Primary control zone (PCZ-225 – Quebec)

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 1st day of February, 2024 at 3:15 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on December 5, 2023, primary control zone 225 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 December 5, 2023, at 12:45 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.

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 December 05, 2023 at 1:30 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Province of Quebec – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Quebec bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone Primary Control Zone 225 (PCZ-225)

• In the village of Ste-Rosalie (Saint-Hyacinthe), from the intersection of Canadian National Railway and Guy Avenue at the point of Lat. 45.639707 Long. -72.893882
• Southeast, across the field, to Range des Érables at the point of Lat. 45.631455 Long. -72.842561
• Southwest across the field to 7th Range at Lat. 45.623213 Long. -72.820105
• Southwest across the field, to the 9th Range at the point of Lat. 45.599993 Long. -72.788434
• Southwest on 9th Range to Phaneuf Highway
• Heading southeast until you reach the 10th Rang
• East to Petit-10e Rang
• South to St-Dominique Road
• Southwest across the field to Highway 137 at Lat. 45.510424 Long. -72.77726
• Southwest across the field, to 3rd Range W at Lat. 45.483163 Long. -72.806292
• Southwest across the field, to Range Grand-St-Charles at the point of coordinates Lat. 45.466203 Long. - 72.835296
• Southwest across the field, to the Range de la Montagne at the point of Lat. 45.457983 Long. -72.887844
• West, across the field, to Range St-Ours at the point of Lat. 45.462232 Long. -72.941025
• Northwest across the field, to Range du Haut-Corbin/Route 231 at the Lat. 45.507665 Long. -73.026716
• Northeast on Range du Haut-Corbin/Route 231 to the intersection of Range St-Louis Lat. 45.521039 Long. -73.017135
• Northwest across the field, to Range d'Argenteuil at the point of Lat. 45.553767 Long. -73.022274
• Northeast across the field, to Range St-Simon at the point of Lat. 45.585349 Long. -73.016352
• Northeast across the field to Laurier Boulevard W at Lat. 45.601828 Long -72.987716
• North on Casavant Boulevard W to the intersection of Canadian National Railway at Lat. 45.619307 Long. -72.987437
• Northeast on Canadian National Railway to the intersection with Guy Avenue at the point of Lat. 45.639707 Long. -72.893882