What is a veterinary medicine?
Veterinary medicines include a range of products, from antibiotics through to dog shampoos. A veterinary medicine is any substance that is used (or intended for use) in the direct management of an animal. It can be a single substance, a mixture of substances, or a biological compound.
Is your product a veterinary medicine?
A class determination will tell you what your product is classed as.
How to get a class determination (CD) or do one yourself
Laws on ACVMs
The Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997 provides the legal definition of veterinary medicines.
If you want to import, manufacture, sell, and use veterinary medicines in New Zealand, they must be authorised under the ACVM Act.
- ACVM Act 1997 – NZ Legislation website
- Authorisation of veterinary medicines under the ACVM Act 1997
Other legislation controlling veterinary medicine importation, manufacture, sale and use includes the:
