Answer the questions for your business type, to find out if you need an RPCP.

Feed manufacturers and millers

• Do you make feed, even occasionally, for ruminants (such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and buffalo)?
• Do you store, even occasionally, products containing ruminant protein on-site?

If you answered yes to both questions, you require an RPCP.

Feed re-bagging facilities

• Do you re-bag, even occasionally, feed for ruminants?
• Do you re-bag, even occasionally, feed that contains ruminant protein?

If you answered yes to both questions, you require an RPCP.

Renderers

• Do you, even occasionally, render ruminant animal tissue?
• Do you render non-ruminant tissue (such as poultry and fish) that is sold as suitable for feeding to ruminants?

If you answered yes to both questions, you require an RPCP.

If you require an RPCP, go to Step 2.

If you need an RPCP, contact MPI for advice on facility requirements.

Email info@mpi.govt.nz

To be eligible for RPCP registration your facility must have complete physical separation of equipment used for ruminant feed and ruminant protein (including transfer lines and processing equipment).

• Separation must be throughout the facility – from arrival of ingredients through to final loading for transport or packing and storage.
• Processing equipment includes load-in bins, weigh batch mixers, press bins, press, augers, chain drags, elevators, buckets, paddles, mixers, blenders, pelleting machines, dump hoppers, bagging machines and storage silos.
• If your facility isn't fully separated, you should have barriers between intakes for ruminant protein and ruminant feed ingredients (to prevent contamination by wind).
• Take reasonable steps to prevent contamination of ruminant feed during transport to and from your facility.

You can use our sample RPCP to prepare your control programme.

Download the sample ruminant protein control programme [DOCX, 64 KB]

To register your RPCP, send it to:

• info@mpi.govt.nz
• or post to:
  Manager (Ruminant Protein Regulations)
  Animal Imports Team
  Ministry for Primary Industries
  PO Box 2526
  Wellington 6140

After you send MPI your RPCP, we will:

• do a desktop review of your control programme
• contact you to arrange a pre-registration audit of your facility
• test ruminant feed samples to make sure they aren't contaminated.

We'll usually let you know if your RPCP is registered within 4 weeks of receiving it.