Primary control zone (PCZ-169 – British Columbia)

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

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, 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^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, Ontario this day of May 12, 2023 at 11:45 am

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

WHEREAS, on January 1, 2023, primary control zone 169 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 Ottawa, Ontario this day of January 1, 2023, at 10:48 am.

Aman Deep
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, 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 January 1, 2023, at 10:15 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 British Columbia – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of British Columbia bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 169 (PCZ-169)

• Starting at GPS coordinate 119.766829W 49.513912N on Shingle Creek Road
• North West from GPS coordinate 119.766829W 49.513912N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.854676W 49.601874N on Bathville Road
• North East from GPS coordinate 119.854676W 49.601874N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.797674W 49.665781N on Meadow Valley Road
• North East from GPS coordinate 119.797674W 49.665781N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.734277W 49.691149N on Highway 97
• South East from GPS coordinate 119.734277W 49.691149N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.563099W 49.678057N on Chute Lake Road
• South from GPS coordinate 119.563099W 49.678057N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.565277W 49.554012N on Sutherland Road
• South East on Sutherland Road continuing South West on Sutherland Road to Naramata Road at GPS coordinate 119.569203W 49.544427N
• South West from GPS coordinate 119.569203W 49.544427N across terrain to GPS coordinate 119.766829W 49.513912N on Shingle Creek Road.