Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Intention to Incorporate Material by Reference—Import Health Standards for Animals and Animal Products (Notice No. MPI 608)

I, Matthew Stone, Director Animals and Animal Products, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MPI, give notice under section 142N(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (“Act”) that, under section 142M of the Act, some or all of the following material, in whole or in part, is proposed for incorporation by reference in one or more Import Health Standards for Animals and Animal Products developed under sections 22–24D of the Act:

  1. The Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat (CAC/RCP 58-2005) (available at the Codex Alimentarius website: www.codexalimentarius.org/standards/en/)
  2. The OIE List of FMD free Member Countries (available at the OIE website: www.oie.int/en/animal-health-in-the-world/official-disease-status/fmd/list-of-fmd-free-members/)
  3. The OIE List of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Member Countries (available at the OIE website: www.oie.int/en/animal-health-in-the-world/official-disease-status/bse/list-of-bse-risk-status/)

The following address is where comments on this proposal to incorporate material by reference are to be sent:

Ministry for Primary Industries
Animal Imports Team
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
Email: animalimports@mpi.govt.nz

The following address is where the material incorporated can be viewed free of charge:

Ministry for Primary Industries
Animal Imports Team
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
Wellington 6011
Email: animalimports@mpi.govt.nz

Any written comment must be received by the Ministry for Primary Industries no later than 10 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

Consultation on this proposal to incorporate material by reference is in addition to the usual process of consultation on draft import health standards under sections 22–24D of the Act.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 2016.

MATTHEW STONE, Director Animals and Animal Products, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).