- (waterfowl not included)
No person shall
import into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hatching eggs,
baby chicks or live poultry, except poultry intended for
immediate slaughter or for exhibition subject to permit
granted by the State Department of Agriculture, unless such
hatching eggs are the produce of flocks which meet, and
such baby chicks or live poultry meet, or are the first
generation progeny of flocks which meet, the minimum requirements
for "pullorum passed" or "pullorum clean"
grades of poultry, as established by the Commissioner of
Agriculture, or the equivalent thereof.
The following
rules are in place for the importation into Massachusetts
of all hatching eggs and day-old chicks or poults.
1. The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts will accept for entry only hatching eggs
and day-old chicks or poults which originate directly from
flocks whose parent birds are under the USDA-NPIP testing
program.
2. No eggs or chicks marketed under a hatchery name and which are produced
on other premises may enter unless said premise fully qualifies under (1)
above. All requests for entry under (2) must be in writing and must cover
all breeds which are produced on said premise.
