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Regulated control scheme for limited processing of fishing vessels

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) administers the Animal Products Act 1999 and its associated legislation.

The Animal Products Act 1999 has the objective of managing and minimising the risks to human and animal health from the production and processing of animal material and products, and of facilitating overseas market access.

The main method of risk management is for primary processors to operate under risk management programmes registered under the Animal Products Act 1999. The Act also provides for regulated control schemes to enable risks to be managed in a cost-effective and efficient manner when it is not feasible to do so by individual risk management programmes.

The Regulated Control Scheme for Limited Processing Fishing Vessels (hereafter referred to as the RCS in this guideline) has been developed for this purpose. The RCS consists of:

The Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme for Limited Processing Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001(hereafter referred to as RCS regulations); and

The Animal Products (Specifications for Limited Processing Fishing Vessels) Notice 2001 (hereafter referred to as RCS specifications).

• Operator guidelines

Operator guidelines amendments

Document	Amendment	Coversheet	Date
Operator guidelines	Amendment 0 [PDF 302K ]	Coversheet only	Sep 04