This Dairy National Chemical Contaminants Programme (NCCP) – Dairy Product Surveillance Report provides a summary of results for dairy product sampled over the full 2012/13 dairy season, spanning the period July 2012 to June 2013
Report on surveillance of dairy products for chemical residues and contaminants to confirm dairy products meet New Zealand and international standards.
Dairy monitoring and surveillance programmes for selected substances of interest have been in operation in New Zealand for many years, and a national programme monitoring raw milk was introduced in the 1996/97 dairy season. Since that time the programme has become an official programme under the Dairy Industry (National Residue Monitoring Programme) Regulations 2002, and is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
This guidance document contains the requirements for a person applying for recognition as a risk management programme evaluator (non-dairy) and to maintain recognition.
Safe food is that which does not contain pathogens, toxins or other injurious substance above a level that is likely to endanger consumer health