Egg Movement Control Plan

The Egg Movement Control Plan (EMC) requires surveillance, biosecurity, and cleaning and disinfection (C&D) practices for moving different types of eggs and egg products within, out of, and into an HPAI control area. (Attachment C contains model C&D guidelines.) The EMC Plan also offers draft guidance for movement of eggs, egg products, and day-old chicks (see Table 2.2).

Efforts to control the spread of and eradicate HPAI may compete with the egg industry’s real-time need to move eggs and associated egg products. These competing needs can be resolved, in part, by elevating awareness, establishing or reinforcing communication links between regulators and industry, identifying resources, identifying existing and elevated biosecurity practices, and developing plans in advance of an outbreak.

The Egg Sector Working Group has participated in a private-public-academic partnership to develop effective science-based solutions for market continuity in a Control Area during an HPAI outbreak. The outcome of this partnership is a set of specific science-based tools that decision makers (such as Incident Commanders) can use to evaluate the producer’s biosecurity program, understand the product risk, and shorten the time needed for permitted movement of low-risk egg products or poultry.

The Egg Movement Control (EMC) Plan was developed by the egg industry, poultry veterinarians, and USDA APHIS’ Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH) in collaboration with the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota. The objective of the EMC plan is to develop science-based guidelines for permitting the movement of eggs and egg products from operations in a HPAI control zone while effectively managing the risk of release of HPAI virus. The EMC plan is based on the following:

To review the Egg Movement Control Plan, please see Section Two of the Secure Egg Supply Plan.PDF

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