The TA was carried out by the Ministry for Primary Industries to determine if LSDV is a risk in meat and meat products derived from cattle and buffaloes for human and animal consumption (except the importation of meat and bone meal for feeding to livestock).

The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle devoid of lymph nodes (LNs) or other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone) is assessed to be negligible.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle contaminated with parts of LNs and other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone), and via bone of infected cattle is assessed as very low.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from offal of infected cattle is assessed as medium.
Based on the available scientific literature on transmission of LSDV and the requirements of the New Zealand Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999, in the event of entry of contaminated skeletal muscle, offal or bone into New Zealand, the exposure of cattle and buffaloes to LSDV via these commodities that are intended for human and animal consumption is assessed as negligible.
Risk management measures are not justified for LSDV when cattle and buffalo meat and meat products intended for human and animal consumption are imported into New Zealand.

Keywords – Lumpy skin disease virus, lumpy skin disease, LSD, LSDV, meat, meat products, human consumption, animal consumption, pet food, cattle, buffalo

This report details an exploration of the decision context for land use change as an adaptation to climate change in the primary industries. This project focuses on the dynamic interactions between values, rules, and knowledge used by decision makers. The aim is to support adaptation planning in the primary industries, by contributing to the evidence base, and enhance capability and capacity for responding to the risks and opportunities due to climate change.

This report addresses using scenarios to identify climate risks for the primary sector, different modelling methods to quantitatively estimate risk impacts and the costs/benefits of adaptation options,.and reviews indicator frameworks used by the US, UK and EU. The report recommends that risk assessment should include a range of risk drivers, including physical and socio-economic and that an indicator programme is needed.

Keywords: Climate change, adaptation, risk assessment, risk identification, scenarios, primary sector, indicators

This literature review synthesizes the current state of knowledge of marine non-indigenous species treatments, to help address biosecurity risks evident in two focal areas of relevance to marine biosecurity management in New Zealand. These two areas are:
1. the proactive treatment of shellfish aquaculture stock to facilitate biosecure stock transfers; and,
2. the reactive treatment of non-indigenous marine species to enable eradication at the landscape-scale.
The review summarises ~280 published papers in the global literature, outlining a number of chemical, physical and biological treatment options that have been tested to varying degrees. Each identified treatment type was assessed for several attributes in the review, including application regimes, efficacy, safety, the ability to monitor during deployment, biosecurity risks, and the regulatory environment that may influence acceptance and use in New Zealand. A number of these treatments are believed to be effective at small scales. Scaling-up one, or a combination of these identified treatments is likely the most efficient development route. Co-development and collaboration with the aquaculture, marine construction and commercial diving industries is likely to be critical to developing safe, effective and efficient implementation-ready treatment protocols..

Changing what we eat is one of the most effective ways to lower our carbon footprint Food production has a significant carbon footprint. Farmed shellfish have the potential to be a low-impact part of our diet. They are nutritionally rich, high in protein, and can be grown without supplementary feeds – taking what they need to develop directly from the water column.

This report updates the 2009 report Economic Costs of Pests to New Zealand. The report assessed the total economic costs of pests to New Zealand, both defensive expenditures and output losses. The report will be used to support the review of the Biosecurity Act, and provides information to support other Departments, regional councils, and primary sector industries to understand the impacts of pests.

MPI Technical Paper no: 2021/12

Prepared for the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry for the Environment by the Science Advisory Panel

Applied adaptation pathways provide a useful framework for strategic planning for primary industries. This report describes the ways in which climate change will affect primary industries in Hawke’s Bay. The regional pathway method provides insight into how decision taken in one domain/sector can have an impact on others, and how the region can prioritise action.