Primary control zone (PCZ-176 – Ontario)

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 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, Ontario this day of April 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm.

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

Schedule

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2023, primary control zone 176 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, 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 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan this day of March 13, 2023, at 14:48.

Bobbie Lynn Lundquist
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, Executive Vice-President, 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, Ontario this day of March 13, 2023, at 3:45 pm.

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

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Province of Ontario – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Ontario bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 176 (PCZ-176)

• Starting at the intersection of Pinehurst Line and Mull Rd
• Southeast on Mull Rd to the trail at GPS coordinates 42.399155N, -81.987991W
• Northeast on the trail to Base Rd
• Southeast on Base Rd to Brush Line
• Southwest on Brush Line to Mull Rd
• Southeast on Mull Rd to New Scotland Line
• Southwest on New Scotland Line to Nelson St
• Southeast on Nelson St to its terminus at the shore
• South continuing along the shoreline to Four Rod Rd
• Northwest on Four Rod Rd to 15th Line
• Southwest on 15th Line to Dillon Rd
• Northwest on Dillon Rd to 11th Line
• Northeast on 11th Line to Bloomfield Rd
• Northwest on Bloomfield Rd to 8th Line
• Northeast on 8th Line to Bloomfield Rd
• Northwest on Bloomfield Rd to 7th Line E
• Northeast on 7th Line E continuing as English Line to Creek Rd
• East on Creek Rd to Maynard Line
• Northeast on Maynard Line to Harwich Rd
• Southeast on Harwich Rd to Boundary Line
• Northeast on Boundary Line to Harwich Rd
• Southeast on Harwich Rd to Pinehurst Line
• Northeast on Pinehurst Line to Mull Rd