Pursuant to section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (“the Act”), the
Director-General of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority gives notice that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9(1) of the Act:
Trade Name: Excede LA Sterile Suspension
Reference: A10150
Active Ingredient and Concentration: Ceftiofur (as the ceftiofur crystalline free acid) micronised 200mg/mL (206mg/mL)
Formulation Type: Sterile suspension
General Use Claim: For the treatment of bacterial diseases susceptible to ceftiofur in cattle and horses including Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD), bovine foot rot (interdigital necrobacillosis), and respiratory disease associated with Streptococcus equi (subsp. zooepidemicus) in horses. For the control of acute metritis in cattle.
Any person may make a written submission to the
director-general concerning this application.
Under sections 16 and 17 of the Act, a written submission:
(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission; and
(b) may state any decision sought on that application; and
(c) must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification
in the New Zealand Gazette.
Under section 18 of the Act, a copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for the applicant’s information.
The following address is:
(a) where submissions on this application are to be sent; and
(b) where requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent; and
(c) where public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
(d) the director-general’s address for service:
ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety
Authority, Level 5, South Tower, 68–86 Jervois Quay, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2835, Wellington 6140.
The applicant’s address for service is:
Pfizer New Zealand Limited, Level 3, Pfizer House, 14 Normanby Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024. Postal Address: PO Box 3998, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of September 2009.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (Operations) (acting under delegated authority), New Zealand Food Safety Authority.