| 9.1 | Separation of personnel from arrival and biosecure areas |
| (a) | Personnel working in each of the defined risk areas are strictly restricted to those areas and must be identified by differently coloured overalls. Alternatively, personnel moving between areas of different risk must shower, change clothing, and disinfect shoes/boots and hands before entering or leaving the Biosecure area. |
| (b) | No access of vehicles or any person to the Biosecure area are permitted unless via proper decontamination protocols. |
| (c) | The control boundary must be respected and identified to all persons. |
| (d) | Access points must be respected, well-demarcated and notices of procedures to be followed in specific access areas should be displayed. |
| 9.2 | Vehicle and visitor control |
| (a) | control logbooks must be kept of all visitors, vehicles, equipment etc. entering or leaving the Biosecure area. |
| (b) | No entry of persons, vehicles or products should be allowed into the Biosecure area if not expressly permitted by the Biosecurity Practitioner, subject to the rules in the biosecurity plan as drawn up by the Biosecurity Practitioner. |
| (c) | A different access gate for visitors and their vehicles should be used, if possible. |
| (d) | A wheel dip or spray must be used for access of vehicles into the Biosecure area. |
| (e) | People moving into and out of the Biosecure area must use a foot dip when going in and out of the area. |
| (f) | Ideally, persons entering the Biosecure area should make use of raised walkways and not the walkways demarcated for the livestock. |
| 9.3 | Cleaning and disinfection of Biosecure area after auction |
The entire Biosecure area will be cleaned and disinfected after the auction according to the SOP drawn up by the Biosecurity Practitioner.
