Primary control zone (PCZ-77 - 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 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 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 Health of Animals 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 15th day of October 2022, at 3:45 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on August 25, 2022, primary control zone 77 was declared by the Executive Vice-President acting as 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 Charlottetown, PE this day of August 25, 2022, at 1:20 pm.
Margaret McGeoghegan, 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, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President acting as 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 August 25, 2022, at 9:40 am.

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

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 77 (PCZ-77)

• Starting at the junction of Range Road 231 and Township Road 662.
• West on Township Road 662 until Range Road 232.
• South on Range Road 232 until Township Road 660.
• West on Township Road 660 until GPS coordinate -113.422 54.676 and continue over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.485 54.676 on Township Road 660.
• West on Township Road 660 until GPS coordinate -113.572 54.678.
• Northwest from GPS coordinate -113.572 54.678 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.599 54.686 at Range Road 244A.
• North on Range Road 244A until Range Road 244 B.
• Northwest from Range Road 244B over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.623 54.714 at an unnamed road.
• North from GPS coordinate -113.623 54.714 on an unnamed road until Township Road 664.
• North from Township Road 664 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.616 54.755 at Range Road 244.
• North on Range Road 244 until GPS coordinate -113.616 54.777.
• Northwest from GPS coordinate -113.616 54.777 on Range Road 244 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.632 54.793 at Township Road 672A.
• Northeast from GPS coordinate -113.632 54.793 at Township Road 672A over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.600 54.817 at Township Road 673A.
• East from GPS coordinate -113.600 54.817 on Township Road 673A until Range Road 242.
• North on Range Road 242 until Township Road 674.
• East on Township Road 674 until GPS coordinate -113.529 54.821 across terrain until GPS coordinate -113.514 54.821 at Township Road 674.
• East from GPS coordinate -113.514 54.821 on Township Road 674 until Range Road 235.
• North on Range Road 235 until Township Road 675.
• East on Township Road 675 until GPS coordinate -113.443 54.835.
• East from GPS coordinate -113.443 54.835 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.413 54.835 on Range Road 232.
• South on Range Road 232 from GPS coordinate -113.413 54.835 until GPS coordinate -113.412 54.827.
• Southeast from GPS coordinate -113.412 54.827 on Range Road 232 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.362 54.799 at Range Road 230.
• South from GPS coordinate -113.362 54.799 at Range Road 230 until Township Road 672.
• East on Township Road 672 until Range Road 225.
• South on Range Road 225 continuing on as Range Road 224A until Township Road 670.
• West on Township Road 670 until Range road 230.
• South on Range Road 230 until GPS coordinate -113.334 54.748.
• Southwest from GPS coordinate -113.334 54.748 on Range Road 230 over terrain until GPS coordinate -113.342 54.734.
• West from GPS coordinate -113.342 54.734 on Township Road 664 until Range Road 231.
• South from Range Road 231 until Township Road 662.