Animal Products Regulations 2000

Reprint as at 1 June 2005

Animal Products Regulations 2000

(SR 2000/207)

Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 16th day of October 2000

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

Pursuant to section 166 of the Animal Products Act 1999, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

2A Dairy material, product, and processing excluded

3 Interpretation

Part 1
Animal product standards

4 Outline of Part

Standards relating to fitness for purpose

5 Animal material to be suitable for processing into animal product

6 Animal product to be free of certain hazards, objects, materials, and substances

7 Composition of animal material or product

8 Animal product not to be associated with false or misleading representation

Standards relating to production, processing, and preparation of animal material and product

9 Animal material and product to be processed in manner that minimises contamination and deterioration

10 Requirements for premises, places, facilities, equipment, and essential services

11 Hygiene of processing environment

12 Hygiene of persons whose presence or actions may result in contamination of animal material or animal product

13 Persons infected by or carriers of disease or illness to be excluded from working areas or from handling animal material or product

14 Required measuring equipment to be calibrated and function as intended

Standards relating to examining, sampling, and testing

15 Animal material and product to be examined, sampled, and tested

Standards relating to packaging, storing, and handling

16 Packaging requirements for animal material and product

17 Carriage and delivery requirements for animal material and product

Standards relating to identification, labelling, and record keeping

18 Identification system requirements

19 Labelling and identification requirements

20 Record and return requirements

Criteria for making certain specifications

21 Director-General to have regard to certain circumstances if making specifications relating to supply, identification, or labelling of animal material or product

Part 2
Miscellaneous provisions

22 Requirements relating to animal material for primary processing

23 Requirements relating to suppliers of animal material for primary processing

24 Risk management programme evaluation

25 Recognised agencies and accredited persons

26 Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

27 Revocation

Gazette information

Reprint notes

Regulations