Animal Products Notices

For animal products intended for export to the EU, primary processors must source animals from suppliers compliant with the On-Farm and Stock Saleyard Verification regulated control scheme.

The Dairy Industry (Food Act 1981) Exemption Order exempted export dairy products from New Zealand labelling requirements.

Provides for an alternative meat inspection programme that allows competent company employees to undertake inspection to identify non-food safety conditions.

Approval and requirements for post-mortem inspection trials in slaughter operations intended to be eligible for countries requiring official inspection.

Provides for an alternative meat inspection programme that allows competent company employees to undertake inspection to identify non-food safety conditions.

Requirements for inspection agencies carrying out ante- and postmortem inspection of animal material and products exported with official assurances.

Specifies requirements that must be met in relation to dairy products intended for export.

Game estate animals intended for human consumption and/or export as wild game must meet the harvesting and processing requirements specified in this notice

Requirements to export fish product with an official assurance and processors of fish product for export with an official assurance.

On-farm verification regulated control scheme notice for European Union market access requirements

The purpose of this notice is to exempt animal material and animal products certain requirements in the New Zealand (Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) Food Standards 2002 where importing country requirements differ from New Zealand requirements.

The notice exempts specified products from the Animal Products Contaminant Specifications for specified levels of contaminants for export to countries listed in the notice.

This notice prescribes procedures and requirements for the disposal of non-conforming dairy material or dairy product for the purpose of regulation 5 of the Regulations.

This notice specifies the export requirements that must be met by exporters of infant formula products and formulated supplementary foods for young children in order for their products to be eligible for export.

The purpose of this Notice is to facilitate market access and safeguard assurances provided by New Zealand by setting out general requirements that must be met in order for honey and other bee products to be eligible for export. In particular, this Notice specifies the following:
a) requirements for ensuring that bee products meet market access requirements; and
b) requirements for ensuring traceability through the export supply chain; and
c) definition for monofloral and multifloral mānuka honey and associated requirements.

The purpose of this Notice is to specify general requirements that apply to the export of chicken day-old chicks and fertile eggs from a premise with a Risk Management Programme (RMP).

This Notice specifies the general export requirements that are to be complied with in order for animal material and animal products to be eligible for export as halal. This Notice revokes and replaces the Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Halal Animal Material and Halal Animal Products that was issued on 23 December 2016

This Notice specifies the requirements that must be met in order for dairy material and dairy products to be labelled as halal or obtained a halal certificate when exported.

This notice exempts certain exported honey and honey based products from the requirements of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code where those products will comply with the importing country’s requirements and the importing country requirements are sufficiently prescribed.

The purpose of this Notice is to set export requirements and a supporting Regulated Control Scheme (RCS) for the production and management of day-old chicks and hatching eggs within a compartment to facilitate trade and market access.

The purpose of this Notice is to set out the specifications and requirements for the regulated control scheme for raw milk that is established by the Raw Milk for Sale to Consumers Regulations 2015

Animal Products Notice: Raw Milk Products Specifications

The Animal Products Notice - Specifications for Laboratories provides requirements for recognised laboratories under the Animal Products Act 1999.

The transport and wharves regulated control scheme notices have been revised to reflect new changes and the number of notices have been reduced from 3 to 2 by combining the requirements for transport and wharves (handling).

This document contains provisions for a partial waiver on the following levies payable under the Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2007.
a) annual levy for hides and skins processors
b) annual levy for dual operator butchers

Section 20(3)(a) of the Animal Products Act 1999 (“the Act”) empowers the Director-General of MPI to waive or modify the requirement that an application to register a risk management programme must be accompanied by an independent evaluation report where the proposed programme is fully based on a template, model or code of practice approved under section 12(3A) of the Act.