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Home PSEPC Daily Brief DOB05-237 Daily BriefThe PSEPC Daily Brief is a compilation of summaries of publicly available and PSEPC information concerning critical infrastructure protection and emergency management. DOB05-237 - 12 December 2005 NewsPoultry farms in B.C. Fraser Valley declared free of avian influenza Japanese border opens to Canadian beef According to the CFIA’s report Canada: a minimal BSE risk country, the incidence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada is equivalent to that of a minimal risk country. The BSE import policy for bovine animals and their products is now available on the CFIA website. CFIA warns that JHC brand cooked seasoning anchovies might be contaminated The CFIA provides additional information on preventing this foodborne illness in Salmonella Food Safety Facts. Avian influenza: Update On December 9, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand confirmed a further case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The victim, a 5-year-old boy, was hospitalized after developing symptoms and died. Early results suggest that the child might have acquired the infection from dead chickens in the neighbourhood. His family and neighbours have been placed under medical observation. No additional incidence of infection was found. A complete investigation of this case is currently under way. The World Health Organization reports that since December 2003, there have been 137 cases of H5N1 avian influenza, resulting in 70 deaths in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and China. In briefPower restored to almost all of Nova Scotia Almost 100,000 customers had lost power after a major snowstorm in Nova Scotia on December 10. Cyber risk assessmentOver the course of the past 72 hours, the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) has not detected any significant new threats or vulnerabilities. No significant incidents with the potential to affect critical infrastructure have been reported. Accordingly, based on the information available to CCIRC, the cyber risk facing Canadian critical infrastructure is assessed as low. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to apply appropriate security precautions and monitor their systems. Recent cyber alerts and advisories issued by CCIRC can be viewed under “Recent analytical releases” at www.psepc.gc.ca/ccirc. See also...Note to readersPublic Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and incidents involving, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows us to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products. Any suspected criminal activity should be reported to local law enforcement organizations. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Operations Centre (NOC) provides a 24/7 service to receive such reports or to redirect callers to local law enforcement organizations. The NOC can be reached at (613) 993-4460. National security concerns should be reported to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) at (613) 993-9620. Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada (GoC) are provided solely for the convenience of users. The GoC is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The GoC does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content. Some hyperlinks in the PSEPC Daily Brief direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act. Users should be aware that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written. |