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.

This guideline is designed to assist manufacturers operating under a Product Safety
Programme (PSP)/Risk Management Programme (RMP) and other interested parties (e.g.
Compliance and Investigation Group (CIG), Third Party Agencies (TPAs)) in the practical
implementation of the NZFSA Standard D110.2, “Dairy HACCP Plans”.

This guideline is provided to assist the Recognised Agencies (RAs) to perform Loadout checks on export consignments of dairy material and dairy product. Additionally it serves to reiterate the obligations of Exporters of Dairy Material and Dairy Product to the EU as
prescribed in section 2.1 of the European Union, Animal Products: Overseas Market Access Requirements.

This guideline is designed to provide dairy product manufacturers, heat treatment validators,
TPA/NZFSA evaluators and verifiers with information to assist in complying and assessing compliance with NZFSA Standard D121.1 Dairy Heat Treatments.

This document provides guidance and examples for each of the clauses in the Animal Products (Dairy Risk Management Programme Specifications) Notice 2005 relevant to significant amendments

Criteria relating to the design and construction of Dairy Premises and plant were originally
published by MAF within the documents DDM1A, DDM1B, DDM1C. The ownership of these
documents was then transferred to MQM and the documents were renamed as MQD1A, MQD1B, MQD1C.

The Procedure for Approval or Recognition of Dairy Maintenance Compounds describes the MPI process for approving novel technologies including alternative premises and equipment designs for use on, in or at farm dairies.

The guidance provided in this document will assist the farm dairy operators and depot operators to undertake the process of registration and compliance with the requirements of the RCS.

This guidance document contains the requirements for a person applying for recognition as a risk management programme evaluator (non-dairy) and to maintain recognition.

Climate change impact on dairy

Climate change impact on Dairy/Meat associated with STEC

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.