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AgVetLink: Number 67, April 2008

GENERAL INTEREST

From the Director

New Zealand Total Diet Survey

ACVM Regulations

AVMAC terms of reference

Whose job is it?

Staff update

AGRI-CHEMICALS

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

VETERINARY MEDICINES

Review of veterinary medicine classification and access

APVMA visit–alignment update

Antibiotic sales data

MANUFACTURING

Contract laboratories

Change to applications

VERTEBRATE TOXIC AGENTS

1080 review

VTA ‘slice of life’

From the Director

The New Zealand Total Diet Survey for 2009 is in the planning stages. It will assess exposure to chemical residues, contaminant elements and selected nutrients across the average diet of different New Zealand age/sex groups.

We are reviewing terms of reference for the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Advisory Council (AVMAC) and welcome your input.

Access to veterinary medicines is also being reviewed as we bring the classification system up to date. See page 6 for the background.

We are working on a new proposal in the alignment with Australia project – it should save time and money in the registration process, and help in trialling would be appreciated.

Debbie Morris, Director, Approvals and ACVM Group