Primary control zone (PCZ-222–Alberta)

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 27th day of December, 2023 at 10:28 am.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2023, primary control zone 222 was declared by Harpreet Kochhar, the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^Footnote1 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 28, 2023, at 12:15 pm.

Mike DiMambro
Inspector

Schedule

Commercial^Footnote1 or non-commercial^Footnote2 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.

^Footnote1Commercial 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:
  • 1000 or more birds on-site in total, for producing or selling their products or breeding for those purposes OR
  • 300 or more Anseriformes for producing or selling their products or breeding for these purposes

^Footnote2Non-commercial poultry

• Birds raised in smaller flocks of fewer than 1000 birds total AND fewer than 300 Anseriformes, for producing or selling their products locally for limited sales or for breeding for these purposes

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^Footnote1, 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 28, 2023 at 12:15 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the CFIA

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 222 (PCZ-222)

• Starting at the Junction of Range Road 164 and Highway 513
• North on Range Road 164 to GPS Coordinate 112.127052W 49.684050N at unnamed Road
• West from GPS Coordinate 112.127052W 49.684050N on unnamed Road to GPS Coordinate 112.135206W 49.683970N
• West from GPS Coordinate 112.135206W 49.683970N across terrain to GPS Coordinate 112.172188W 49.683940N on Highway 36
• North on Highway 36 to Township Road 90
• West on Township Road 90 to Range Road 172
• North on Range Road 172 to Township Road 92
• West on Township Road 92 to Range Road 174
• North on Range Road 174 to South edge on Highway 3 (Crowsnest Hwy)
• Northeast along the south edge of Highway 3 to Township Road 94
• East on Township Road 94 to Range Road 173
• North on Range Road 173 to Highway 3A
• Northwest on Highway 3A to Range Road 173
• North on Range Road 3A to Township Road 95
• West on Township Road 95 to Township Road 174
• North on Township Road 174 to Township Road 100
• East on Township Road 100 to Township Road 173
• North on Township Road 173 to GPS coordinate 112.239874W 49.792883N (which is at the end of the road on bing/google) and then Northeast on unnamed road to GPS Coordinate 112.233174W 49.796850N
• East from GPS Coordinate 112.233174W 49.796850N across terrain to GPS Coordinate 112.217341W 49.796895N on Range Road 172
• North on Range Road 172 to GPS Coordinate 112.217290W 49.800484N
• North from GPS Coordinate 112.217290W 49.800484N across terrain to GPS Coordinate 112.217425W 49.814975N on Township Road 102
• East/Northeast on Township Road 102 to Highway 864
• Northwest on Highway 864 to Range Road 170
• North on Range Road 170 to GPS Coordinate 112.169961W 49.843935N
• Eastfrom GPS Coordinate 112.169961W 49.843935N across terrain to GPS Coordinate 112.146003W 49.844008N on Township Road 104
• East on Township Road 104 to Range Road 164
• North on Range Road 164 to Range Road 163A
• Northeast on Range Road 163A to Township Road 110
• East on Township Road 110 to Range Road 161
• South on Range Road 161 to Township Road 104
• East on Township Road 104 to Range Road 154
• South on Range Road 154 to GPS Coordinate 111.991580W 49.835845N
• South from GPS Coordinate 111.991580W 49.835845N across terrain to GPS Coordinate 111.991554W 49.815046N on Range Road 154
• South on Range Road 154 to Township Road 100
• East on Township Road 100 to Range Road 153
• South on Range Road 153 to Township Road 92
• West on Township Road 92 to Range Road 154
• South on Range Road 154 to Highway 513
• West on the north edge of Highway 513 to Range Road 164