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Review of the Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005

Have your say

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing the regulations for feeding meat and food waste to pigs. The aim of the review is to reduce biosecurity risk and improve MPI’s ability to monitor compliance.

Requirements for feeding meat and food waste to pigs are in the Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005. The regulations provide important protection against exotic diseases entering New Zealand that would affect pigs and the livestock sector.

We want to hear your feedback about 4 options under consideration.

  1. Keep the status quo: meat food waste cannot be fed to pigs unless treated.
  2. Prohibit feeding food waste to pigs that contains meat (or has come into contact with meat).
  3. Require food waste producers to treat it before it can be distributed.
  4. Prohibit feeding any food waste to pigs.

Full explanations for each option are in the discussion document.

Discussion document

Reviewing the Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005 [PDF, 920 KB]

Related document

Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005 – NZ Legislation

Making your submission

Email your feedback on the discussion document and the options presented by Sunday 27 April 2025 to BiosecurityPartnerships.Policy@mpi.govt.nz

While we prefer email, you can post written submissions to:

Biosecurity Partnerships and Regulatory Stewardship team
Food Waste for Pigs Consultation
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140.

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

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