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List of tariff codes with NZFSA alerts

Prescribed foods are monitored at the border using the New Zealand Customs tariff code system. Import requirements for specific foods

A tariff code is an eleven character classification number used for Customs purposes to classify goods. It is ascertained in accordance with The Tariff of New Zealand. The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand is available on the Customs website under Library/Working Tariff of New Zealand.

The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand – New Zealand Customs Service website

An import agent or customs broker may be able to assist with interpretation of the tariff code.

Tariff codes with alerts will require the importer to apply for a clearance permit from NZFSA. Monitoring of prescribed foods is not limited to products with tariff code alerts.

Importers who are importing prescribed foods under tariff codes not listed below should notify NZFSA Central Clearing House. NZFSA CCH will notify NZFSA of the need to review the tariff codes targeted.

Supporting information to accompany NZFSA single use permit applications

All NZFSA Single Use Permit applications should have supporting information included. This will assist personnel at CCH to identify high risk products and process the application efficiently. Supporting information could include:

the invoice for the consignment

the bill of lading or air way bill for the consignment

recognised assurances / certification (if applicable as listed in each Imported Food Requirement)

an ingredient list and/or product specification or manufacturers declaration when applying for a Single Use Permit for clearance of sauces and soft cheeses.

Inadvertent captures

As the tariff classification system is not designed specifically around the imported food regime, some food products may be inadvertently captured by the targeted tariff codes listed. If this is the case, products will not be subject to the sampling and testing protocol outlined in these requirements. Importers may apply to NZFSA for a multiple release permit (MRP) to facilitate clearance.

NZFSA has alerts for the following set up with Customs for products classified with the following tariff codes:

Tariff Ref

Goods

Exclude when exported from Australia

Imported Food Requirement

02.01

Meat and edible offal - bovine meat, fresh or chilled

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

02.02

Meat and edible offal - bovine meat, frozen

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0206.10.00

Meat and edible offal - edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0206.21.00

Meat and edible offal - tongues

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0206.22.00

Meat and edible offal - livers

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0206.29.00

Meat and edible offal - other

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0210.20.00

Meat and edible offal - salted dried etc meat of bovine animals

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0210.99.30

Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

0302.31.00

Albacore and long finned tuna

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.32.00

Yellowfin tuna

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.33.00

Skipjack tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.34.00

Bigeye tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.35.00

Bluefin tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.36.00

Southern bluefin tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.39.00

Other tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.40.00

Herrings

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.61.00

Sardines

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.64.00

Mackerel

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.69.01.55C

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.69.11.51F

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0302.69.19.51G

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.41.00

Albacore & long finned tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.42.00

Yellowfin tuna

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.43.00

Skipjack tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.44.00

Bigeye tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.45.00

Bluefin tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.46.00

Southern bluefin tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.49.00

Other tunas

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.51.00

Herrings

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.71.00

Sardines

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.74.00

Mackerel

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.01.23G

Jackmackerel

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.01.85G

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.11.23B

Jack mackerel

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.11.81K

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.19.23C

Jackmackerel

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0303.79.19.91H

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.19.00.66L

Southern bluefin tuna fillets and other meat - fresh or chilled

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.19.00.68G

Other tuna fillets and other meat - fresh or chilled

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.19.00.76H

Yellowtail kingfish

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.29.00.41J

Blue mackerel fillets and other meat - frozen

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.29.00.42G

Jack mackerel fillets and other meat - frozen

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.29.00.66D

Southern bluefin tuna fillets and other meat - frozen

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.29.00.68L

Other tuna fillets and other meat - frozen

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0304.99.00.15E

Surimi hoki

N

Manufactured fish products (Surimi and marinara mix)

0304.99.00.18K

Surimi southern blue whiting

N

Manufactured fish products (Surimi and marinara mix)

0304.99.00.21K

Surimi other

N

Manufactured fish products (Surimi and marinara mix)

0304.99.00.24D

Fish fillets other

N

Manufactured fish products (Surimi and marinara mix)

0305.41.00.00L

Smoked - Pacific Salmon

N

Smoked fish (Vacuum packed)

0305.42.00.00E

Smoked herrings

N

Histamine susceptible fish / Smoked fish (Vacumm Packed)

0305.49.00

Other smoked fish

N

Histamine susceptible fish / Smoked fish (Vacumm Packed)

0305.61.00.00H

Herrings - salted

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

0306.11.00.01F

Frozen - rock lobster - whole

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.11.00.11C

Frozen - rock lobster - tails

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.11.00.19J

Frozen - rock lobster - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.12.00.00B

Frozen - lobsters

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.13.00.00G

Frozen - shrimps and prawns

N

Crustaceans - shrimps and prawns

0306.14.00.00A

Frozen - crabs

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.19.00.00D

Frozen other crustaceans

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.21.02.00D

Rock lobster - whole, cooked

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.21.08.09F

Rock lobster and other sea crawfish, not frozen, other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.22.02.00J

Lobsters - whole, cooked

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.22.08.09L

Lobsters, not frozen, other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.23.02.00C

Shrimps and prawns whole, cooked

N

Crustaceans - shrimps and prawns

0306.23.08.09E

Shrimps and prawns - other - other

N

Crustaceans - shrimps and prawns

0306.24.02.00H

Crabs - whole, cooked

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.24.08.09K

Crabs -other - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.29.02.00L

Other crustaceans - whole, cooked

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0306.29.08.09B

Other crustaceans - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

0307.10.00

Oysters

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.21.00.01H

Scallops - live

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.21.00.09C

Scallops - meat

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.21.00.19L

Scallops - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.29.00

Scallops - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.31.00

Mussels live fresh chilled

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.39.00

Mussels other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.49.00.39J

Squid other

N

Manufactured fish products (Surimi and marinara mix)

0307.91.00.01C

Molluscs - other - chilled - cockles

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.91.00.09J

Molluscs - other - chilled - tuatua

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.91.00.19F

Molluscs - other - chilled - other clams

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.91.00.29C

Molluscs - other - chilled - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.91.00.38B

Molluscs - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.91.00.49H

Molluscs - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.01.01F

Molluscs - frozen - cockles

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.01.09A

Molluscs - frozen - tuatua

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.01.19J

Molluscs - frozen - other clams

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.01.29F

Molluscs - frozen - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.01.39C

Molluscs - other - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.11.00C

Molluscs - other - frozen

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

0307.99.19.00D

Molluscs - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

04.02

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

04.03

Butter, curdled milk and cream etc - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

04.04

Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar etc - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

04.05

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

04.06

Cheese and curd - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

04.01

Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

0406.20.00

Grated or powdered cheese

Y

Raw Milk Cheeses

0406.40.00.00L

Blue veined cheese

Y

Soft cheese and raw milk cheeses

0406.90.00.01G

Cheese in tins

Y

Soft cheese and raw milk cheeses

0406.90.00.39D

Other cheese

Y

Soft cheese and raw milk cheeses

0504.00.00.11A

Guts, bladders etc - bovine - sausage casings

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0504.00.00.49J

Guts , bladders etc - vells (rennet bags)

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

0504.00.00.51L

Guts, bladders etc - tripe, beef and veal

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

0504.00.00.89H

Guts, bladders etc - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

0506

Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared etc

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

0801.11.00.00J

Desiccated coconut

Y

Dessicated coconut

0802.50.00.01E

Pistachio nuts

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

0802.50.00.09L

Pistachio nuts

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

09.04

Pepper, capsicum etc.

Y

Pepper, paprika and cinnamon

09.06

Cinnamon and cinnamon tree flowers

Y

Pepper, paprika and cinnamon

12.02

Ground nuts (peanuts)

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

1207.40.00.00A

Sesamum seeds

Y

Tahini or crushed sesame seeds

1212.20.00.11F

Seaweed - Hijiki (Mehijiki, Hiziki, Hijaki) Seaweed (hizikia fusiforme)

Y

Hijiki seaweed

1502.00.00.02A

Fats from bones or waste - crude

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1502.00.00.12J

Fats from bones or waste - refined - neat's foot

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1502.00.00.18H

Fats from bones or waste - refined - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1502.00.00.22F

Tallow - edible - beef

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1502.00.00.28E

Tallow - edible - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1502.00.00.58G

Fats of bovine animals etc - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

15.03

Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil, and tallow oil etc

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

15.06

Other animal fats and oils and oils and fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1516.10.00.09B

Animal fats and oils and their fractions

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1517.10.00

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1517.90.01

Margarine etc - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1517.90.09

Liquid margarine

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1517.90.19

Margarine - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

16.01

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood - food preparations based on these products

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products / fermented meat products

1602.10.01.00A

Other prepared meat etc - homogenised preparations - in combination with vegetables or other food substances - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1602.10.09.01L

Other prepared meat etc - homogenised preparations - corned beef - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1602.10.09.11H

Other prepared meat etc - homogenised preparations - tongues - other kinds - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1602.10.09.29L

Other prepared meat etc -homogenised preparations - other - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1602.10.19.00H

Homogenised food preparations otherwise packed

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1602.20.01.00E

Pate's de foie gras

N

Fermented meat products

1602.20.09.00F

Prepared liver other

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products / fermented meat products

1602.31.00.00G

Prepared meats of turkey

N

Fermented meat products

1602.32.90.01J

Prepared chicken otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.32.90.09D

Other prepared meats of fowl otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.39.19

Other prepared meats otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.41.19.00C

Other prepared hams otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.42.19.00H

Other prepared swine shoulders otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.49.19.00K

Other prepared swine otherwise packed

N

Fermented meat products

1602.50.01.00F

Meat paste of bovine animals in combination with vegetables in cans and jars

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1602.50.09

Other prepared meat etc - bovine animals - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1602.50.19.00B

Prepared meats of bovine animals otherwise packed

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products / fermented meat products

1602.90.01.00L

Preparations of blood

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products / fermented meat products

1602.90.11.00F

Other prepared meats etc - other - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1602.90.19.19H

Other prepared meat etc - in airtight cans or jars

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1602.90.29.00B

Other prepared meat etc - otherwise packaged - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1603.00.01.01D

Extracts of meat

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1603.00.01.09K

Extracts and juices - of meat - other

N

Bovine meat and bovine meat products

1603.00.01.19G

Extracts and juices of crustaceans or molluscs

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1603.00.09.00G

Extracts and juices of other aquatic invertebrates

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1604.12.00

Prepared and preserved herrings in cans and other packed

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.13.01.00A

Sardines

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.13.19.00H

Sardines

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.14.01.00F

Prepared and preserved tuna, skipjack & bonito in cans and jars

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.14.09.00G

Prepared and preserved tuna, skipjack & bonito otherwise packed

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.15.01.00L

Mackerel in cans or jars

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.15.09.00A

Mackerel in other than cans or jars

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.19.01.01G

Prepared and preserved pilchards in cans and jars

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.20.01.00A

Fish pastes

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1604.20.09.01L

Fish pate

Y

Histamine susceptible fish

1605.10.01

Crab - in preparations such as pastes etc

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.10.09

Crab - in other preparations

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.10.19.09F

Other crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates etc otherwise packed

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.30.01

Lobster - pastes

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.30.09

Lobster - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.30.19.11E

Rock lobster otherwise packed

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.30.19.19L

Lobster - other - otherwise packed

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.40.01

Other crustaceans - pastes

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.40.09

Other crustaceans - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.40.19.09G

Other crustaceans - other

N

Crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs and their products

1605.90.01.00E

Other - Molluscs - Pastes

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.09

Other - Molluscs - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.01K

Other - Molluscs - In airtight can or jars - mussels

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.09E

Other - Molluscs - In airtight can or jars - oysters

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.19B

Other - Molluscs - In airtight can or jars - scallops

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.29K

Other - Molluscs - In airtight can or jars - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.31A

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed - mussels - crumbed or battered

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.39G

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed - mussels - powder freeze-dried in capsule form

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.41J

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed - mussels - smoked

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.49D

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed - mussels - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.51F

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed -oyster - smoked

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.59A

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed -oyster -other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.69J

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed -scallops

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.19.79F

Other - Molluscs - otherwise packed -other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.21.00F

Other aquatic invertebrates- in airtight cans or jars - in combination with vegetables or other food substances

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.29.00G

Other aquatic invertebrates- in airtight cans or jars - other

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1605.90.39.00B

Other aquatic invertebrates- otherwise packed

N

Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish

1702.90.01.00G

Infant food preparations from China

Y - China only

Melamine

1901.1

Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale - from China

Y - China only

Melamine

1902.20.00.00H

Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked etc

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1902.30.01.01F

Other pasta in combination with other food stuffs - dried noodle cake with flavour sachet

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

1902.30.01.09A

Other pasta in combination with other foodstuffs - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

2008.11.00.01D

Peanut butter

Y

Peanut Butter

2008.11.00.21J

Ground nuts roasted mixtures

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

2008.11.00.31F

Ground nuts roasted other

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

2008.11.00.39A

Ground nuts not roasted

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts

2008.19.09.29H

Roasted other nuts

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts / tahini or crushed sesame seeds

2008.19.09.39E

Other nuts not roasted other

Y

Peanuts and pistachio nuts / tahini or crushed sesame seeds

2103.90.00.01D

Other sauces, not specified elsewhere

N

Bovine meat, peanuts and pistachio

2103.90.00.11A

Mixed Condiments

N

Bovine meat, peanuts and pistachio

2103.90.00.19G

Mixed Seasonings

N

Bovine meat, peanuts and pistachio

2103.90.00.29D

Other sauces, not specified elsewhere - other

N

Bovine meat, peanuts and pistachio

21.04

Soups and broths and preparations there of: homogenised composite food preparations

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

2106.10.09.00J

Food preparations not elsewhere specified - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

2106.90.99.01E

Food preparations not elsewhere specified - mixtures of chemicals and foodstuffs etc

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

2106.90.99.79A

Food preparations not elsewhere specified - other

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

35.07

Enzymes etc

N

Bovine meat - no Beef declaration

Updated 3 September 2009

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