Primary control zone (PCZ-108–Saskatchewan)

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

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, 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, Ontario this 21st day of June, 2023 at 1:30 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

WHEREAS, on October 1, 2022, primary control zone 108 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 October 1, 2022, at 1:55 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 Toronto this day of October 1, 2022, at 1:30 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 Saskatchewan – Declaration Schedule” described as:

The following area in the province of Saskatchewan bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for:

Primary Control Zone 108 (PCZ-108)
Starting at the junction of Range Road 3135 and Township Road 533.
North on Range Road 3135 to GPS coordinate 107.898059W 53.610050N.
North East from GPS coordinate 107.898059W 53.610050N across terrain to GPS
coordinate 107.849157W 53.715110N at the junction of Township Road 550 and Range
Road 3133.
East from GPS coordinate 107.849157W 53.715110N across terrain to GPS coordinate
107.701507W 53.715249N at Highway 24.
South along the West edge of Highway 24 to Grid Road 696.
Continue South on Grid Road 696 to Range Road 3122.
Continue South on Range Road 3122 to Township Road 534.
West on Township Road 534 until Grid Road 696.
Continue West on Grid Road 696 to Grid Road 696 South.
South on Grid Road 696 to Township Road 530.
West on Township Road 530 to Range Road 3124 at GPS coordinate 107.726012W
53.540660N.
North West from GPS coordinate 107.726012W 53.540660N across terrain to the
junction of Range Road 3135 and Township Road 533.