Proposed amendments to the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing

Update – 29 November 2024

Discussion document updated

We have identified an error in the discussion document on the table under:

3.11 Proposed amendments – Chapter M: Verification, references an amendment (M1.5) that was not included in the final list of amendments for consultation.

This has now been corrected.

About this consultation

New Zealand Food Safety is proposing changes to the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing. The Notice specifies requirements for animal product businesses and Recognised Agencies and Persons of these businesses under the Animal Products Act 1999.

The proposed changes to the Notice

These proposed amendments feature changes to the following chapters and schedules:

Chapter A Application, interpretation etc
Chapter B Risk Management Programmes
Chapter C Good Operating Practice
Chapter D Dairy
Chapter E General provisions applying to all sectors except Dairy
Chapter F Red Meat
Chapter H Fish
Chapter I Deer Velvet
Chapter L Non-dairy Secondary Processing
Chapter M Verification
Chapter N Recognised Agencies and Persons
Schedule 1 Post-mortem examination procedure and disposition tables for domestic petfood farmed mammals
Schedule 3 Meat-marking inks
Schedule 4 Transfer of red meat product not at required preservation temperature

These include updates to clarify rules, align terminology, and change verification requirements for certain sectors. Full details are in the consultation documents.

Have your say

This is your chance to comment on the design and content of the proposed amendments. Your submission will help us assess whether we need to amend or refine the proposals.

In addition to consulting on amendments to the Notice, we are also seeking feedback on the verification chapter. This feedback will help us decide if this chapter should be reviewed. Any proposals developed in response to the feedback received on this chapter will be consulted on at a future date.

Consultation documents

Draft Animal Products Notice: Production Supply and Processing showing proposed amendments [PDF, 1 MB]

Discussion paper and summary of proposed amendments to the Animal Products Notice: Production Supply and Processing [PDF, 606 KB]

Making your submission

Submissions close at 5pm on Tuesday 10 December 2024. You can make a submission using our online form, by email, or by post.

Online submission

Consultation feedback and submission form – SurveyMonkey

Email submission

Email your submission to animal.products@mpi.govt.nz

Written submission by post

While we prefer online or email submissions, you can post your feedback to:

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

If emailing or posting your submission, you may find it helpful to use our feedback form [DOCX, 67 KB]

What to include

If you are making an email or postal submission, make sure to include:

the name of the consultation
your name and title
your organisation’s name (if you are submitting on behalf of an organisation, and whether your submission represents the whole organisation or a section of it)
your contact details (such as phone number, address, and email).

After the consultation closes

We'll analyse submissions to consider any changes needed to the Notice. A summary of submissions will be published on this page.

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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