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AgVetLink June 2004: Page 1

What’s coming up

• During June the ERMA New Zealand roadshow workshops on the 1 July 2004 transfer of pesticides to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 continue with ACVM Group representatives Maree Zinzley and Warren Hughes. Workshops in Gisborne (21 June) and Whangarei (23 June) have been added to the original list. Questions and answers from the workshops will be put on the ERMA website (http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/hs/index.html).

• There will be an ERMA New Zealand Test Certifiers workshop on 11 June.

• NZFSA will have a stand at the Mystery Creek Fieldays (16-19 June), and staff from the ACVM Group will be in attendance. We will visit as many as possible of the stall holders dealing in agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines to make sure that they are aware of their obligations under the ACVM Act.

• A report on the recent ‘slice of life’ audits will be available on the website before the end of June.

• Some changes to the NZFSA structure will take place on 1 July. The Dairy and Plant Products directorship, which covers a huge range of products, will be split. Director Tim Knox will assume responsibility for standards under the Food Act and another Director will be appointed for dairy and plant products. Also on 1 July, the MAF Verification Agency will come under the NZFSA umbrella as NZFSA VA.

• The ACVM Group has accepted an invitation to speak to the Board of the Companion Animal Society (CAS) of the New Zealand Veterinary Association on PAR standards, workshops, compounding and discretionary use issues. Information will also be provided for the CAS newsletter.

• There will be a customer satisfaction survey in the August issue of Agvetlink.

• An imports workshop at the NZFSA conference (29-30 September) in Wellington will include ACVM-related issues. See article page 5.