Stopping movement of animals and their products is one way to prevent contagious disease spread. A state-issued permit is required to restart movement in Control Areas. Permits are based on the risk of the movement. Guidance for getting a Continuity of Business (COB) movement permit is in the SMS Plan and other resources shown here. Additional steps may be required in an actual outbreak.
Prepare for Times of No Movement
Milk and Cattle Movement Permit Guidance Criteria
States may require At-Risk or Monitored Premises to meet some or all of the criteria in Appendix A of the SMS Plan (pdf) when requesting a permit to move susceptible animals or products within, or out of, the Control Area.
Raw milk to commerce (if required)
- Traceability information is available and records provide evidence dairy is NOT a Contact Premises
- No evidence of infection based on monitoring for disease (surveillance); Dairy operation is NOT an Infected or Suspect Premises
- Biosecurity Performance Standards for Raw Milk Collection and Transport (pdf) are in place and acceptable* to Regulatory Officials
Raw milk for animal feed
- Traceability information is available and records provide evidence dairy is NOT a Contact Premises
- No evidence of infection based on monitoring for disease (surveillance); Dairy operation is NOT an Infected or Suspect Premises
- The items listed in the Enhanced Biosecurity Checklist are in place and acceptable* to Regulatory Officials
- Milk is treated to WOAH TAHC FMD standards
Cattle
- Traceability information is available and records provide evidence dairy is NOT a Contact Premises
- No evidence of infection based on monitoring for disease (surveillance); Dairy operation is NOT an Infected or Suspect Premises
- The items listed in the Enhanced Biosecurity Checklist are in place and acceptable* to Regulatory Officials
- Destination premises and state are willing to accept the cattle.
- More information about cattle movement is provided in the Secure Beef Supply Plan document.
* Acceptable may be determined by the checklist or written biosecurity plan review on paper, electronically or in person, prior to or during an outbreak pending available state resources.
Germplasm (Semen, Embryos) and High Genomic Cattle Movement Permit Guidance: BGMP
The Bovine Germplasm Movement Plan (BGMP) guidance describes considerations to meet the “No evidence of infection…” criteria. Appendix E has a movement guidance table for high genomic merit animals entering the germplasm segment of the industry, as well as semen and embryos. An overview is available in the BGMP Executive Summary.
Risk Assessments
Two proactive risk assessments evaluated the risk raw milk transport from an FMD infected, but undetected, Grade A dairy farm to further processing poses to FMD spread. Full reports, executive summaries and fact sheets are below.
CONCLUSION:
The risk of FMDv contamination of a susceptible farm by contaminated milk and environmental media through the transport of raw milk into, within, and outside of a Control Area to processing is negligible to moderate provided the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) guidance, state regulations, and the Biosecurity Performance Standards (BPS) for Raw Milk Collection and Transport are strictly followed.