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Foot and mouth disease in Germany

Advice to importers of animal products to NZ

On 10 January 2025, the European Union confirmed a case of foot and mouth disease in Germany. Find out how this affects imports of animal products to New Zealand.

Read the advice to importers of animal products to NZ

IHS notes

Revoked import health standards

During the transition to a new import health standard (IHS), the standards being revoked will be listed as related documents of the new IHS. You can search for any IHS using its short code, but if it's an IHS about to be revoked it will appear as a related document under the new IHS. Click on the '+' sign to see related documents (all document boxes expand to show more information).

If you can't find the IHS for your commodity, email info@mpi.govt.nz

IHS guidance documents

MPI has produced guidance documents to help you meet the requirements of import health standards. While you do not have to comply with the guidance, MPI considers the guidance best practice. Where available, these are listed with the related standard. Each document box expands to reveal extra information, including links to related documents like guidance. Choose the '+' sign to expand a box.

Find your IHS

The import health standards are listed alphabetically by commodity. Use the filter below to help your search.

Note, each document box expands to reveal extra information, including links to related documents like guidance. Choose the '+' sign (to the right of the document title) to expand a box.

Tips - try using:

  • one word for precise results - for example, alligator
  • multiple words for broader results. For example, alligator meat returns documents with either alligator or meat
  • quotation marks to search a specific term - for example, 'alligator meat' returns documents with the exact phrase 'alligator meat'
Published after date must be earlier than or the same as Published before date.
Published before date must be later than or the same as Published after date.
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Actinidia Plants for Planting – Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 453KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)

MPI.IHS.ACTINIDIA.PFP

Published
Last updated
Air Containers from All countries – Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 503KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Consultations, News & Resources

keywords: 152-07-01i, Clearance, Airport, flight, quarantine, containers, air, freight

Published
Last updated
Alligator meat from the USA - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 13KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Food, Meat, United States of America, Importing

keywords: meaallic.usa

Published
Last updated
Animal fibre - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 194KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Related

keywords: anifibre.all, alpaca, apparel, artifacts, boas, brushtail, camel, camelid, cashmere, cultural items, decorations, doona, dream catchers, dreamcatchers, duvets, feathers, fibers, fibres, fishing flies, fur, goat, handicrafts, hair, hats, head dresses, kangaroo, lamb, lambswool, macropod, mats, mohair, pelts, pillows, quilts, rabbit, sheep, shuttle cocks, skins, sleeping bags, sleeping-bags, sliver, tops, wallaby, wool, woolpack, yak, fibunpic.all, fibsucic.all, fibscoic.all, fibcmwic.prc, fibtopic.ger, fibwooic.prc, fibfleic.all, hidmacic.aus, fibposic.aus, fibrabic.all, fibsraic.all, fibminic.uk, feacfoic.all, fibwpkic.all, fibnzoic.all

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Animal products that have undergone third country processing - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 281KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Related

keywords: thirdcop.gen

7 March 2022: Guidance Document updated

Published
Last updated
Antarctic Fish - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 50KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Live Animals, Aquatic Animals, Antarctica, Importing

keywords: antaquic.all, aquatic animals, live, Pagothenia borchgrevinki,Trematomus bernacchii, hansoni, centronotus, nicolai, newnsi, Dissostichus mawsoni, Gymnodraco acuticeps, Chionodraco hamatus, Cryodraco antarcticus

Published
Last updated
Aquatic Animal Products – Import health standard
Download [PDF, 589KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Related

keywords: Aquatic animal imports, crustacea, prawn, fish, mollusc, aquaprod, aquaprod.gen, salmon, echinoderms, abalone, tunicate, fish oil, fishmeal, fish meal, jellyfish, cnidaria. tuna, seafood, bait; fish food

Published
Last updated
Avocado (Persea americana) from Australia - Fresh Fruit/Vegetables - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 152KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Australia, Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

keywords: avocado-au, avocados, avocadoes

Published
Last updated
Avocado (Persea americana) from Tonga - Fresh Fruit/Vegetables - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 36KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Food, Tonga, Fresh Fruit & Vegetables, Importing, Plants

keywords: avocado-to, avocados, avocadoes

Published
Last updated
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan and Willow from All Countries - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 600KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Dried & Preserved Plant Products, Plants, Wood Products, Importing, All Countries, Forest Products

keywords: bamboo-rattan, wood products, withies, forestry, twig, tree

Published
Last updated
Bananas (Musa spp) from Australia - Fresh Fruit/Vegetables - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 122KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Food, Australia, Fresh Fruit & Vegetables, Importing, Plants

keywords: banana-au

Published
Last updated
Bark from All Countries - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 741KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Wood Products, Importing, Forest Products, All Countries

keywords: bark, chips, Cork, Pine, Eucalyptus, tree

Published
Last updated
Biological Products - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 459KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Related

keywords: bioprodic.all, samples, animal products, calf serum; albumin; invertebrates; foetal bovine serum; antiserum; faecal matter; parasite; nucleic acid; RNA; DNA; slides; animal tissue; culture media; specimens; specimen; bovine fetal serum; bovine foetal serum; Bovine serum; antibiotics; antibiotic; amino acid; Agricultural Compounds (AC); veterinary medicine; surgical; implants; test kits; sutures; suture; catgut; non-viable products; medicines; scientific research; sample; Agricultural Compounds; veterinary medicines; ACVM; biological; parasites; Biological products; biologic.all

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Bovine Germplasm – Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 414KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Importing, Live Animals, Semen & Embryos
Related
Published
Last updated
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) from Fiji - Fresh Fruit/Vegetables - Import Health Standard
Download [PDF, 26KB]
Type
Import Health Standard (IHS)
Subjects
Fiji, Fresh Fruit & Vegetables, Importing, Plants, Food

keywords: breadfruit-fj

Published
Last updated

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