Primary control zone (PCZ-217 – Saskatchewan)

2024-01-17: Revocation order (PDF – 745 kb)
2023-11-17: Designation order (PDF – 454 kb)
2023-11-17: Declaration order (PDF – 485 kb)

Revocation order

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

WHEREAS, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President, acting as 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 17th day of January, 2024 at 5:30 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Acting as President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order Date	Designation Order Date
PCZ-217	November 17, 2023	November 17, 2023

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 17, 2023, primary control zone 217 was declared by Harpreet Kochhar, 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 Calgary, Alberta on November 17, 2023, at 7:00 pm.

Mike DiMambro
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, rehabilitation, 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.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

S.C. 1990, c. 21.

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Footnote 2

Commercial poultry

Chickens and turkeys raised under Canada's supply management (quota) system for producing or selling their products or breeding for these purposes OR
Birds raised, outside the quota system, on a premises with 300 or more for producing or selling their products or breeding for these purposes

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Footnote 3

Non-commercial poultry

Birds raised in smaller flocks of fewer than 300 for producing or selling their products locally for limited sales or for breeding for these purposes

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Declaration order

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, 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 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, Ontario this day of November 17, 2023 at 7:53 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the CFIA

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 217 (PCZ-217)

Starting at junction of Highway 5 and Range Road 2264
North on Range Road 2264 to GPS coordinate 105.669762W 52.216383N on Unnamed Road
West from GPS coordinate 105.669762W 52.216383N on Unnamed Road to GPS coordinate 105.693602W 52.216396N
Northwest from GPS coordinate 105.693602W 52.216396N across terrain to GPS coordinate 105.705382W 52.274703N on Range Road 2265A
North on Range Road 2265A to Township Road 384
East on Township Road 384 to Range Road 2265
Northwest continuing North on Range Road 2265 to Township Road 390
East on Township Road 390 to Range Road 2261
North on Range Road 2261 to Township Road 392
East on Township Road 392 to Range Road 2254A
North on Range Road 2254A to Grid Road 767
East on Grid Road 767 to 670 Road
South on 670 Road to Township Road 392
East on Township Road 392 to Range Road 2245
South on Range Road 2245 to Township Road 390
East on Township Road 390 to Range Road 2250
South on Range Road 2250 to Township Road 384
East on Township Road 384 to Range Road 2245
South on Range Road 2245 to Township Road 382
West on Township Road 382 to Range Road 2251
South on Range Road 2251 to the north edge of Highway 5
West along the north edge of Highway 5 to Grid Road 670
South along the west edge of Grid Road 670 to Township Road 372
West on Township Road 372 to GPS coordinate 105.554492W 52.172925N
West from GPS coordinate 105.554492W 52.172925N across terrain to GPS coordinate 105.559384W 52.172912N on Township Road 372
West on Township Road 372 to Range Road 2260
North on Range Road 2260 to north edge of Highway 5
West along the north edge of Highway 5 to Range Road 2264.