Primary control zone (PCZ-147 – Alberta)

Revocation Order (Section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act)

Whereas, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President, acting as 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 January 4, 2023, at 12:00 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2022, primary control zone 147 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, Quebec this day of November 17, 2022, at 9:20 am.

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 November 16, 2022, at 8:55 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 Alberta – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Alberta bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for:

• Primary Control Zone 147 (PCZ-147)
• Start at the junction of Township Road 40 and Range Road 125
• North on Range Road 125 to Township Road 42
• West on Township Road 42 to Range Road 130
• North on Range Road 130 to Township Road 44
• North from the junction of Range Road 130 and Township Road 44 across terrain to GPS coordinate 111.620080W 49.384790N on Range Road 130
• North on Range Road 130 to Township Road 60
• East on Township Road 60 to Range Road 114/Highway 879
• South on Range Road 114/Highway 879 to Township Road 54
• East on Township Road 54 to GPS coordinate 111.418378W 49.406743N
• South East from GPS coordinate 111.418378W 49.406743N across terrain to GPS coordinate 111.395933W 49.377218N on Range Road 112
• South on Range Road 112 to Township Road 50
• East on Township Road 50 to Range Road 111
• South on Range Road 111 to Township Road 42
• West on Township Road 42 to Range Road 112
• South on Range Road 112 to Township Road 40
• West on Township Road 40 to Range Road 123