Pursuant to section 168(5) of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given that amendments to the following material incorporated by reference in the Animal Products Notice: Specifications for Laboratories (“Notice”), take effect on the date of publication of this notice:

• MPI Consolidated List of Tests for Animal Products: meat, poultry, honey, seafood, dairy, live animals and germplasm.

A copy of the Notice and the above incorporated material may be inspected free of charge or purchased at a reasonable cost at the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

This notice can also be viewed on the website www.mpi.govt.nz.

Dated this 11th day of December 2017.

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

Explanatory note

The purpose of this notice is to give effect the following tests incorporated by reference into the MPI Consolidated List of Tests for Animal Products: meat, poultry, honey, seafood, dairy, live animals and germplasm:

• 10.04 – Leptospermum scoparium DNA
• 10.05 – Four chemical characterisation compounds:
• 2´-Methoxyacetophenone (2´-MAP)
• 2-Methoxybenzoic acid (2-MBA)
• 3-Phenyllactic acid (3-PA)
• 4-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid (4-HPA)