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Who needs to join

You must be a member of the PHS if you want to:

• export or move more than 20 birds or hatching eggs from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland
• sell birds or hatching eggs to other PHS members
• sell birds or eggs to a
• export birds or hatching eggs to certain non-EU countries that require compliance (in full or partially) with , or equivalent

Members of the PHS are approved poultry establishments.

Exporting to non-EU countries

Check your export health certificate (EHC) to export to non-EU countries.聽 You must be a member if the EHC says your premises must be part of a government supervised Poultry Health Scheme.

You must comply with the rules set out in the relevant export health certificate.

How to join the Poultry Health Scheme

You can join the scheme as an individual poultry producer or as a poultry company. You must have a registered business address.

If you have several poultry premises you must join the scheme for each one.

There are different categories of membership, depending on your type of business. They are:

• flock
• hatchery
• combined flock and hatchery

Contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to join the Poultry Health Scheme.

Poultry Health Scheme handbook

Read the (PDF, 514 KB, 47 pages).

After you鈥檝e applied

The PHS team will contact you to arrange for an APHA vet to inspect your premises.

You鈥檒l need to pay the annual membership fee and vet inspection fee if the APHA vet approves your premises and working methods.

APHA will add you to the PHS list of approved poultry establishments once you鈥檙e a member. An official vet will refer to this list when completing the export health certificate.

Renew your membership

Membership lasts for one year. You can renew your membership annually.

The first inspection will be done by an APHA vet, but after that, renewal inspections can be done by APHA or a suitably trained private vet.

Fees for approval and to join the PHS

You must pay:

• a fixed annual membership fee
• a fee for approval or renewal inspections
• a variable fee to cover the inspection and travel time if you are inspected by an APHA vet

Some fees will increase on 1 July 2024.

How APHA charge for time spent

You must pay 拢22 per quarter hour or less for APHA鈥檚 time spent inspecting your premises.

APHA calculates your inspection and travel fees to the next full quarter hour of work. For example, if APHA spends 20 minutes on your inspection, you will pay for half an hour.

Travel time is capped at 45 minutes each way, so you will not pay more than 拢132 for travel costs.

Fees

Service	Fees from 1 July 2023	Fees from 1 July 2024
Veterinary officer time for licensing or approval	拢22	拢22
Veterinary officer travel time	拢22	拢22
Registration fee	拢82	拢108
First year approval of a scheme member鈥檚 flock or hatchery, or combined flock and hatchery on one site, where the inspection is carried out by an APHA vet	拢49	拢71
Annual renewal of a scheme member鈥檚 flock or hatchery or combined flock and hatchery, on one site, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary surgeon who is not an APHA vet	拢61	拢67
Annual renewal of a scheme member鈥檚 flock or hatchery or combined flock and hatchery, additional site, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary surgeon who is not an APHA vet	拢34	拢39
Annual renewal of a scheme member鈥檚 flock or hatchery or combined flock and hatchery, on one site, where the inspection is carried out by an APHA vet	拢62	拢67
Annual renewal of a scheme member鈥檚 combined flock and hatchery, additional site, where the inspection is carried out by an APHA vet	拢35	拢39

Fees for laboratory operators to get approval

Laboratory operators must pay fees to apply for approval to carry out testing for the PHS. You must pay for renewal every 2 years. APHA approves laboratories for carrying out testing as part of the Poultry Health Scheme.

Approved laboratories must also pay fees for carrying out proficiency tests.

See the list of Poultry Health Scheme approved laboratories.

Service	Fees from 1 July 2023
Application for an initial laboratory approval or renewal	拢86
Proficiency test for Salmonella bacteriology (pullorum, gallinarum and arizonae)	拢158 per test
Proficiency test for Salmonella serology (pullorum, gallinarum)	拢310 per test
Proficiency test for Mycoplasma chicken serology (gallisepticum)	拢310 per test
Proficiency test for Mycoplasma culture (gallisepticum and meleagridis)	拢280 per test
Proficiency test for Mycoplasma turkey serology (gallisepticum and meleagridis)	拢310 per test

Leaving the Poultry Health Scheme

You can leave the scheme at any time, but you will not be entitled to a refund on your approval or membership fees.