New Zealand issues Food Notice for Importing Food Food Notice for Importing Food contains information on applying for a food importer registration, specifications on which foods are High Regulatory Interest (HRI) and which are Increased Regulatory Interest (IRI), specifications on requirements that must be met to obtain clearance for entry into New Zealand for a HRI or IRI food, and requirements for approved laboratories, including a list of current approved labs. Changes include: - Updating countries permitted to bring in HRI and IRI foods as a result of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union (Brexit);
- Amending the BMS HRI to include the clearance requirements for scallop meat;
- Minor amendments to information in Schedule 1 and 2, to increase clarity and fix formatting and errors.
Products covered: - Raw milk products
- Fresh cheese, curd cheese and soft cheese (pasteurised)
- Histamine susceptible fish and fish products
- Puffer Fish
- Ready-to-eat smoked fish and smoke flavoured fish (chilled)
- Bovine meat and products containing bovine meat
- Fermented meat products, meat paste and pate
- Peanuts and pistachio nuts and their products (including peanut butter)
- Tahini and crushed sesame seeds and any products containing these
- Bivalve molluscan shellfish (BMS) and products containing BMS
- Scallop Meat
- Ready-to-eat crustaceans - lobsters, crabs, bugs, shrimps and prawns and their products
- Pepper, chilli and paprika
HS Codes: 0406, 0401, 0302, 0306, 02, 0904 Proposed date of adoption: 27 August 2019 Proposed date of entry into force: 2 September 2019 Final date for comments: NA |
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