A fact sheet to assist New Zealand food producers and growers exporting product to Australia to meet the new Australian country of origin food labelling rules. The new rules become mandatory on 1 July 2018.

These operating guidelines have been documented to assist participants in the USDA preclearance programme to meet the outcomes defined in the USA Pre-clearance Workplan.

The purpose of this Work Plan is to specify the generic requirements and working procedures to be met by the parties (i.e. the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), Plant Exports , the NZ Independent Verification Agency’s (IVA’s), packers, registered coolstores and exporters) participating in the New Zealand pipfruit pre-clearance programme.

This newsletter provides a monthly update of the Plant Imports and Exports Group’s activities to our stakeholders, to keep you better informed about key work undertaken by the group and initiatives in the pipeline.

This newsletter provides a monthly update of the Plant Imports and Exports Group’s activities to our stakeholders, to keep you better informed about key work undertaken by the group and initiatives in the pipeline.