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Proposed updates to the Operational Code: Processing of Seafood Products

Update – 14 August 2023

Operational code and summary of submissions released

Following this consultation that closed on 17 February 2023, amendments have been made and the Operational Code: Processing of Seafood Products has been published.

These changes were made to align the operational code with the current legislation, following the redesign of the regulations under the Animal Products Act 1999.

New Zealand Food Safety has also released a summary of the submissions received during the consultation period.

Operational Code: Processing of Seafood Products [PDF, 2.3 MB]

Summary of submissions [PDF, 142 KB]

Consultation background

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) proposed to amend the Operational Code: Processing of Seafood Products.

These amendments were made to:

  • reflect the regulatory changes that were made to the legislation under the Animal Products Act 1999 that came into effect on 1 July 2022
  • include minor technical changes to procedures
  • update links and remove outdated information.

In particular, the updates were made to the code to reflect the:

Consultation document

Draft Operational Code: Processing of Seafood Products [PDF, 3.9 MB]

 

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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