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AgVetLink December 2003 - Special Issue for Registrants

Update Now!!!

The Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2002 provided that all products covered by the registration provision of the ACVM Act need to be updated before 1 July 2004.

To date there have been relatively few requests for updates – less than 20%. This means that the ACVM Group is expecting to deal with a rush of applications in the first six months of 2004, and a potentially high level of compliance activity following 1 July 2004 for registrants who have not actioned the updates.

We have recently held workshops to work with ERMA New Zealand and with both veterinary medicine and plant compound registrants. The workshops helped us to identify some of the registrants’concerns that have meant delaying their update applications. The workshop participants also thought it would be useful to clarify areas where there might be misunderstandings about what is required and to let registrants know what would happen to products where the registrant fails to meet the deadline.

I would encourage all registrants to read this edition of AgVetLink very carefully because there are significant cost savings for updates made on time, and the costs and inconvenience of non-compliance are likely to be considerable. If you have any queries about the update process, please contact Maree Zinzley, Programme Manager, ACVM Operations (04 463 2564 or email maree.zinzley@nzfsa.govt.nz), or your Advisor in the Operations team.

Debbie Morris, Director, ACVM Group