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 Specifications/Notices - Animal Products

Specifications provide technical detail or give effect to requirements in the Act or regulations .The requirements are to be met by anyone operating under the Animal Products Act, e.g. operators of registered risk management programmes, limited processing fishing vessels, exporters.

Notice of Direction

• Notice of Direction under Section 81 of the Animal Products Act 1999 (Post Mortem Management of Animals with Injection Site Lesions or Unclear Treatment Status )
• Notice of Direction under section 81 of the Animal Products Act 1999 (Petfood)

Agencies and Persons

• Accredited Evaluator
• Accredited Persons
• Dual Operator Butchers
• Memorandum of Understanding
  • An Understanding on the Relationship and Responsibilities of New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) Animal Products Group, NZFSA Verification Agency, and ASURE New Zealand.
• Recognised Agencies

Animal Material and Product Requirements

• Animal Consumption
• Animal Identification Systems
• Animal Status Declaration
• Ante-mortem and post-mortem (mammals and ostrich & emu)
• Chemicals
• Human Consumption
• National Microbiological Database (NMD)
• Poultry
• Residues
• Risk Management Programme (RMP)
• Shellfish
• Wild Mammals

Branding

• Export Requirements for Branding, Marking and Security Devices
  • Interim Official Devices Programme
• Branding and Associated Requirements

Coverage

• Animals to be treated as Game Estate Animals

Exports

• Export Requirements for Branding, Marking and Security Devices
  • Interim Official Devices Programme
• Export Approved Premises
• Electronic Certification (E-cert)
• Official Assurances
• Risk Organism Response Plans  

Homekill and Recreational Catch

• Homekill and Recreational Catch Service Provider Records and Information

Primary Processors

• Definition of a Primary Processor

Regulated Control Schemes

• Hormonal Growth Promotants
• Limited Processing Fishing Vessels
• Shellfish
• Specified Substances

Link to Policy Statements