Notifications for New Zealand (373 notifications)

New Zealand MPI is seeking comments on the proposed changes to the import requirements for the following products specified in the draft Food Notice for consultation: Part 7: Dried spices;Part 8: Milk and dairy products;Part 9: Bivalve molluscan shellfish (BMS) and BMS products;Part 10: Tahini and sesame paste products.Further explanations can be found in the discussion paper provided.

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This proposal proposes to: - Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permitted;- Expressly permit the addition of caffeine to formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.This proposal considers whether measures are required in relation to the regulation of caffeine in the Australian and New Zealand food supply in order to protect public health and safety. In particular the proposal is examining: the addition of caffeine to Formulated Supplementary Sports Foods (FSSF), foods in the general food supply and the extent of risk posed to vulnerable sub-populations.All proposals relating to changes in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, must be assessed in the context of the following objectives: (a) the protection of public health and safety; (b) the provision of adequate information relating to food to enable consumers to make informed choices; and (c) the prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct. FSANZ must also have regard to the promotion of consistency between domestic an international foods standards.The objective and rationale is to amend the Code to protect public health and safety, with respect to the addition of caffeine to foods.Document link - Consultation paper (754KB)Complete set of documents are available from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website via: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-standards-code/proposals/p1056Submission process details available at FSANZ Consultation Hub

Adoption date of regulation: 6 November 2025This addendum concerns the issuance and entry into force of the previously notified import health standard Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage for Decorative Purposes.This import health standard was notified in G/SPS/N/NZL/775 dated 19 November 2024 with the adoption, publication, and entry into force date of 1 March 2025. The new date of adoption, publication, and entry into force is 6 November 2025.

The import health standard: Fresh Table Grapes (Vitis spp.) for Human Consumption allows the importation of fresh table grapes into New Zealand from recognised countries.This standard revokes and replaces the following schedules in the standard Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables into New ZealandGrape; Vitis vinifera; Australia;Grape; Vitis vinifera; Chile;Grape; Vitis vinifera; Italy;Grape; Vitis vinifera; Mexico;Grape; Vitis vinifera; United States of America (State of California);Table grape; Vitis vinifera; Peru;Table grape; Vitis vinifera; China;Table grape; Vitis vinifera L., Vitis labrusca L. and Vitis labruscana L.; Republic of Korea.The proposed standard will replace the seven current standards:Import Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Grape (Vitis vinifera) from AustraliaImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) from ItalyImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) from MexicoImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) from ChinaImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) from the United States of America – State of CaliforniaImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) from PeruImport Health Standard Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table Grapes (Vitis vinifera L., Vitis labrusca L. and Vitis labruscana L.) from the Republic of KoreaWe are proposing several key changes to the pest list and associated measures, along with assessing new market access for Egypt and India. Further details can be found at our consultation webpage

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing amendments to the Plants for Planting Import Health Standard (155.02.06). The proposed amendments will add 28 pests to the pest lists on 24 host plant genera. To manage the risk these pests pose to New Zealand, MPI is proposing to add phytosanitary requirements for each affected host genera. These updates include options for:Testing requirements in post entry quarantine;Extended duration of post entry quarantine;Requirements for pest free declarations on phytosanitary certificates.These amendments are intended to address the risks associated with specific pest-host associations and to revise the relevant requirements, thereby enabling the continued safe trade of these plants.See the risk management proposal for details on the justification for the proposed amendments.

The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the current Notice issued under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:Dicamba: 0.01(*) in eggs, 0.02 mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.04 mg/kg in poultry fat, and 0.07 mg/kg in poultry offal;Lasalocid, to revise the compound name to lasalocid sodium and marker residue definition to ‘Lasalocid A’, to remove the MRLs for eggs and poultry offal, and to set new MRLs at 0.02 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.02 mg/kg in cattle kidney, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.02 mg/kg in goat fat, 0.02 mg/kg in goat kidney, 0.1 mg/kg in goat liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in goat meat, 0.005(*) mg/kg in milk, 0.6 mg/kg in poultry kidney, 1.2 mg/kg in poultry liver, 0.6 mg/kg in poultry skin/fat, and 0.4 mg/kg in poultry meat;Myclobutanil: to change the reference to ‘cucurbits (inedible peel’) to ‘Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes’ to align with Codex crop grouping 11B;Proquinazid, to change the reference to ‘cucurbits (inedible peel)’ to ‘Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes’ to align with Codex crop grouping 11B, and to change the reference cucurbits (edible peel)’ to ‘Cucurbits – Cucumbers and summer squashes to align with Codex crop grouping 11A;Quinoxifen, to change the reference to ‘cucurbits (inedible peel’) to ‘Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes’ to align with Codex crop grouping 11B;Trifloxystrobin, to change the reference to ‘cucurbits (inedible peel’) to ‘Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes’ to align with Codex crop grouping 11B.(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical quantification. Removal of MRL entries for the following compound:Hydrocortisone aceponate, as a specific analytical method is not currently available.The addition of one new entry in Schedule 3 for veterinary medicines for which no maximum residue level applies:Ethanol, when used in a dairy animal teat wipe.

MPI is proposing changes to the Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery and PartsThe Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery and Parts (VMP.IHS) specifies the minimum requirements that must be met when importing vehicles, machinery and parts into New Zealand. Key changes to the import health standard include:Adding Uzbekistan to the list of countries that must treat goods for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) during the risk season, as BMSB is now present there;Requiring treatment for used watercraft with water ballast systems, which have been identified as a pathway for invasive aquatic species;Allowing manufacturer declarations for new, non-fully enclosed trailers to exempt them from BMSB treatment requirements;Improving treatment requirements for used parts to strengthen biosecurity and reduce unnecessary fumigant use;Aligning requirements for used parts with those for used machinery;Updating definitions;Reformatting and restructuring the standard to make it easier to understand and use.These changes will strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity while maintaining current trade on the pathway.The Risk Management Proposal: Review of the Vehicles, Machinery and Parts Import Health Standard explains how MPI assessed the options for managing risk organisms and discusses why changes to the VMP.IHS occurred.

New negotiations for in vitro produced embryos (IVP) and/or from new markets intending to export to New Zealand must be negotiated under Import Health Standard: Bovine Germplasm. They can be used as soon as they are agreed. Where it is necessary to renegotiate currently agreed certificates for bovine semen and in vivo derived embryos (IVD), this will be communicated directly to trading partners. The existing regulations will remain in effect until 30 October 2025.

This is an addendum to New Zealand’s WTO notification (G/SPS/N/NZL/772) made on 30 July 2024 on proposed suspension of import pathways for nursery stock species that have not been used in many years because of lack of trade interest. The notification also included the format change of the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock 155.02.06 and renaming it to Plants for Planting 155.02.06 to reflect terminology used in our newer import health standards. We received feedback on pathways proposed for suspension that importers/exporters are still interested in using. Therefore, we have reviewed and will keep the import pathways for approximately 345 more genera open.To bring all the pathways up to date, we plan to consult later in the year on additional import measures for up to 45 of those genera.See the Plants Biosecurity Index for the pathways that are eligible for export to New Zealand as plants for planting (nursery stock).The amended import health standard now comes into force on 4 August 2025.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing the following changes to the Citrus Plants for Planting Import Health Standard:Add Citrus concave gum-associated virus (CCGaV) as a regulated pest to the import requirements. This virus is proposed to be managed by visual inspection and molecular testing in approved offshore facilities and during post-entry quarantine, if present in imported plants.

This addendum concerns the amendment of the previously notified document, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05). The amendment to this import health standard was notified in G/SPS/N/NZL/776 dated 28 November 2024. Consultation on these changes has closed and the Ministry for Primary Industries issued the amended Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) on 14 March 2025. The issued standard is on this link -  https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/1151-Seeds-for-Sowing-Import-Health-StandardAll the changes to the Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) proposed in G/SPS/N/NZL/776 were adopted, published, and entered into force on 14 March 2025. Adoption date of regulation – 14 March 2025

The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the current Notice issued under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:a) The amendment of existing entries in Schedule 1, Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds, for the following compounds and commodities:Acephate, to change the residue definition and MRLs to account for consequential residues from the acephate metabolite methamidophos;Decoquinate, to set MRLs at 1 mg/kg in cattle fat, kidney and liver, and 0.5 mg/kg in cattle meat; 1 mg/kg in goat fat, kidney and liver, and 0.5 mg/kg in goat meat; 1 mg/kg in sheep fat, kidney and liver, and 0.5 mg/kg in sheep meat; and 0.8 mg/kg in poultry liver and skin/fat;Fenamiphos, to remove commodity-specific MRLs and set an MRL of 0.01(*) mg/kg for any food, to reflect that fenamiphos can no longer be used in agricultural compounds in New Zealand;Glyphosate, to set MRLs at 10 mg/kg in wheat, barley and oat; and 6 mg/kg in field pea (dry);Haloxyfop, to set MRLs at 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian meat and fat, 0.5 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.002(*) mg/kg in milk; Maduramicin, to set MRLs at 0.1 mg/kg in poultry kidney, skin/fat, and meat;Methamidophos, to remove commodity-specific MRLs, and to refer to the acephate entry to reflect that while methamidophos can no longer be used in agricultural compounds in New Zealand, it may be detected as a result of acephate use;Monensin, to adjust the residue definition to ‘monensin’ and to set MRLs at 0.002(*) mg/kg in milk; 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat and liver, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in cattle kidney and meat; 0.05 mg/kg in goat fat and liver, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in goat kidney and meat; 0.05 mg/kg in sheep fat and liver, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in sheep kidney and meat; and 0.1 mg/kg in poultry kidney, liver, and skin/fat, and 0.05 mg/kg in poultry meat;Narasin, to set MRLs at 0.015 mg/kg in poultry kidney and meat, and 0.05 mg/kg in poultry liver and skin/fat;Oxathiapiprolin, to set an MRL at 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes;Salinomycin, to set MRLs at 0.1 mg/kg in pig fat, kidney, liver, and meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in poultry kidney, skin/fat, and meat; andSemduramicin, to set MRLs at 0.1 mg/kg in poultry kidney, skin/fat, and meat. b) The addition of two new entries in Schedule 1, for the following compounds and commodities: Acetochlor, to set MRLs at 0.02(*) mg/kg in eggs, mammalian fat, mammalian meat, mammalian offal, milk, poultry fat, poultry meat, and poultry offal; and 0.04 (*) mg/kg in maize and sweetcorn; andFlupyradifurone, to set MRLs at 0.1 mg/kg for mammalian meat and fat, 0.4 mg/kg in mammalian offal and 0.05 mg/kg in milk.Note: (*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical quantification.

As a result of a FMD outbreak in Germany, reported on 9 January 2025, the Personal Consignments of Animal Products Import Health Standard was urgently amended to restrict pork, beef, lamb/mutton, goat and venison imported as meat and meat products under clause 2.10.5; and as food for companion animals under clause 3.3 to FMD-free countries officially recognised by the WOAH. The suspensions for clauses 2.3 and 2.10 for Indonesia were reinstated, and clarification that animal foods imported under clause 3.3 cannot be raw was added.

New Zealand has amended the Import Health Standard for bovine germplasm which includes semen and in vivo derived embryos to expand the scope with new biosecurity requirements for in vitro produced embryos. Minor changes are also proposed for the existing import requirement. Worth noting are the changes for bovine genital campylobacteriosis in semen and lumpy skin disease in in vivo derived embryos.

In 2021 a proposed cat and dog import health standard (IHS) consulted on changes to the proposed IHS since that consultation is outlined in the Review of Submissions under 'Other relevant documents' below. Responses to submissions made by competent authorities are not included in this Review of Submissions. NZ MPI will send out individual responses to each competent authority.This is the second consultation of this IHS.The proposed IHS was not implemented after the first consultation in 2021 because of concerns about fraudulence relating to the rabies and residency import requirements.During the period between consultations, the rabies and residency requirements were reviewed and further risk work on Brucella canis and Babesia spp. was completed.

MPI is proposing to amend the Import Health Standard for Stored Plant Products for Human Consumption. The proposed changes for consultation are outlined in Appendix 1 of the Risk management proposal and seek to:Update requirements for importing legumes in soup mix of retail packets up to 1 kg.Add South Korea to the list of countries that have no requirements for packaged rice (up to 25 kg).

The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the current Notice issued under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:New MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:Hydrocortisone aceponate: 0.05(*) mg/kg in cattle eat and cattle offal, and 0.01 mg/kg in cattle milk.The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:Diflufenican: 0.01(*) mg/kg in rye and triticale, and 0.02(*) mg/kg in poultry fat.Pydiflumetofen: 0.015 mg/kg in apples and pears.Tetracyclines: 0.4 mg/kg in poultry eggs.(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical quantification.

MPI has issued an amended import health standard 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock, effective 28 November 2024. The amendments include: Remove the measures for Hoya undetermined tobamoviruses (pre-determined testing in post-entry quarantine). Remove Hoya undetermined tobamoviruses as a quarantine pest in the Hoya schedule of the Nursery Stock standard. Add phytosanitary measures for the management of Orthotospovirus alstroemerinecrosis (Alstroemeria necrotic streak virus (ANSV)) and Orthotospovirus tomatoflav (Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV)) on Hoya plant hosts, including options for off-shore and on-shore management.

The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing the following changes to the Importation of Nursery Stock import health standard:Addition of X. fastidiosa to the quarantine pest list of 27 new plant host species/genera;Removal of X. fastidiosa from the quarantine pest list of 10 plant genera;Amendment of current measures for the management of X. fastidiosa in sections 2.2.1.12 and 2.2.5 of the standard, for plant hosts imported from countries considered not to be free from X. fastidiosa by MPI (and for plants in vitro where the country of origin is different to the parent plants);Amendment to current measures for the management of X. fastidiosa in sections 2.2.1.12 and 2.2.5 of the standard, for plant hosts imported from countries considered to be free from X. fastidiosa by MPI (and for plants in vitro where the country of origin is the same as the parent plants, which is free from the bacterium).Further details are provided in the Risk Management Proposal.