Requirements for animal product exports
Overseas Market Access Requirements (OMARs) set out the destination market requirements you need to meet when exporting. OMARs will say if an animal product needs to be from approved premises or operators in New Zealand.
You must check the requirements before you export your products (including trade samples). You are responsible for making sure your products comply with New Zealand requirements, OMARs, and OMAR notifications.
Overseas Market Access Requirements
Country listing requirements for animal products
Halal approved premises
Guidance is available for those planning to export halal animal products regardless of the destination market or country.
Approved premises for halal animal products are listed in 2 documents:
- Premises approved for export of halal animal products (excluding dairy) [PDF, 67 KB]
- Premises approved for export of halal dairy products [PDF, 106 KB]
List of approved premises to overseas markets
Some markets only let New Zealand products into the country if they are exported from approved premises in New Zealand. Lists of the approved premises for different overseas market destinations are listed below. We regularly update these lists of approved premises.
We will send a letter of confirmation to individual premises when the approval process is completed for:
- apply for a listing
- change their listing.
Argentina
- Meat and bone meal (no premises are currently approved)
Australia
Products must be from premises using either an approved food control plan or a risk management programme.
- New Zealand list of processors of beef products processed in food control plan premises eligible to export to Australia without certification [PDF, 131 KB]
- New Zealand list of processors of beef products processed in Risk Management Programme premises eligible to export to Australia without certification [PDF, 148 KB]
Brazil
- New Zealand dairy, meat and seafood stores approved for export to Brazil [PDF, 265 KB]
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to Brazil [PDF, 63 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Brazil [PDF, 44 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of seafood to Brazil [PDF, 42 KB]
Canada
- New Zealand premises for export to Canada (meat) [PDF, 54 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of seafood to Canada [PDF, 43 KB]
Chile
China
Animal products – intended for human consumption
- Interim MPI list for China: Bee product manufacturing premises [PDF, 201 KB]
- China: Dairy (excluding infant formula) manufacturers [PDF, 375 KB]
- China: Infant formula milk powder [PDF, 277 KB]
- List of fishery products establishments registered to P.R. China [PDF, 371 KB]
- MPI List for China: Casings manufacturing premises [PDF, 129 KB]
- New Zealand approved premises for export of deer velvet and antler to China [PDF, 200 KB]
- New Zealand approved meat premises for export to China [PDF, 44 KB]
- New Zealand live seafood establishments registered for export to China [PDF, 98 KB]
Animal products – not intended for human consumption
- List of New Zealand fish meal, fish oil manufacturer registered for export to the People's Republic of China [PDF, 179 KB]
- List of registered New Zealand bovine blood product establishments [PDF, 52 KB]
- New Zealand establishments approved for scouring wool [PDF, 185 KB]
- New Zealand establishments approved for processing feathers and down [PDF, 101 KB]
- New Zealand Hides & Skins and Animal Fibre establishments [PDF, 167 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of marine shell to China and Hong Kong [PDF, 33 KB]
- New Zealand premises supplying animal material for further processing into petfood approved for export to China [PDF, 33 KB]
Processed foods – intended for human consumption
- MPI List for China: Edible fats and oils manufacturing premises [PDF, 117 KB]
- MPI List for China: Food for special dietary purpose manufacturing premises [PDF, 137 KB]
- MPI List for China: Fresh and dehydrated vegetables and dried beans manufacturing premises [PDF, 111 KB]
- MPI List for China: Health food (functional food) manufacturing premises [PDF, 117 KB]
- MPI List for China: Milled grain industry products and malt manufacturing premises [PDF, 104 KB]
Costa Rica
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to Costa Rica [PDF, 36 KB]
- New Zealand list of processors of ovine rendered meal eligible to export to Costa Rica [PDF, 19 KB]
Egypt
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Egypt [PDF, 39 KB]
El Salvador
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to El Salvador [PDF, 87 KB]
- Meat (no premises are currently approved)
European Union
Great Britain
Guatemala
- Meat (no premises are currently approved)
Hong Kong
Indonesia
- New Zealand premises approved for export of meat to Indonesia [PDF, 39 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of rendered meal to Indonesia [PDF, 37 KB]
Israel
Japan
- New Zealand premises approved for export of casings to Japan [PDF, 37 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of meat and meat products to Japan [PDF, 100 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of petfood to Japan [PDF, 56 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of oysters for raw consumption to Japan [PDF, 35 KB]
Korea
- New Zealand premises approved for export of casings to the Republic of Korea [PDF, 35 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for dairy products to Korea [PDF, 43 KB]
- New Zealand edible egg premises approved for export to Republic of Korea [PDF, 39 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises approved for export to Republic of Korea [PDF, 62 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of seafood to Korea [PDF, 38 KB]
- New Zealand approved velvet slicing premises to Republic of Korea [PDF, 35 KB]
Malaysia
Mexico
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Mexico [PDF, 53 KB]
- New Zealand rendered meal premises approved for export to Mexico [PDF, 52 KB]
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia: Breast-milk substitute for infants and complementary foods for children (The link opens to a map of the world. Click on the red dot over New Zealand to access NZ lists.)
- Saudi Arabia: Dairy products (The link opens to a map of the world. Click on the red dot over New Zealand to access NZ lists.)
- Saudi Arabia: Honey and Bee Products (The link opens to a map of the world. Click on the red dot over New Zealand to access NZ lists.)
- Saudi Arabia: Meat and meat products (The link opens to a map of the world. Click on the red dot over New Zealand to access NZ lists)
- Saudi Arabia: Seafood (The link opens to a map of the world. Click on the red dot over New Zealand to access NZ lists.)
Singapore
- New Zealand premises for export chilled pork to Singapore [PDF, 47 KB]
- New Zealand approved egg operations to Singapore [PDF, 52 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Singapore [PDF, 67 KB]
- New Zealand approved poultry premises for export to Singapore [PDF, 35 KB]
South Africa
- New Zealand premises for export of meat to South Africa [PDF, 42 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of poultry to South Africa [PDF, 35 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of petfood to South Africa [PDF, 43 KB]
Thailand
- New Zealand premises for export to Thailand (meat) [PDF, 44 KB]
USA
- New Zealand premises for export of meat to United States of America [PDF, 54 KB]
- USA: Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List – USFDA