Manuals, guidelines, and forms for managing food safety in dairy. Included are documents on dairy heat treatment, pathogen management plan, dairy maintenance compounds, novel technologies, risk organism response, and more.
On 1 July 2022, a new set of redesigned animal product regulations and notices came into effect.
The redesign of the animal products regulations and notices aims to make it easier for businesses operating under the Animal Products Act 1999 to find and comply with their requirements.
This guidance document provides clarification for dairy processors who undertake alkaline phosphatase testing as a quality control test.
This Notice puts in place criteria for certain New Zealand origin label claims on retail-ready infant formula, follow-on formula, and formulated supplementary foods for young children intended for export. The criteria are contained in Part 3. The criteria are necessary to support regulators' and consumers' ability to identify authentic New Zealand products in overseas markets.
Import information for manufacturers of infant formula products
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Specifies requirements for controlling risk organisms and gives guidance on preparing Risk Organism Response Plans for processors of dairy material and product
The purpose of this document is to describe the MPI process for approving and/or recognising Dairy Maintenance Compounds (DMC). The register of approved and recognised DMCs is maintained by MPI and accessible on the MPI food safety website
This guideline is designed to assist staff of regulated parties (dairy product manufacturers, etc), Recognised Agencies (RAs) and New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) in the practical implementation of the NZFSA Criteria for Dairy Factory Water. It provides guidance for the development of a Water Management Plan
What's involved when export containers of dairy product issued an NZFSA official assurance are officially opened prior to export by NZ Customs officers.
It is important that milk and milk products offered for sale do not contain residues at levels that exceed allowable maximum residue limits (MRL). Accordingly NZFSA specifications require that risk management programmes (RMP’s) must ensure that intervention occurs when they become aware of residues above the maximum residue limit (MRL), or suspect that the dairy material may contain residues above the MRL.
This guideline sets out a process for assessing disposition options for dairy material or dairy product manufactured from raw milk which contained, or may have contained, residues of an inhibitory substance, veterinary medicine or agricultural compound.
Subject: Processing, Dairy Products, Dairy Manufacturing Requirements
The purpose of this Guidance document is to clarify the steps that a dairy RMP operator should consider when updating their RMP to meet the Regulations and recently issued Notices, highlight new requirements that need to be met from 1 July 2022 and highlight significant changes that RMPs will need to meet by 1 November 2023.
The purpose of this guideline is to assist operators to achieve compliance with regulatory
requirements for labelling of colostrum products
This guideline is provided to assist the Recognised Agencies (RAs) to perform Loadout checks on export consignments of dairy material and dairy product. Additionally it serves to reiterate the obligations of Exporters of Dairy Material and Dairy Product to the EU as
prescribed in section 2.1 of the European Union, Animal Products: Overseas Market Access Requirements.
If you process or manufacture animal products, you may need to register a risk management programme (RMP) with MPI. Use this form to apply for registration of your RMP.
Processing categories are used to aid in the registration of a Risk Management Programme or Amendment to a RMP as required under sections 20 and 25 of the Animal Products Act 1999 (APA) and for the purposes of review and/or update as required under section 26 of the APA.
If you make certain minor amendments to your risk management programme (RMP) that do not require registration, you must notify MPI. Use this form to notify MPI of any minor amendments to your RMP that do not require registration.
Use this form if you wish to make significant amendments to a registered risk management programme.
Use this form if you are an RMP operator changing recognised agencies, or where an agreement with a recognised agency has been terminated.
Advice of designated operator and/or designated persons.
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Forms & Templates, Organics, Exporting, Official Organic Assurance Programme, EU, Switzerland, UK, GB, Northern Ireland, USA, Taiwan, Japan
Registered Organic Exporters use this form to notify the MPI Certification Team of changes to designated persons, authorised by the exporter to apply for an Official Organic Assurances (organic export certification) for your consignment.
Dilution calculation worksheet
To be completed when a country export requirement specifies the exported dairy products to be from an approved premises covered by a RMP.
Use this form to apply for approval or recognition of a dairy maintenance compound under regulation 30(1) of the Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005.
Must be completed and held by the farm dairy operator and a copy made available to the operator of the farm dairy risk management programme.
For the purposes of recording the outcome of an animal health veterinary assessment. To be held by the RCS farm dairy operator as a record for a minimum of 4 years.
Apply for verification of dairy product that has left and returned to NZ so it can be released in NZ or be re-exported with official assurance.
Use this form to apply for MPI confirmation of acceptance of a novel technology or an alternative premise or equipment design under clause 3.10 of Operational Code: NZCP1: Design and Operation of Farm Dairies.