Order Amending the Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones in Respect of African Swine Fever – addition of clarity to paragraph 12

Whereas:

• On March 19, 2019, secondary control zones were declared by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food under subsection 27.1(2) of the Health of Animals Act in respect of African swine fever;
• On March 29, 2019, an order was made under subsection 27.1(3) of that Act designating things as being capable of being affected or contaminated by African swine fever;
• On March 29, 2019, an order (referred to in this order as the "Conditions Order") was made under subsection 27.1(4) of that Act imposing conditions on removing from, moving within or taking into one of those secondary control zones a thing designated by the order made under subsection 27.1(3) referred to above that originates from a state listed in the Schedule attached to the conditions order,
• The Minister has the power under section 27.3 of that Act to, by order, amend an order made under subsection 27.1(4) of that Act; and
• As an inspector, I have the authority under section 33 of that Act to exercise the authority of the Minister under section 27.3 of that Act to amend an order made under subsection 27.1(4) of that Act;

Therefore, by this order, I make the following amendments to the "Conditions Order":

1. Paragraph 12 is replaced by the following:

   Provisions 5 through 10 do not apply to commodities originating from recognized free areas of the countries listed in Schedule 1. For these commodities, an import permit is required, accompanied by a zoosanitary export certificate endorsed by an official veterinarian of the competent authority of the country of origin or the country of export attesting that the product of concern originated in a country, region, or zone recognized by Canada as free of ASF and was not commingled with product from a country, region, or zone not recognized by Canada as free of ASF.

Signed at Edmonton, November 22, 2021.

Craig Price, Inspector