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Animal Products Act 1999

The Animal Products Act 1999 is New Zealand's law regulating the production and processing of animal material and products traded domestically or exported. It manages risks to human and animal health through risk managem...
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Animal Products Act 1999 — Enforcement, Offences and Penalties

Oct 2026
Officers can issue improvement notices, enter premises, examine product and condemn it; the Act sets offences, infringement offences and lia...
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Animal Products Act 1999 — Official Assurances and Export Requirements

Oct 2026
Exporters of animal products for human or animal consumption must be registered; the Director-General may issue official assurances and auth...
Medium
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Animal Products Act 1999 — Recognition of Agencies and Persons

Oct 2026
Part 8 provides for recognition of agencies, persons and classes of persons, with duties, conditions, suspension, withdrawal, surrender and...
Medium
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Duties of operators of a registered risk management programme, including staff competency

Oct 2026
Operators of a registered risk management programme must keep operations compliant, keep the programme consistent with current rules, and re...
Medium
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Duty to supply border information through JBMS

Oct 2026
Border information required under the Act must be supplied using a JBMS or another means approved in writing by the Director-General.
Medium
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Multi-business risk management programmes

Oct 2026
A risk management programme may cover another person's business only where the Director-General has approved that coverage as a multi-busine...
Medium
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Persons required by Order in Council to have a risk management programme

Oct 2026
The Governor-General may by Order in Council require classes of producers, processors, transporters or exporters not otherwise covered to op...
Low
1 citation

Who counts as a primary processor or primary producer

Oct 2026
The Act defines primary processors, primary producers and processing, and a person may fall into more than one category at once.
Low
1 citation

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