Guidance and forms for dairy processors

This guidance document provides clarification for dairy processors who undertake alkaline phosphatase testing as a quality control test.

This Notice puts in place criteria for certain New Zealand origin label claims on retail-ready infant formula, follow-on formula, and formulated supplementary foods for young children intended for export. The criteria are contained in Part 3. The criteria are necessary to support regulators' and consumers' ability to identify authentic New Zealand products in overseas markets.

Import information for manufacturers of infant formula products

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Specifies requirements for controlling risk organisms and gives guidance on preparing Risk Organism Response Plans for processors of dairy material and product.

Note that the heat treatment criteria set out in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 of the guidelines no longer apply. Dairy manufacturers should refer to the appropriate chapter in the World Organisation for Animal Health’s Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

The purpose of this document is to describe the MPI process for approving and/or recognising Dairy Maintenance Compounds (DMC). The register of approved and recognised DMCs is maintained by MPI and accessible on the MPI food safety website

Experience tells us that contamination of manufactured foods typically occurs during the
manufacture process. That is, from the processing environment, or from inadequate process
control. Therefore, effective management of pathogens can be achieved by controlling
pathogens in the process environment, and by ensuring appropriate process controls. This
document provides guidance to manufacturers for pathogen management. For some food
industries a pathogen management plan is a regulatory requirement. For others, it is not
mandatory, but all manufacturers are strongly encouraged to adopt these useful principles
for ensuring food safety

This guidance document has been prepared to assist operators of risk management programmes that cover farm dairy activities, to manage specific milk contamination events and their obligations under the Animal Products Regulations 2021, the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing, and the Animal Products Notice: Disposal of non-conforming dairy material and dairy product.

This guideline is designed to assist staff of regulated parties (dairy product manufacturers, etc), Recognised Agencies (RAs) and New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) in the practical implementation of the NZFSA Criteria for Dairy Factory Water. It provides guidance for the development of a Water Management Plan

What's involved when export containers of dairy product issued an NZFSA official assurance are officially opened prior to export by NZ Customs officers.

It is important that milk and milk products offered for sale do not contain residues at levels that exceed allowable maximum residue limits (MRL). Accordingly NZFSA specifications require that risk management programmes (RMP’s) must ensure that intervention occurs when they become aware of residues above the maximum residue limit (MRL), or suspect that the dairy material may contain residues above the MRL.

This guideline sets out a process for assessing disposition options for dairy material or dairy product manufactured from raw milk which contained, or may have contained, residues of an inhibitory substance, veterinary medicine or agricultural compound.