New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) on arrival guidance for importations of breakbulk or containerised vehicles and machinery of Japanese origin to manage potential Brown Marmorated and Yellow Spotted Stink Bug contamination.
Guidance resources
MPI has a wide range of guidance documents to help you with subjects from food safety in the home to complying with import requirements. Search for a document by subject or title.
A guidance document to help small businesses make safe UCFM products
The Applicant Guidelines provides information about the Māori Agribusiness: Pathway to Productivity programme (MAPIP).
General guidance A guide to the Animal Products Act 1999, the Food Act 2014 and the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974
- National Policy Direction for Pest Management 2015 [PDF, 6980 KB]
This document contains information about acceptable ways of complying with the requirements of the National Policy Direction for Pest Management 2015.
This document explains the information that should accompany an application to register an agricultural chemical that contains a micro-organism under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997.
These reference criteria are formulated as a guide for regulators to assess when foods can be considered unacceptable or unsafe. They apply until the end of the given shelf life of a particular food. The Ministry of Health recommends industry strive for more stringent specifications.