Primary control zone (PCZ-90 – 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 (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 Toronto this day of November 10, 2022, at 11:15 am.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on September 18, 2022, primary control zone 90 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 Pierrefonds, Quebec this day of September 18, 2022, at 6:30 pm.

Elham Guirguis
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 September 18, 2022, at 4:45 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 Alberta – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Alberta bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 90 (PCZ-90)

• Start at Township Road 70 and Range Road 143.
• East on Township Road 70 until Range Road 142.
• South on Range Road 142 until Highway 61.
• East on Highway 61 until Range Road 141.
• South on Range Road 141 until Township Road 60.
• West on Township Road 60 until Highway 877.
• South on Highway 877 until Township Road 54.
• West on Township Road 54 until GPS coordinate 112.0346664°W 49.4067210°N.
• North over terrain from GPS coordinate 112.0346664°W 49.4067210°N until the junction of Township Road 64 and Range Road 161.
• East on Township Road 64 until Range Road 154A.
• North on Range Road 154A until Highway 61.
• West on Highway 61 until Range Road 160.
• North on Range Road 160 until Unnamed Road at GPS coordinate 112.0366254°W 49.5385427°N.
• East over terrain from GPS coordinate 112.0366254°W 49.5385427°N until Range
• Road 143 at GPS coordinate 111.8334170°W 49.5385297°N.
• South from GPS coordinate 111.8334170°W 49.5385297°N on Range Road 143 until Township Road 70.