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Draft ACVM Guidance Document: Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals

Update – 13 Novemebr 2023

Consultation extended

Consultation has been extended by 6 weeks. The submission will now be closed at 5pm on 5 January 2024.

Have your say

New Zealand Food Safety is inviting public comment on the proposed revision of the ACVM Guidance Document: Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals.

This document explains the chemistry and manufacturing information that should accompany an application to register or vary a registration of an agricultural chemical trade name product under the ACVM Act. This draft includes clarifications and more detail in a number of sections since the guidance was last updated in June 2010.  The first draft of this document underwent public consultation in 2020, and all feedback was considered. In particular, 3 sections with large changes (product formulation, product specifications, validation) underwent further targeted consultation with 4 interested parties in May 2022. Based on this feedback a number of changes have been made to the draft document. Due to the number of changes made, a second round of public consultation is being undertaken on the revised draft.

Submissions close at 5pm on 5 January 2024.

Consultation document

Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals – Guidance [PDF, 949 KB]

Background information

To be considered by the ACVM team, applications to register or vary a registration of an agricultural chemical trade name product should be accompanied by sufficient information.

This document explains the chemistry and manufacturing information that should accompany an application to register or vary a registration of an agricultural chemical trade name product under the ACVM Act.

Making a submission

Send us your feedback by 5pm on 5 January 2025.

Email your submission to ACVM.Consultation@mpi.govt.nz

While we prefer email, you can send your submission by post to:

ACVM Consultation

New Zealand Food Safety
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
New Zealand.

What to include

We'd like your feedback on the following questions:

  • Do you support or oppose any of the proposed updates included in the draft Guidance Document: Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals? For each update you have commented on, let us know why you support or oppose.
  • On balance, do you support or oppose the draft Guidance Document: Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals itself?

Make sure you include in your submission:

  • the title of the consultation document in the subject line of your email
  • your name and title (if applicable)
  • your organisation's name (if applicable)
  • your contact details (for example, phone number, address, and email)
  • the answers to the questions posed.

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

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