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, 68 KB]
- Premises approved for export of halal dairy products [PDF, 113 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, 147 KB]
- New Zealand list of processors of beef products processed in Risk Management Programme premises eligible to export to Australia without certification [PDF, 49 KB]
Brazil
- New Zealand dairy, meat and seafood stores approved for export to Brazil [PDF, 65 KB]
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to Brazil [PDF, 94 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Brazil [PDF, 49 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of seafood to Brazil [PDF, 51 KB]
Canada
- New Zealand premises for export to Canada (meat) [PDF, 87 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of seafood to Canada [PDF, 54 KB]
Chile
China
Animal products – intended for human consumption
- China: Bee Products Manufacturing Establishments [PDF, 239 KB]
- China: Dairy (excluding infant formula) manufacturers [PDF, 394 KB]
- China: Infant formula milk powder [PDF, 74 KB]
- List of fishery products establishments registered to P.R. China [PDF, 159 KB]
- MPI List for China: Casings manufacturing premises [PDF, 79 KB]
- New Zealand approved premises for export of deer velvet and antler to China [PDF, 42 KB]
- New Zealand approved meat premises for export to China [PDF, 48 KB]
- New Zealand live aquatic establishments registered for export to China [PDF, 166 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, 274 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, 116 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of marine shell to China and Hong Kong [PDF, 38 KB]
- New Zealand premises supplying animal material for further processing into petfood approved for export to China [PDF, 39 KB]
Costa Rica
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to Costa Rica [PDF, 39 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, 43 KB]
El Salvador
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to El Salvador [PDF, 92 KB]
- Meat (no premises are currently approved)
European Union
Great Britain
Guatemala
- Dairy (no premises currently approved)
- Meat (no premises are currently approved)
Hong Kong
- New Zealand premises approved for export of marine shell to China and Hong Kong [PDF, 38 KB]
- New Zealand Premises Approved for Export of Sheep Meat to Hong Kong effective from 1 January 2023 [PDF, 68 KB]
- New Zealand Premises Approved for Export of Poultry Meat to Hong Kong effective from 1 January 2023 [PDF, 65 KB]
- New Zealand Premises Approved for Export of Beef Meat to Hong Kong effective from 1 January 2023 [PDF, 70 KB]
- New Zealand Premises Approved for Export of Pork Meat to Hong Kong effective from 1 January 2023 [PDF, 63 KB]
India
- New Zealand premises approved for export of egg powder to India (no premises are currently approved)
- New Zealand premises approved for export of fish and fish products to India [PDF, 45 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of Infant foods to India (no premises are currently approved)
- New Zealand premises approved for export of milk and milk products to India [PDF, 45 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of meat and meat products to India [PDF, 46 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of nutraceuticals to India (no premises are currently approved)
- New Zealand premises approved for export of poultry and poultry products to India (no premises are currently approved)
Indonesia
- New Zealand premises approved for export of meat to Indonesia [PDF, 44 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of rendered meal to Indonesia [PDF, 41 KB]
Israel
Japan
- New Zealand premises approved for export of casings to Japan [PDF, 41 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of meat and meat products to Japan [PDF, 96 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of petfood to Japan [PDF, 60 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of oysters for raw consumption to Japan [PDF, 39 KB]
Korea
- New Zealand premises approved for export of casings to the Republic of Korea [PDF, 39 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for dairy products to Korea [PDF, 47 KB]
- New Zealand edible egg premises approved for export to Republic of Korea [PDF, 42 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises approved for export to Republic of Korea [PDF, 76 KB]
- New Zealand premises approved for export of seafood to Korea [PDF, 42 KB]
- New Zealand approved velvet slicing premises to Republic of Korea [PDF, 39 KB]
Malaysia
- New Zealand dairy premises approved for export to Malaysia – Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (The link opens to Malaysia’s website. Click on “Import” and scroll to the lists – Dairy products, Liquid milk and Ice cream)
- New Zealand meat premises approved for export of meat and meat products to Malaysia [PDF, 58 KB]
Mexico
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Mexico [PDF, 56 KB]
- New Zealand rendered meal premises approved for export to Mexico [PDF, 57 KB]
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
- New Zealand meat premises approved for export to Peru [PDF, 35 KB]
- New Zealand Dairy Products Not Intended for Human Consumption Approved for Export to Peru (No premises currently approved)
Philippines
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Milk and milk products
Honey
Meat and meat products
Fish and aquaculture products
Singapore
- New Zealand premises for export chilled pork to Singapore [PDF, 51 KB]
- New Zealand approved egg operations to Singapore [PDF, 56 KB]
- New Zealand meat premises for export to Singapore [PDF, 70 KB]
- New Zealand approved poultry premises for export to Singapore [PDF, 53 KB]
South Africa
- New Zealand premises for export of meat to South Africa [PDF, 70 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of poultry to South Africa [PDF, 39 KB]
- New Zealand premises for export of petfood to South Africa [PDF, 47 KB]
Thailand
- New Zealand premises for export to Thailand (meat) [PDF, 48 KB]
USA
- New Zealand premises for export of meat to United States of America [PDF, 81 KB]
- USA: Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List – USFDA
