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ARCHIVE: International trade: EU exports - Poultry Health Scheme fees

The current fees arrangements for the Poultry Health Scheme are set out below.

1) PHS Members

a) Registration - (payable by new members only on first entering the Scheme:

Description Charge £ VAT £ Total £
Registration 60 10.50 70.50

b) For annual renewal (payable by existing members) PHS members have the option of having the inspection carried out by either a Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI) or a Veterinary Officer (VO). In the case of an inspection by a VO, the member must be charged for the VO inspection as set out in the table below.

Either

(i) Annual Membership Fees Option 1(VO) - payable by new and existing members

  Charge £ VAT £ Total £
Option 1 Annual Membership (Flock or Hatchery) by VO 159 27.83 186.83
Option 1 Annual Membership (Combined Flock and Hatchery) by VO 213 37.28 250.28


Or

In the case of an inspection by an LVI the inspection cost will be collected by the LVI directly from the member.

(ii) Annual Membership Fees Option 2 (LVI) - payable by new and existing members

  Charge £ VAT £ Total £
Option 2 Annual Membership (Flock or Hatchery) by LVI 62 10.85 72.85
Option 2 Annual Membership (Combined Flock and Hatchery) by LVI 70 12.25 82.25


2) Laboratories

Laboratories performing test under the Poultry Health Scheme must be approved by Defra/Animal Health. Inspections are carried out:

  • Routinely;
  • On application for first approval or annual renewal;
  • Following quality assurance failures.

The fees covers the cost of the quality assessment test distributions during the year and the administrative costs of handling the application. Please note that the registration fee is non refundable.

Approvals are granted annually and renewal fee is the same as for first approval.

Annual approval fees for Salmonella and Mycoplasma testing

The charge to approve a Laboratory to offer the PHS Salmonella testing service is made up of inspection costs (table 1), administering a quality control exercise (table 2) and some administrative and ‘control’ charges (table 3).

PERIODIC CHARGE: VLA routinely (approx every 3 years) visit and inspect Laboratories. Such inspections are performed for a variety of Schemes/diseases/test types. The costing below allow visits to be (where possible) rationalised and the charge reduced. Each subsequent inspection for additional tests during the same visit increases the initial £631.50 by £19.50.

For example: 1 inspection visit for 1 test is £631.50. During the same inspection visit a Laboratory can be inspected for a 2nd test for £650.50 (an additional £19.50). This is not an annual charge and is only charged as and when a Laboratory is inspected.

Table 1
Inspecting a laboratory to confirm compliance of trade Directive 90/539/EEC, for:
i) 1 test e.g. PHS Salmonella bacteriology or PHS Mycoplasma serology, or CSPO Salmonella
631.00
ii) 2 tests e.g. PHS Salmonella bacteriology and Salmonella serology or PHS Mycoplasma serology and Mycoplasma culture
650.00
iii) 3 tests e.g. all above PHS Salmonella tests and a PHS mycoplasma test
670.00
iv) 4 tests e.g. all PHS Salmonella, a PHS mycoplasma and a CSPO Salmonella
689.50

Annual Charge: VLA annually administer a quality control exercise issuing samples for Laboratories to test for PHS Salmonella and PHS Mycoplasma.

Table 2
Administering a quality control test to confirm compliance of trade directive 90/539/EEC, for:
(i) Salmonella bacteriology (pullorum, gallinarum, arizonae)
130.00
(ii) Salmonella serology (pullorum, gallinarum)
335.00
(iii) Mycoplasma chicken serology (gallisepticum)
335.00
(iv) Mycoplasma culture (gallisepticum & meleagridis)
280.00
(v) Mycoplasma turkey serology (gallisepticum & meleagridis)
335.00

 

Charge as appropriate: Administrative charges will be made as and when appropriate.

Table 3
(i) Stage 1 processing an application for Laboratory approval 13.00
(ii) Stage 2 further processing of the approval documentation 31.00
(iii) Processing an annual renewal application from an existing approved Laboratory 26.50

Laboratories will often offer testing for a variety of Schemes, diseases and test types, although occasionally they may only test for one Scheme/disease/test type. There is provision for different fees to be charged for the various combinations of Schemes, diseases and testing types. The inspections (see Table 1 above) and sample quality assurance exercises are where possible being combined to help reduce the burden on Laboratories.

Examples of Costs

1. New approval to test for PHS salmonella bacteriology, first QA samples and inspection visit:

Inspection visit from table 1 (i) £631.00
QA charges from table 2 (i) £130.00
Admin charges from table 3 (i) £13.00
Admin charges from table 3 (ii) £31.00
Total
 £805.00


2. Annual, renew approval to test for PHS salmonella bacteriology:

QA charges from table 2 (i) £130.00
Admin charges from table 3 (iii) £ 31.00
Total
 £161.00


3. Annual, renew approval to test for either PHS salmonella serology, PHS mycoplasma chicken serology or PHS mycoplasma turkey serology:

QA charges from table 2 (ii), (iii) or (v) £335.00
Admin charges from table 3 (iii) £ 31.00
Total
 £366.00


4. Annual, renew approval to test for PHS mycoplasma culture:

QA charges from table 2 (iv) £280.00
Admin charges from table 3 (iii) £31.00
Total
 £311.00


5. Annual, renew approval to test for both PHS salmonella bacteriology and PHS salmonella serology:

QA charges from table 2 (i) £130.00
Admin charges from table 3 (iii) £31.00
QA charges from table 2 (ii) £335.00
Admin charges from table 3 (iii) £31.00
Total
 £527.00

Page last modified: 26 February, 2010