How to meet food safety clearance requirements when importing these foods for sale.
Ready-to-eat crustaceans and products that contain them are high regulatory interest foods, which means they require food safety clearance at the border.
This is due to the potential for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella contamination, which can cause food poisoning.
Learn about Listeria monocytogenes
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| No clearance requirement | Not applicable |
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| Option 1: Official Certificate | Not applicable |
| Option 2: Sampling and testing upon arrival in New Zealand. |
Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes |
EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| Option 1: Official Certificate | Not applicable |
| Option 2: Sampling and testing upon arrival in New Zealand. |
Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes |
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| Option 1: Official Certificate | Not applicable |
| Option 2: Sampling and testing upon arrival in New Zealand. |
Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes |
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| Option 1: Official Certificate | Not applicable |
| Option 2: Sampling and testing upon arrival in New Zealand. |
Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes |
UK countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
| Clearance requirement | Testing requirement |
|---|---|
| Sampling and testing upon arrival in New Zealand. |
Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes |
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