Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005

Reprint as at 22 April 2005

Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005

(SR 2005/104)

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 18th day of April 2005

Present:
Her 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 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Pursuant to section 166 of the Animal Products Act 1999, Her 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

3 Interpretation

Standards relating to fitness for purpose

4 Dairy material to be suitable for processing into dairy product

5 Non-conforming dairy material or dairy product

6 Dairy product to be wholesome and free of hazards

7 Composition of dairy material or product

Standards relating to production and processing of dairy material and dairy product

8 Dairy material and product to be processed in manner that minimises contamination and deterioration

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

10 Hygiene of processing environment

11 Hygiene of persons whose presence or actions may result in contamination of dairy material or dairy product

12 Persons infected by, or carriers of, disease or illness to be excluded from working areas or from handling dairy material or product

13 Required measuring equipment to be calibrated and function as intended

14 Dairy material and product to be examined, sampled, and tested

Standards relating to packaging, storing, and handling

15 Packaging requirements for dairy material and product

16 Carriage and delivery requirements for dairy material and product

Standards relating to identification, labelling, and record keeping

17 Identification system requirements

18 Labelling and identification requirements

19 Dairy material or dairy product not to be associated with false or misleading representation

20 Record and return requirements

21 Director-General to have regard to certain circumstances when making specifications

Duties and other requirements in relation to farm dairy owners

22 Duties of farm dairy owners

23 Requirements of farm dairy owners relating to essential services

24 Duties of farm dairy operators or persons in charge of farm dairies

25 Milking animal health

Recognised agencies and persons

26 Recognised agencies and recognised persons

27 Risk management programme evaluators and verifiers

28 Verification of dairy processing operations or risk management operators

Miscellaneous provisions

29 Sale and supply of colostrum or other specialty milk

30 Approval or recognition of maintenance compounds

31 Requirements relating to animals, and dairy material for dairy processing

32 Identification, differentiation, and security systems and devices

33 Offences

Explanatory note

Gazette information

Reprint notes

Regulations