Primary control zone (PCZ-100 – Alberta)

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

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Siddika Mithani, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, am of the opinion that the order declaring the primary control zone set out in the Schedule attached hereto is no longer necessary with regard to highly pathogenic avian influenza that may affect animals or that may be transmitted by animals to persons.

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 Order made pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Act in respect of the primary control zone set out in the Schedule attached hereto;

AND THEREFORE I hereby also revoke the Designation Order 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 this day of December 8, 2022, at 11:45 am.

Dr. Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

WHEREAS, on September 27, 2022, primary control zone 100 was declared by the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^Footnote 1 for highly pathogenic avian influenza; 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 the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Dated at Pierrefonds, Quebec this day of September 26, 2022, at 8:40 pm.

Elham Guirguis
Inspector

Schedule

Commercial^Footnote 2 or non-commercial^Footnote 3 poultry. This includes day-old poultry and hatching eggs, eggs and other products or by-products of such captive domestic poultry, and things that have been exposed to such a bird.

AND

Other captive birds (including birds that are raised in captivity for racing, exhibitions, zoological collections, competitions, or pets) if movements may result in contact with commercial or non-commercial poultry or their facilities. This includes eggs, other products or by-products of other captive birds, and things that have been exposed to such a bird.

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Siddika Mithani, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Marie-Claude Bibeau), believe that the disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, exists 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, in which I believe that highly pathogenic avian influenza exists.

Dated at Ottawa this 26 day of September 2022, at 8:15 pm.

Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Province of Alberta – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Alberta bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 100 (PCZ-100)

• Start at the junction of Highway 642 and Range Road 263.
• East on Highway 642 until Canadian National Railway.
• South-East on Canadian National Railway until Range Road 245.
• South on Range Road 245 until Township Road 551.
• East on Township Road 551 until Canadian National Railway.
• South-West on Canadian National Railway until Highway 37.
• West on Highway 37 until Range Road 251.
• South-East on Range Road 251 until Sturgeon Road.
• South-West on Sturgeon Road until St Albert Trail.
• North on St Albert Trail until McKenney Avenue.
• South-West on McKenney Avenue until Ray Gibbon Drive.
• North-West on Ray Gibbon Drive until Canadian National Railway.
• North-West on Canadian National Railway until Range Road 262.
• South on Range Road 262 Township Road 540.
• West on Township Road 540 until Range Road 264.
• North on Range Road 264 until Highway 633.
• West on Highway 633 until Highway 44.
• North on Highway 44 until Township Road 543.
• West on Township Road 543 until Range Road 270.
• North on Range Road 270 until GPS coordinate 113.8362993°W 53.7088829°N.
• North-West over terrain from GPS coordinate 113.8362993°W 53.7088829°N until the junction of Range Road 265 and Highway 37.
• North on Range Road 265 until Township Road 552.
• East on Township Road 552 until Highway 44.
• North on Highway 44 until Township Road 554.
• East on Township Road 554 until Range Road 263.
• North on Range Road 263 until Highway 642.