Primary control zone (PCZ-59 - Alberta)

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 orders declaring the primary control zones set out in the Schedule attached hereto are 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 (the Act) to revoke an order made under subsection 27(1) of the Act;

THEREFORE, I hereby revoke the Declaration Orders made pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Act in respect of the primary control zones set out in the Schedule attached hereto;

AND THEREFORE I hereby also revoke the Designation Orders 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 June 27, 2022, at 2:45 pm.

Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
President of the CFIA

Schedule

Whereas, on May 8, 2022, primary control zone 59 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 Meaford this day of May 9, 2022, at, 7:59 am.
Pamela MacDonald, 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, 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. Siddika Mithani, 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 8, 2022, at 8:00 pm.

Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
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 59 (PCZ-59)

• Starting at TC Hwy 1 and Range Road 155.
• North on Range Road 155 until Township Road 200.
• East on Township Road 200 until Hwy 36.
• North on Hwy 36 until Hwy 544.
• East on Hwy 544 until Range Road 143.South on Range Road 143 until Township Road 200.
• East on Township Road 200 until Range Road 140.
• South on Range Road 140 until Range Road 141/ Township Road 190.
• West on Range Road 141 until Township Road 190.
• West on Township Road 190 until Range Road 142.
• South on Range Road 142 until GPS coordinate -111.837 50.532 degrees.
• Southwest from GPS coordinate -111.837 50.532 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -111.883 50.514 degrees (Hwy 873/ Township Road 182).
• West on Township Road 182 until GPS coordinate -111.940 50.514 degrees.
• Northwest from GPS coordinate -111.940 50.514 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -112.044 50.536 degrees (Range Road 155).
• North on Range Road 155 until Township Road 184.
• West on Township Road 184 until Range Road 160.
• North on Range Road 160 until Township Road 190 (GPS coordinate -112.067 50.572 degrees).
• Northwest from GPS coordinate -112.067 50.572 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -112.081 50.602 degrees (Township Road 192).
• North from GPS coordinate -112.081 50.602 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -112.059 50.650 degrees (TC Hwy 1 and Range Road 155).