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Explanatory notes for insert: 
Request or enquiry regarding research/trials

Type of product?

The first deciding factor is if the product is a plant compound or a veterinary medicine.

Applications that come in where the product is already a licensed animal remedy (AR) or a registered pesticide (PX) will be processed within the areas of the chart noted:

• plant compound/PX or
• veterinary medicine/AR.

Product applications fall into the 'no requirement' category if:

• Product is exempt from the requirement to be registered.
• Product does not require a food/feed approval and proposed use does not breach the conditions of the registered pesticide/licensed animal remedy.
• Product is not an end use formulation and there is no food/feed approval required.

Product applications fall into the 'research approval required' category if:

• Product is not exempt from the requirement to be registered and is not an end use formulation but a food/feed approval is required.
• Product is a registered pesticide/licensed animal remedy but there is either a food/feed approval required or a breach in conditions.

For example, a food/feed approval is required or there is a breach in conditions if the approved label states that the product is not for use in grapes, but you want to trial for further development of product for this use. In this situation a research approval would be required.

Please note that a research approval is not a statutory requirement. However, obtaining a research approval helps clients meet their obligations under other legislation.

Product applications fall into the 'provisional registration required' category if:

• Product is not exempt from the requirement to be registered and there is an end use formulation.

Applicants should note that ERMA NZ will be notified of all provisional registrations and that without an ERMA NZ statement of non-concern the provisional registration cannot be issued.

The ACVM Group has drafted the following policy on the publishing of label content under the ACVM Act 1997.

Details of registered trade name products are published on the ACVM Group's website ( www.maf.govt.nz/acvm/registers-lists/index.htm ) as is required by section 24 of the ACVM Act. Under section 24(k), the product's label content is also to be published at the point of registration, unless the registrant can give good reason to delay publishing, e.g. for marketing purposes.

The ACVM Group will publish either the entire label or the label content as it relates to the areas of risk managed under the ACVM Act.

Where a registrant indicates on the Registration and Product Datasheet that they wish the publishing of the label content to be deferred until such time as they are ready to advertise or market, the ACVM Group will do so if the delay period is within reason.

The ACVM Group will retain a list of those products for which the publishing of label content is being held and, if within six months of registration the registrant has not provided notification of intent, the label content will be published.

Once label content has been published, the registrant may request that the label details be updated by the ACVM Group, and no fee will be charged for doing so (provided the update is minor and able to be actioned in under ten minutes). In these instances, the previous version of the label content will remain on the website as an 'archived' document for a period of 12 months.

If you have any comments or concerns on this policy, send them in writing by 30 June 2002 to:

Catherine Alsford
Customer Services Officer
ACVM Group, MAF
PO Box 2526
WELLINGTON
Email: alsfordc@maf.govt.nz