Primary control zone (PCZ-67 – Saskatchewan)

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^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 July 29, 2022, at 12:00 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on May 29, 2022, primary control zone 67 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 Ottawa this day of May 29, 2022, at 1:35 pm.

Jagvinder Dhanda, Inspector

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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, Jean-Guy Forgeron, appointed in an acting capacity to the position of 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 day of May 29, 2022, at 12:15 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Acting 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 67 (PCZ-67)

• Starting at Township Road 184 and Grid Road 619/Range Road 2130.
• East on Township Road 184 until Range Road 2124.
• North on Range Road 2124 until Township Road 190.
• East on Township Road 190 until Range Road 2122.
• North on Range Road 2122 until Township Road 19AO.
• East on Township Road 19AO until GPS coordinate -103.450 50.572 degrees.
• Southeast from GPS coordinate -103.450 50.572 degrees over terrain until GPS coordinate -103.404 50.513 degrees (Range Road 2111).
• South on Range Road 2111 until GPS coordinate -103.404 50.477 degrees.
• Southwest from GPS coordinate -103.404 50.477 degrees over terrain until GPS coordinate -103.407 50.455 degrees (Range Road 2111).
• West on Range Road 2111 until Township Road 174.
• West on Township Road 174 until Grid Road 606.
• South on Grid Road 606 until Township Road 172.
• West on Township Road 172 until Range Road 2122 (GPS coordinate -103.553 50.424 degrees).
• West from GPS coordinate -103.553 50.424 degrees over terrain until GPS coordinate -103.587 50.426 degrees (Township Road 172).
• West on Township Road 172 until Range Road 2124.
• North on Range Road 2124 until Township Road 174.
• West on Township Road 174 until Grid Road 619.
• North on Grid Road 619 until Township Road 184