Primary control zone (PCZ-113–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 (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 November 17, 2022, at 12:00 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on October 5, 2022, primary control zone 113 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 Gatineau this day of October 5, 2022, at 5:15 pm.

René Patenaude
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 October 5, 2022, at 4:30 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 113 (PCZ-113)

• Starting at the junction of Township Road 534 and Range Road 271.
• North on Range Road 271 to Township Road 540.
• West on Township Road 540 to Range Road 272.
• North on Range Road 272 to Highway 633.
• West on Highway 633 to Range Road 274.
• North on Range Road 274 to GPS coordinate 113.934890W 53.694094N.
• North from GPS coordinate 113.934890W 53.694094N across terrain to GPS coordinate 113.934847W 53.699367N on Range Road 274.
• Continue North on Range Road 274 to Highway 37.
• East on Highway 37 to Range Road 272.
• North on Range Road 272 to Township Road 554.
• East on Township Road 554 to Range Road 255.
• South on Range Road 255 to Township Road 552.
• East on Township Road 552 to West edge of Highway 2.
• South along the West edge of Highway 2 to GPS coordinate 113.640706W 53.672567N on Range Road 254.
• South West from GPS coordinate 113.640706W 53.672567N over terrain to the junction of Villeneuve Road and Range Road 255.
• West on Villeneuve Road to Ray Gibbon Drive.
• South on Ray Gibbon Drive to Meadowview Drive.
• South West on Meadowview Drive to Highway 44 and Township Road 534.
• Continue South West on Township Road 534 to Range Road 271.