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 (2)7.1(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 (2)7.1(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 (2)7.1(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 (2)7.3 of that Act to, by order, amend an order made under subsection (2)7.1(4) of that Act; and
- As an inspector, I have the authority under section (3)3 of that Act to exercise the authority of the Minister under section (2)7.3 of that Act to amend an order made under subsection (2)7.1(4) of that Act;
Therefore, by this order, I make the following amendments to the “Conditions Order":
- Paragraph 8(a) is replaced by the following:
- (a) the designated thing will be subject to a heat treatment at the importing facility in a manner such that the temperature and the duration of the heat treatment is adequate to ensure that the risk of transmission has been substantially mitigated on the basis of scientific standards approved by the CFIA.
- Paragraph 8(b) is replaced by the following:
- (b) the designated thing will be held at the importing facility for a period of time and at a temperature that is adequate to ensure that the risk of transmission has been substantially mitigated on the basis of scientific standards approved by the CFIA.
- Section 10 is replaced with the following:
- 10. Subject to section 11, in the case of a designated thing that is a meal, the designated thing must not be taken into the secondary control zone unless the designated thing has undergone processing in the state of origin. That processing must have included a heat treatment in a manner such that the temperature and the duration of the heat treatment is adequate to ensure that the risk of transmission has been substantially mitigated on the basis of scientific standards approved by the CFIA. Untreated materials must not have been added to the processed product following this heat treatment.
Signed at Ottawa, July 14, 2020.
Dr. Amy Snow, Inspector