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AgVetLink April 2005 

Update on products

The ACVM Group has finalised the registration conditions for vertebrate toxic agent (VTA) products.  Registrants have been notified of the conditions of registration required for their VTA products.  Over the next few months, the ACVM Group will update the majority of VTA products with respect to these conditions of registration and labelling changes.

Where a condition of registration requires a ‘Controlled Substances Licence’ to purchase and/or an ‘Approved Trader’ to sell, then these will be phased in over time. 

Controlled Substances Licence

The ACVM Group will align its phase in period with that of ERMA New Zealand.  Therefore, for registered trade name products that currently can be purchased only by a person holding a Vertebrate Pest Control (VPC) licence, this arrangement will continue.  If a registered trade name product previously had no VPC licence requirement and is now subject to a ‘Controlled Substances Licence’, then this requirement will not be enforced until the new ‘Controlled Substances Licence’ scheme (both ERMA New Zealand and ACVM Group) is in operation.  The implementation date for the new system is 1 November 2005.

Approved traders

A 12-month phase in period will commence from 1 April 2005 for traders to become approved.  To assist in the implementation of the approved trader system, the ACVM Group would appreciate registrants submitting updated lists of their distributors.

Registration expiry date

The registration expiry date for VTA products will be set at 18 months initially, rather than three years.  This shorter period will allow the ACVM Group to monitor and review the conditions to ensure they are working as intended, and to modify conditions should this be necessary. 

Documentation

The VTA registration requirement documents have been finalised and are available on the ACVM Group website.  Applicants submitting applications for registration of and variations to VTA products should use these forms.