Primary control zone for multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX) and/or Dermo (PCZ-10 – Braeshore to Ponds, NS)

Revocation Order (Section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act)

WHEREAS I, Paul MacKinnon, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, am of the opinion that the order declaring the primary control zones set out in the Schedule attached hereto are no longer necessary with regard to controlling the spread of Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) and/or Perkinsus marinus as movement control measures have been implemented under section 198(1) of the Health of Animals Regulations .

WHEREAS I am authorized under section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act^{Footnote 1} (the Act) to revoke an order made under subsection 27(1) of the Act; THEREFORE, I hereby revoke the Declaration Orders made pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Act in respect of the primary control zones set out in the Schedule attached hereto;

AND THEREFORE, I hereby also revoke the Designation Orders made pursuant to subsection 27(2) of the Health of Animals Act in respect of the animals and things set out in the Schedule attached hereto.

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario this 8 day of September 2025 at 2:15pm.

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

WHEREAS, on November 27, 2024, primary control zone 10 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^Footnote 1 for Haplosporidium nelsoni and/or Perkinsus marinus; and whereas I am authorized under section 33 of the Act to exercise the power of the Minister under subsection 27(2) of the Act.

THEREFORE, under subsection 27(2) of the Act, in respect of that primary control zone, I hereby, by order, designate the animals and things listed in the Schedule attached as being capable of being infected or contaminated by Haplosporidium nelsoni and/or Perkinsus marinus.

Dated at Moncton, New Brunswick on November 28, 2024, at 7:35 am.

Rino Doucet
Inspector

Schedule

Oysters and their spat, both wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

AND

Things that have been in contact with oysters or their spat, both wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

WHEREAS I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay), believe that the reportable diseases, Haplosporidium nelsoni and/or Perkinsus marinus, exist in the area in Canada described in the schedule attached hereto.

THEREFORE, I hereby declare, pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^Footnote 1, that the area described in the Schedule attached is a Primary Control Zone, effective the date below.

Dated at Montreal, Quebec on this day of November 27, 2024, at 5:15 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for Haplosporidium nelsoni and/or Perkinsus marinus in the Province of Nova Scotia – Declaration Schedule"

The following is the description of the area in and around Braeshore to Ponds, Nova Scotia, declared to be a primary control zone under this order:

Primary Control Zone 10 (PCZ-10)

• All waters within lines drawn at points 45.714655° north latitude, -62.638835° west longitude near Logans Point, 45.85787° north latitude, -62.638623° west longitude north of Logans Point, 45.887091° north latitude, -62.291069° west longitude north of Ponds, 45.695192° north latitude, -62.290533° west longitude near Ponds.