprises with 350+ layer chickens, 500+ broilers, 200+ turkeys/ducks/geese/quails, or 20+ ostriches. The communique defines technical, hygienic, and health requirements for both closed and open systems, including physical barriers, vehicle and personnel disinfection protocols, record-keeping obligations, and pest control measures. Provincial and district agriculture offices must register farms, conduct inspections before granting operating numbers, and impose biosecurity restrictions when standards are not met, blocking new animal entries until compliance is verified.
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Key Changes
- Applies to farms with 350+ layer chickens, 500+ broilers, 200+ turkeys/ducks/geese/quails or 20+ ostriches
- Mandatory 150 cm high perimeter fence supported by 50 cm solid wall to prevent wild animal entry
- All vehicles must undergo high-pressure cleaning and disinfectant contact time before entering premises
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Obligations
What this law requires
Provincial agriculture offices must register all commercial poultry enterprises in the Ministry database system and assign enterprise numbers before operations commence, after conducting pre-operation inspections to verify compliance
Submit Poultry Enterprise Activity Report (EK-1) to the Ministry database system by December 20 each year
Implement biosecurity measures as specified in the communique; failure to comply results in biosecurity restrictions that block new animal entries until compliance is verified
Designate a qualified biosecurity officer responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, updating biosecurity practices and maintaining related records
Prepare and maintain a biosecurity map showing all critical structures, entry-exit points, and biosecurity implementation areas of the enterprise