Primary control zone (PCZ-68 – British Columbia)

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 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 this day of July 26, 2022, at 4:00 pm.

Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

WHEREAS, on June 6, 2022, primary control zone 68 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 Ottawa this day of June 6, 2022, at 8:29 pm.

Penny Greenwood, 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 June 6, 2022, at 12:55 pm.

Siddika Mithani, Ph.D.
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

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

The following area in the province of British Columbia bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 68 (PCZ-68)

• Starting at the Halfmoon Bay shoreline and Taylor Crescent (GPS coordinate -123.935 49.510 degrees).
• North on Taylor Crescent until Truman Road.
• North on Truman Road until Brooks Road.
• North on Brooks Road until Sunshine Coast Hwy 101.
• Northwest on Sunshine Coast Hwy 101 until Stephens Way (GPS coordinate -123.931 49.532 degrees).
• Northwest from GPS coordinate -123.931 49.532 degrees across terrain until Shoreline of Porpoise Bay (GPS coordinate -123.809 49.575 degrees).
• Southeast from GPS coordinate -123.809 49.575 degrees across water until GPS coordinate -123.763 49.549 degrees (Tuwanek Trail).
• Southeast from GPS coordinate -123.763 49.549 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -123.740 49.542 degrees (Angus Creek Loop).
• South from GPS coordinate -123.740 49.542 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -123.701 49.490 degrees (Dusty Road).
• South from GPS coordinate -123.701 49.490 degrees across terrain until GPS coordinate -123.683 49.441 degrees (Sunshine Coast Hwy 101).
• South from GPS coordinate -123.683 49.441 degrees across terrain until shoreline of Strait of Georgia.
• Northwest along the shoreline of the Strait of Georgia until the Halfmoon Bay shoreline and Taylor Crescent (GPS coordinate -123.935 49.510 degrees).