The Erosion Susceptibility Classification (ESC) provides a risk screening tool that contributes to the delivery of improved national consistency in the management of plantation forestry through the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF).

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This guidance document has been developed to help processors of uncooked comminuted fermented meat (UCFM) products to comply with the Food (Uncooked Comminuted Fermented Meat) Standard 2008 (UCFM Standard). It covers the processing requirements and Good Operating Practices for the production of safe UCFM products.

Form to request a determination of a product’s status under the ACVM Act.

The purpose of this plant import requirement is to describe the approved method of seed sampling and DNA-based testing for the presence of genetically modified seed for pre-export [and border] testing consignments of seeds imported for sowing into New Zealand.

The development of antimicrobials for preventing and curing diseases that were previously either untreatable, or difficult to treat, provided a significant advancement in both human and animal medicine. However, there are significant concerns in New Zealand and overseas regarding the increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)1 and the lack of new antibiotics being developed.

An epidemic of Salmonella Brandenburg abortions in sheep in the South Island, peaking in 2000, and consequential increase in human cases and detections on sheep meat resulted in a "Quantitative risk assessment of Salmonella in sheep meat produced in New Zealand (Sal-QRA)". The Sal-QRA programme has identified the prevalence and levels on carcass meat of Salmonella after slaughter, and demonstrated a significant decrease during processing. Similarly, the failure to identify any cases-control association with consumption of sheep meat suggests that a foodborne route of infection is not contributing significantly to the burden of S. Brandenburg cases.

This report describes the development of a quantitative risk model to investigate Campylobacter spp. contamination in the processing and consumption stages of the New Zealand poultry food chain. It covers work during the period 2003-2006.

The guidance provided in this document will assist the farm dairy operators and depot operators to undertake the process of registration and compliance with the requirements of the RCS.

A guidance chart outlining how recognised agencies and persons fit in with the Animal Products Act. (March 2016)