Primary control zone (PCZ-98 – 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 11:30 am.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2022, primary control zone 98 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 25, 2022, at 10:05 am.

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 25, 2022, at 9:45 am.

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 98 (PCZ-98)

• Start at the junction of GPS coordinate 113.683217W 49.407259N and Township Road 54.
• North From the junction of GPS coordinate 113.683217W 49.407259N and Township Road 54 across terrain to the junction of GPS coordinate 113.685792W 49.436292N and Highway 507.
• East on Highway 507 to Range Road 282.
• North on Range Road 282 to Township Road 62.
• North East from the junction of Range Road 282 and Township Road 62 across terrain to GPS coordinate 113.606410W 49.508888N.
• South East from GPS coordinate 113.606410W 49.508888N across terrain to the junction of GPS coordinate 113.458352W 49.495009N and Highway 810.
• South East from the junction of GPS coordinate 113.458352W 49.495009N and Highway 810 across terrain to the junction of Township Road 60 and Range Road 262.
• South on Range Road 262 to Township Road 54.
• West on Township Road 54 to Range Road 263.
• South on Range Road 263 to Township Road 53.
• West on Township Road 53 to Range Road 264.
• South on Range Road 264 to Township Road 52.
• West on Township Road 52 to Range Road 265.
• South on Range Road 265 to Range Road 265A.
• South from the junction of Range Road 265 and Range Road 265A across terrain to GPS coordinate 113.476998W 49.350597N at Highway 505.
• West from GPS coordinate 113.476998W 49.350597N and Highway 505 across terrain to the junction of Highway 505 and Range Road 271.
• West on Highway 505 continuing West onto Township Road 50 to Range Road 275.
• North on Range Road 275 to Township Road 51.
• West on Township Road 51 to Range Road 280 at GPS coordinate 113.634337W 49.363581N.
• North West From GPS coordinate 113.634337W 49.363581N across terrain to junction of GPS coordinate 113.683217W 49.407259N and Township Road 54.