Animal Products Notices
General Export Requirements for Halal Animal Material and Halal Animal Products [PDF, 721 KB]
General Export Requirements for Halal Dairy Material and Halal Dairy Products [PDF, 637 KB]
NZ Export Halal Scheme
Scheme Owner Expectations for Approved Halal Organisations and Periodic Assessments [PDF, 343 KB]
OMAR notifications
21/09 Indonesia: Halal Certification
17/32 UAE: Halal certification scheme for meat
17/39 Malaysia: Meat and meat products halal requirements
19/27 China: Meat and meat products halal requirements
For your information documents (FYIs)
F39/22 Halal Certification of New Zealand Food Products to Türkiye [PDF, 153 KB]
F27/22 Halal Certification of New Zealand Food Products to Egypt [PDF, 142 KB]
F07/22 Halal Export Meat Processing under COVID-19 conditions
F50/21 Malaysia: Halal Certification and Labelling of Dairy, Seafood and Bee Products [PDF, 174 KB]
F11/21: Malaysia Labelling of Ruminant Meat and Meat Products
Forms and templates
AP9 Form – Approved halal organisation registration [DOCX, 377 KB]
AP11 Form – Significant change to AHO approval [DOCX, 367 KB]
AP30: Listing as an approved animal products halal premises (excluding dairy) [DOCX, 334 KB]
AP31: Listing as an approved animal products halal premises (excluding dairy) – Change of information [DOCX, 333 KB]
DPF3 Form – Halal Premises Listing – Dairy [DOCX, 334 KB]
DPF4 Form – Significant change to halal premises listing – Dairy [DOCX, 333 KB]
Malaysian halal meat production – Biannual report template [PDF, 57 KB]
Malaysian halal meat production – Daily record for halal slaughter template [PDF, 63 KB]
Lists
Approved halal organisations [PDF, 173 KB]
Halal approved export premises (dairy products) [PDF, 109 KB]
Halal approved export premises (non-dairy animal products) [PDF, 63 KB]
Competency standards for regulated persons
The MPI Halal Notices contain certain New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) standard competency requirements for halal assessment and approval personnel (halal auditors), halal issuing officers (halal certifiers) and companies’ halal quality assurance officers.
|
NZQA standards |
21623 |
25924 |
25926 |
25927 |
26025 |
29088 |
|
Halal assessment and approval person (halal auditor) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
Halal issuing officer (halal certifier) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
Halal slaughter person |
✔ |
✖ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Halal quality assurance officer (in halal meat premises) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Halal quality assurance officer (in halal dairy premises) |
✖ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ |
✔ = required
✖ = not required
D-G = the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries
The NZQA website has information on how to demonstrate competency against these standards. Search for the relevant NZQA standard numbers listed in the:
- Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Halal Animal Material and Halal Animal Products [PDF, 721 KB]
- or Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Halal Dairy Material and Halal Dairy Products [PDF, 637 KB]
Halal accreditation body
If an Approved Halal Organisation (AHO) is accredited, it means the AHO is following the quality manuals and meeting the standards.
To get accredited, an AHO must meet ISO/IEC 17065.
The Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) is the accreditation body. JAS-ANZ assesses AHOs to see if they meet the standard.
New Zealand Food Safety (part of MPI) is the regulator for this.
We recommend that AHOs wanting accreditation complete the "Introduction to ISO/IEC production certification" training course. It's designed to help AHOs understand what they need to do to get accredited. The course is run by JAS-ANZ.
You can find out more on the JAS-ANZ website:
JAS-ANZ training course: Introduction to ISO/IEC 17065 product certification
Contact JAS-ANZ by:
- email: contact@jas-anz.org
- phone: 04 473 4426
- fax: 04 473 4428
JAS-ANZ New Zealand Office
PO Box 10476
The Terrace
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
Level 4
108 The Terrace
Wellington
New Zealand
