1.    Farming practice and source of poultry

• Only one type of poultry can be reared in the farm

• No other livestock rearing is allowed in the farm

• The source of pullets must be from a pullorum accredited free farm tested by the Department of Veterinary Services, Malaysia
                 

2.    Disposal of dead birds and manure

• The farm must practice a systematic of disposal of dead birds

• The farm must practise a systematic of disposal of manure and litter

3.   Egg handling facilities

• Egg grading room
  (i)     The egg grading room should be cool well ventilated, clean and hygienic
  (ii)    Egg grading facilities should be clean
  (iii)   The working conditions in the egg grading room should be comfortable under normal attire

• Egg storage room
  (i)    should be cool, clean and hygienic and separated from the egg grading room
  

4.    Vehicle diinfection

The entrance/exit to the farm shall be equipped with a covered wheel dip and sprayers

5.    Perimeter fencing

The farm and poultry production unit should be completely fenced in with chain-link or other equivalent suitable material

6.    Footbath

Each poultry house shall be provided with a permanent disinfection footbath

B.    Complementary criteria

1.    Personnel/Visitor/Staff Biosecurity

• All personnel, visitors and staff shall be provided with apparels and boots

• The entrance of the farm shall be provided with a changing room equipped with shower and/or sprayers

2.    Segregation of poultry houses

The width between poultry houses is recommended to be at least 30 feet apart

3.   Waste management

The farm should practice a good waste management program to ensure no perceptible odour and fly problems

4.    General cleanliness

• The farm compound, feedmill, stores for drugs and feed should be clean and well kept

• The farm shall provide adequate and suitable located bathroom and toilet facilities for staff/personnel and visitors

5.    Records

• The farm shall possess a farm layout showing the position of poultry houses and farm structures

• The farm shall maintain an up to date record of vaccination practices and programmes, records of medication (feed, parental, oral) at all times.

Criteria for broiler duck refer Criteria of Commercial Broilers

Ref :DVSP 14/226 Jld. 1 Bil.(4)

Standard for farm evaluation and grading sytem for farms applying to wxport pigs to Singapore - based on letter from Primary Industry Department, Singapore (Ref.CVC 100801, dated 20th January 1986

1.    Scoring and grading of farms

(i)    The overall grading of a farm shall be based on the location and the standard of sanitation and disease control measures enforced in the farm

(ii)    Each farm is graded twice, using alphabets A,B,C or D

• One grading is that for the farm's location in reference to cloven-hoof animal density and the density of pig population within a 5km radius.

• The second grading denotes the standard of farm sanitation and disease control measures enforced

(iii)    Thus a farm may score "BC" and it is "composite grade"- meaning it scores "B" for location, and "C" for farm sanitation and disease control measures

(iv)    The final "overall grade" would be the lower of the two grades in the "composite grade" . For example:-

• A farm of composite grade "AC" is finally graded as "C" for the overall grade

• A farm of composite grade "CB" is grade "C" in the final overall grade

• A farm of composite grade "AD" is finally graded as "D"

NOTE : The final "overall grade" is the decisive grading for the export status.

2.    Export status of the various grades (overall grades) of the farms 

3. Criteria for classification and scoring - prepared according to information provided by Primary Production Department (Singapore)

(i)    Location of farm (Isolation)

To indicate the population density of cloven-hoof animals and swine within the 5km radius of the farm

Animal Density	Grade
Low	A
Modem	B
High	C
Very High	D

(ii)    Standard of farm's sanitation and disease control measures

• Disinfection facilities farm's gate

	Criteria	Points
(i)	Wheel dip with both pressure sprayer and roff (shaded)	3
(ii)	Wheel dip with either pressure sprayer or roof only	2
(iii)	With either wheel dip or pressure sprayer only	1
(iv)	None of such facilities	0

• Perimeter security fencing for farm

	Criteria	Points
(i)	Completely surrounding the farm, with chain link fence or other solid fencing	3
(ii)	Completely surrounding the farm but with other type of fencing	2
(iii)	Only partial (incomplete) fencing	1
(iv)	Minimal effective fencing or no fencing	0

• Pig loading/pig marketing facilities

	Criteria	Points
(i)	Specially contructed pen(s)/ramps for loading of pigs into lorry.Such pen(s)/ramps located away from the other pig rearing pens and located right at he perimeter fencing such that the pigs are driven into the lorry without having the lorry getting into the fenced-in farm's premises	3
(ii)	Specially constructed pen(s)/ramp outside the fenced in area of the farms - i.e pigs cannot be driven directly into the marketing pen(s)/ramp	2
(iii)	Special pens constructed inside the fenced-in area of the farms, but isolated from other pig rearing pens	1
(iv)	Marketing pens/ramps adjacent or very near to other pig rearing pens or without specially constructed marketing/loading facilities	0

• Enforcement of other diesase control measures in the farm

	Criteria	Points
(i)	Usage of centrally laundried clothing, rubber boots, complete with disinfection foot-bath and showering for all workers and visitors	3
(ii)	Usage of centrally laundried clothing, rubber boots and foot bath for disinfection - but no showering	2
(iii)	Usage of rubber boots and disinfection foot bath only	1
(iv)	Very minimal or none of the above measures	0

• Scoring and grading of standard of farm's sanitation and disease control measures

Total Scoring	Grade
10 - 12 points	A
7 - 9 points	B
4 - 6 points	C
3 points and below	D