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The Imported Food Programme

NZFSA has developed a new programme for importing food into New Zealand. The new importing programme will recognise controls and quality assurance systems that are in place overseas. These controls will be assessed to ensure they meet, or are equivalent to, New Zealand’s standards for domestic food.

It has three components:

1. The Import Management Decision Making Framework covers the science and risk management decisions around each food/hazard combination. The process determines the level of regulatory interest (either, high, medium or low) NZFSA will take in a particular food, and the resulting standards which will apply.

2. The Import System details the requirements that must be met to facilitate the importation of food and ensure compliance with all relevant standards.

3. Monitoring and Review and Communication mechanisms will support the first two components and ensure the programme responds to change.

Reports about the development of the Imported Food Programme

Information brochures

Media releases

Questions and Answers

Consultation papers on importing standards