This Statute is established to prevent the occurrence, contagion and spread of infectious animal disease. Other pertinent laws are applicable for issues not specified within this set of Statute.

Hereupon, the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan is referred to as the central competent authority; municipal government is referred to as the municipal competent authority; and county (city) government is referred to as the county (city) competent authority.
The animal health inspection authority as mentioned hereupon refer to authorities and district offices (cities and towns) established by the respective authorities concerned at different government levels in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 8.
When issues of authority concern the public health, the authorities concerned shall take action in collaboration with the public health authorities.

Hereupon, “prevention and control” will shall include matters relating to prevention, inspection, and quarantine, etc.

The animals mentioned hereupon refer to bovines, water buffaloes , horses, mules, donkeys, camels, sheep, goats, rabbits, pigs, dogs, cats, fowls, turkeys, ducks, geese, eels, prawns, tilapia, milkfish, salmons, trout, and other animals as specified by the central competent authority.

The entities subject to quarantine as mentioned hereupon refer to animals specified in Article 4 and other animals of similar breeds, or animals that can be susceptible to animal infectious diseases, as well as carcasses, bones, flesh, internal organs, fats, blood, hide, hair, feather, horns, hooves, tendons, raw milk, blood meal, eggs, sperm, embryos, and other forms which could spread the pathogens of animal infectious diseases.
The central competent authority may designate animals or animal products as objects specified in the preceding paragraph and declare them as items to be quarantined (hereinafter referred to as “quarantine objects”)

With regards to infectious animal diseases as mentioned in this set of statute, the central competent authority officially divided them into Types A, B and C.
To prevent the occurrences, contagion and spread of infectious animal diseases, the municipal and county (city) competent authority can order an infectious animal diseases,the municipal and county (city) competent authority can order aninfectious animal disease other than those mentioned above and applypart or all of the statute cited here.

Hereupon, “suffering from infectious animal diseases ”refers to animals which have been diagnosed to be infected with infectious animal diseases after they have signs of sickness.
On the other hand, “suspected of suffering from infectious animal diseases” would refer to animals which have signs of sickness, and are thought to be possibly suffering from infectious animal diseases, before they are actually diagnosed.
Also, “possibly contacted with infectious animal diseases” would refer to animals which have directly or indirectly contacted with animals suffering or suspected of suffering from infectious animal diseases, and have no signs of sickness but possibly have contacted with the infectious animal diseases according to scientific conclusions based on epidemiological data.

The respective authorities concernedat different government levels shall be staffed with animal healthinspection personnel who are qualified veterinarians.
Governments ofmunicipal cities and counties (cities) shall establish animal healthinspection authorities; the central competent authority shall establishan animal health inspection and quarantine agency; when necessary, acentral veterinary research institute should be established.
Quarantine units for import/export animals shall be staffed with animal quarantine personnel who are qualified veterinarians.
In case ofemergency prevention and control of infectious animal diseases, therespective authorities concerned at different governmental levelsshould send animal quarantine personnel or animal health inspectionpersonnel within their direct jurisdiction for the implementation ofemergency prevention and control.

For the necessity of inspection,animal health inspection personnel shall enter places for raisinganimals, warehouses and related places, vehicles, vessels and aircraftto check animals, animal products or their packaging containers andrelated objects. Investigation of relevant data and personsinvolved shall be carried out, and all persons or related personsmust not evade, interfere or refuse.
For the necessity ofquarantine, animal quarantine personnel shall conduct inspection of anyunloaded animals, animal products and their packing, containers,cargoes, postal parcels, luggage, vehicles, vessels, aircrafts anddeposit sites or the dispatch entrepots, which are potentiallyintroducing animal diseases or pathogens. The owners or related personsmust not evade, interfere or refuse.
All persons or relatedpersons evading, interfering or refusing the investigation inparagraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the inspection and quarantinepersonnel may be forced to execute the actions above.

When animal health inspection and quarantine personnel are implementing measures of prevention and control, personnel of relevant agencies shall provide the necessary assistance and coordination.

Authorities concerned shall grant reward to anyone informing against measures of animal disease prevention and control.Regulations governing the granting of the above reward shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

No person should intentionally spread rumors or false information about infectious animal diseases.

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