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Wine Act verification scope – 2009 calendar year

November 2008

Verification scope

The first round of Wine Act verification, encompassing both wine standards management plan export requirements, commences in January 2009. To assist with the implementation of the new system, NZFSA has specified the verification scope for the 2009 calendar year in the table below.

Verifiers may extend the scope at any time during verification. The verifier must inform the operator of the extension to the scope and the reason for it (e.g. suspected non-compliance).

Grape wine verification

General

Pre-vintage checklist (if used) – completed close to vintage

Winery operation matches approved HACCP process flow

Winery does not undertake winemaking processes outside the scope of its wine standards management plan

New Zealand Winegrowers
Wine standards management plan Code of Practice: Version 1, 12 December 2007

Section 1: Document and record keeping requirements

Section 2: Receipt of grapes

Section 3: Chemicals and winemaking inputs

Section 4: Winemaking

Section 5: Transfers of bulk wine or juice

Section 7: Bottling / Packaging

Section 8: Labelling

New Zealand Grape Wine Export Code

Section 3.5: Step 2 – Export approval (Export requirements)

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