Primary control zone for multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX) (PCZ-01 – Bedeque Bay, PEI)

Amended designation order

WHEREAS, on July 19, 2024, primary control zone 01 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals ActFootnote 1 for Haplosporidium nelsoni; 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 Haplosporidium nelsoni.

Dated at Fredericton, New Brunswick on August 9, 2024, at 1:37 pm.

Kathy Brewer-Dalton
Inspector

Schedule

Oysters and their spat, both wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

AND

Things that have been in contact with oysters or their spat, both wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

Declaration order

WHEREAS, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay), believe that the reportable disease, Haplosporidium nelsoni, 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 ActFootnote 1, that the area described in the Schedule attached is a Primary Control Zone, effective the date below.

Dated at Whitehorse this day of July 19, 2024, at 5:15 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for Haplosporidium nelsoni in the Province of Prince Edward Island – Declaration Schedule"

The following is the description of the area in and around Bedeque Bay, Prince Edward Island declared to be a primary control zone under this order:

Primary Control Zone 01 (PCZ-01)

  • All marine waters on the landward side of a line drawn at a point at 46.38797° north latitude, 63.98203° west longitude near Union Corner eastward to a point at 46.33868° north latitude, 63.81531° west longitude.

Archived designation order

WHEREAS, on July 19, 2024, primary control zone 01 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals ActFootnote 1 for Haplosporidium nelsoni; 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 Haplosporidium nelsoni.

Dated at Moncton, New Brunswick on July 19, 2024, at 7:20 pm.

Mireille Chiasson
Inspector

Schedule

All life stages of bivalves both wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

AND

Things that have been in contact with any life stage of an oyster, wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof.

AND

Aquatic marine plants, wild and cultured, alive or dead and any parts thereof that have been in contact with any life stage of an oyster, wild and cultured, alive or dead.