Disinfection for foot and mouth and disease

(1) Every shed or other place in which an animal affected with foot and mouth disease has been kept while so affected or has died or been slaughtered shall be disinfected and cleansed as follows– (a) the whole of the interior of such shed or other place including the fittings shall first be thoroughly washed or sprayed with a disinfectant approved by an inspector; then (b) all dung or other discharge shall be scraped from the walls, fittings and floors, and then the shed or other place swept out, and the sweepings and all litter, dung or other thing that has been in contact with, or used about, any animal shall be effectually removed therefrom; and (c) the floor of the shed or other place and all other parts thereof with which any animal or its droppings or any discharge may have come into contact shall again be thoroughly washed or sprayed with a disinfectant approved by an inspector. (2) All litter, dung or other thing removed from the shed or other place shall be forthwith thoroughly disinfected or burnt or otherwise destroyed to the satisfaction of an inspector. (3) Where any field or other like place is not capable of being so disinfected and cleansed, it shall be sufficient if such field or 562 place be disinfected and cleansed to the satisfaction of an inspector.