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This page lists changes to the FoodSafety website.

17 May 2013

Update: More Listeria workshops
MPI and NZIFST are holding a second series of implementation workshops with manufacturers of ready-to-eat foods in June 2013. The workshops support the publication of the MPI reference material “Guidance for the control of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods”.

15 May 2013

New: FYI F20/13 - Sri Lanka Dairy Exports
Updates requirements. Password protected
New: FYI F19/13 - Advice of Compliance Assessment of Exporters
Advice of compliance assessment of exporters. Password protected.

8 May 2013

New Consultation: Requirements and guidance templates project
If you are involved in drafting, using or verifying requirements related to food safety, animal or plant imports or exports or agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines, then you can expect to see some changes in the way requirements and related guidance are presented.

6 May 2013

Update: AP8 - Recognised Agency
Live animal/germplasm ELP laboratories and OAP verification agencies should now use the AP8 application form to apply for recognition as a recognised agency.
Update: AP7 - Recognised person
Live animal/germplasm ELP signatories and OAP verifiers should now use the AP7 application form to apply for recognition as a recognised person.
New: OMAR 13/9 - China: Testing for dicyandiamide (DCD) is no longer required for milk products
Updates requirements. Password protected.

3 May 2013

New: MPI swoops on suspected illegal poultry operation
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Investigators have executed search warrants at two premises in the Flat Bush area in Manukau, Auckland believed to be involved in an illegal poultry operation. The properties were identified as being used by a ring involved in the illegal killing and processing of poultry and eggs on a commercial scale, in breach of the Animal Products Act 1999.
New: OMAR 13/9 - China: Testing for dicyandiamide (DCD) is no longer required for milk products
Updates requirements. Password protected.

2 May 2013

Update: Quarterly report: Wine Act verification activity
MPI has updated the quarterly return template for wine verifiers.

1 May 2013

Update: AP41 - Export Approved Premises Listing
Semen centres, embryo teams, and poultry hatcheries should now use the AP41 application form to apply for listing as an Export Approved Premises.

30 April 2013

29 April 2013

16 April 2013

New Consultation: Control of Hydatids: Proposed Amendments to the Hydatids Controlled Area Notice and the Animal Consumption Specifications
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) declared New Zealand as being provisionally free from the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus in 2002. Although hydatids (the larval form of E. granulosus, which is found in intermediate hosts such as livestock and even humans) is treated as an exotic disease now, the Hydatids Controlled Area Notice remains in place to limit the spread of the parasite should it be re-introduced into the country through importation of animals involved in its lifecycle.

15 April 2013

12 April 2013

Update: European Union OMAR amendment 27
Updates requirements. Password protected.

11 April 2013

New: Dairy Standard Review update newsletter April 2013
This series of newsletters is intended to keep readers informed during the Dairy Standards Review: on planned changes to the dairy standards structure, progress on these changes, and to give readers the opportunity to be involved. current 10 April 2013.

8 April 2013

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