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AgVetLink: Number 55, April 2006

ERMA New Zealand and ACVM Group Operational Meeting

The ACVM Group and ERMA New Zealand hold monthly meetings to discuss any operational or parallel matters. The last meeting, which was held on 11 April 2006, covered the following:

• The memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning the interrelationship between ERMA and NZFSA has been completed and is ready for Rob Forlong and Andrew McKenzie to sign off. Once this has been completed, we will work with ERMA to update the Operational Agreement for Managing the Parallel Decision Making Process and the Vertebrate Toxic Agent MoU.

• Peter Dawson presented a report on the February 2006 meeting of the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee (NDPSC). Of interest for the ACVM Group was the section reporting on a meeting held with the Chemical Standards team of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (formerly NOHSC). This meeting discussed a workplan under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement Co-operation Programme with particular initiatives to harmonise labelling requirements.

• The members were informed that the OECD is setting up a working group in regards to sharing information, putting in place some rules governing use of data, and protecting confidential data. (Some countries do not have confidentiality agreements.)

The next operational meeting will be held on 12 May 2006.