Managing the approval and registration of ACVM products
The registration and approval of agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines ensures that any risks to food safety, trade, animal welfare, plant safety, and biosecurity are managed. That’s why products like veterinary medicines, crop protection products, vertebrate toxic agents, animal feeds, fertilisers, and environmental inhibitors must be authorised under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 and regulations. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) administers the act.
Reporting monthly on applications and approvals
All applications are carefully assessed while ensuring they are processed in a timely manner. We will be reporting monthly on the number and types of applications:
- we have approved
- that are in the process of being appraised
- that are waiting appraisal.
ACVM product registration report for June 2026
This month, we approved 160 applications – 79 for agricultural chemicals and 81 for veterinary medicines. Of these:
- 21 approvals were for novel and new generic products – 19 for agricultural chemicals and 2 for veterinary medicines
- 7 approvals were for new uses or changes to use applications – 6 for agricultural chemical products and 1 for a veterinary medicine.
As of the end of June 2026, there were:
- 95 applications in the queue to be appraised – 42 for agricultural chemicals and vertebrate toxic agents, and 53 for veterinary medicines
- 190 applications being appraised – 83 for agricultural chemicals and vertebrate toxic agents, and 107 for veterinary medicines.
June 2026 ACVM industry report [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Previous reports
May 2026 ACVM industry report [PDF, 999 KB]
April 2026 ACVM industry report [PDF, 1.5 MB]
March 2026 ACVM industry report [PDF, 1.1 MB]
February 2026 ACVM industry report [PDF, 1.2 MB]