Pursuant to section 14 (1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry hereby gives notice that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9 (1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997:
Trade Name: Nobilis Influenza H5N2
Reference: A009738
Active Ingredient and Concentration: Avian Influenza type A, subtype H5N2 – inducing an HI titre = 4.0 log2/dose according to potency test per 0.5mL dose
General Use Claim: For active immunisation as an aid in protection against Avian Influenza type A, subtype H5.
Any person may make a written submission to the director-general, under section 17 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, concerning any application notified above.
Such submissions:
(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission;
(b) may state any decision sought on that application;
(c) must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette; and
(d) should be forwarded to the address given below.
A copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for their information.
The address below is:
(a) where submissions and requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent;
(b) where the public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
(c) the director-general’s address for service:
ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 68-86 Jervois Quay
(P.O. Box 2835), Wellington.
The applicant’s address for service is:
Biosecurity New Zealand, Pastoral House, Fourteenth Floor, 25 The Terrace (P.O. Box 2526), Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July 2006.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (ACVM and Non-Food Products) (acting under delegated authority).