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ACVM - Information Papers

This page contains links to a range of documents that will aid in providing background to policies and standards, etc.

2,4-D

• Report of the Pesticides Board Expert Panel on 2,4-D (11 September 2000)
• Submissions on the 2,4-D Review

ACVM Act Processes

• Business Rules for Data Protection (July 2000)

ACVM Act Information Papers

• New look conditions of registration for veterinary medicine trade name products
• Scope of Agricultural Compounds
• Fieldays Advertising 2009
• Fieldays Oral Nutritional Compounds (Animal Feeds)
• Pet Food Manufacturing - FAQ on Regulatory Requirements
• FAQ on Regulation under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997
• Registration (March 2005)
• The ACVM Group (March 2005)
• Plant Compounds and the ACVM Act (March 2005) (*Note change in agricultural security threshold)
• The ACVM Act and Regulations (March 2005)
• Veterinary Medicines and the ACVM Act (March 2005)
• Homeopathic Preparations (December 2004)
• Animal Welfare Concerns (August 2004)
• Oral Nutritional Compounds:Definition Clarification  (January 2004)
• GRAS Application Process Timeline
• Codes of Practice Under the ACVM Act (April 2002)
• The Use of Animal Remedies on Minor Species (March 2001)
• Certification under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Legislation

Antibiotic Resistance

• Antibiotic Resistance and In-Feed Use of Antibiotics in New Zealand (link to subject page)
• Regulatory Control of Antibiotics to Manage Antibiotic Resistance: Progress Report December 2003
• Regulatory Control of Antibiotics to Manage Antibiotic Resistance: Progress Report January 2003
• Summary of antimicrobial use in animals in New Zealand, for the year 2000 (August 2001)
• Zinc Bacitracin/Macrolide Review (August 2001)
• Antimicrobial Resistance Review - A New Zealand Perspective (June 2001)
• Antibiotic Resistance Review (December 2000)
• Review of Animal Health Antibiotic Products and their Potential for Contributing to the Development of Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Human Bacterial Pathogens (March 2000)
• Submissions on the Antibiotic Resistance Steering Group Report (December 1999)
• Animal Remedies Board policy decisions (October 1999)
• Steering Group Report and Expert Panel Review (September 1999)
     Appendices

Maximum Residue Limits

• Maximum Residue Limits/MRLs (September 2003)
• Maximum Residue Limits (August 2002)
• The Application of Mammalian Toxicological Data to Establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for Novel Active Ingredients in New Zealand Pesticides