Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 1 July 2016 of the Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Halal Animal Material and Halal Animal Products.

The following provisions in that notice come into effect on 1 July 2016:

• Part 9;
• clause 13.1.1(1); and
• clause 13.2.

The rest of the provisions in that notice come into effect on 1 January 2017.

A copy of this notice may be inspected free of charge or purchased at a reasonable cost at the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, 25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

The notice can also be viewed on the MPI food safety website

www.foodsafety.govt.nz

Dated this 4th day of July 2016.

ALLAN KINSELLA, Director Systems Audit, Assurance and Monitoring, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).