If you have a food business, you need to have a plan or programme to manage food safety risks. Find out how to develop yours and get your food business verified.
A Marlborough aquaculture company that illegally moved nearly 80 tonnes of live green-lipped mussels and over 6,700 individual pacific oysters from a containment zone, has been fined $24,000. A ...
About this consultation The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) consulted on proposed changes to how sheep and beef cattle are farmed in New Zealand. NAWAC reviewed the existing code of ...
Import health standards are legal documents issued under section 24A of the Biosecurity Act 1993. These standards include the biosecurity requirements that commodities must meet before biosecurity ...
Amendment of Codes of Welfare Circuses, Commercial Slaughter, Companion Cats, Dairy Cattle, Deer, Dogs, Goats, Horses and Donkeys, Layer Hens, Llamas and Alpacas, Painful Husbandry Procedures, Pigs, ...
If you want to fish recreationally in New Zealand, you're legally required to follow the fishing rules. These change often and are different around the country. Check your local rules each time before ...
Scholarships to support future on-farm advisers The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) runs a scholarship programme for tertiary students to help increase the number of on-farm advisers. The On ...
* 'Median wait time' is how long it took for 50% of applications to be processed. 'Most completed within' is based on 80% of applications processed. Both figures are calculated using working days ...
Use this form to make a protected discloure if you believe there has been serious wrongdoing by the organisation you work for, or previously worked for, and this is an industry regulated by MPI.
New requirements to make it easier for people to find information about common allergies on food labels come into effect on Sunday. New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle ...
Find out what items you can bring or send to New Zealand. Find out how to declare items when arriving, and what happens if you fail to declare.