Stakeholder Updates

Update - Candidatus Liberibacter species, 28 July 2008

28 July 2008 Grower Update MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has received a letter from the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries (MAFF) responding to our proposal that trade resumes between Japan and New Zealand for tomatoes ...

Update - Candidatus Liberibacter species, 24 July 2008

24 July 2008 Market Access On 17 July MAFBNZ reinstated phytosanitary certification of New Zealand grown tomato and capsicum export produce. The restrictions are still in place for exports to countries that have prohibited imports of our pr ...

High Value Crops - Stakeholder Update, July 2008

24 July 2008 Developments in Post-Entry Quarantine Activities for High-value Crops MAF is now providing Level 3 Post-Entry Quarantine for tissue culture All plants imported into New Zealand must meet certain requirements to ensure tha ...

Update - Candidatus Liberibacter species, 11 July 2008

11 July 2008 Market Access Following successful negotiations, French Polynesia has confirmed conditions for seed potatoes and potatoes for consumption and trade has now recommenced. Fiji suspended potato imports as well as capsicums a ...

Update - Candidatus Liberibacter species, 3 July 2008

3 July 2008 Potatoes The Candidatus Liberibacter species bacterium, recently found in glasshouse tomato and capsicum crops, has now been detected in commercial potato crops in the Auckland region. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFB ...

Didymo Stakeholder Update - 26 June 2008

26 June 2008 The purpose of this update is to keep you informed about the work underway in support of the didymo long-term management partnership. Responsibility for didymo programme management From 1 July the didymo long-term management ...

Tomato/capsicum bacterium update

24 June 2008 New Disease in Plants MAFBNZ has been working to establish a science based approach to the new species of Liberibacter which was recently discovered in glasshouse tomato and capsicum crops. While it will take time to establish s ...

Didymo Stakeholder Update - 29 April 2008

29 April 2008 The purpose of this update is to keep you informed about the work underway around both the didymo long-term management partnership and the wider didymo response. Looking towards July 2008 From 1 July this year the didymo ...

Didymo Stakeholder Update - 29 February 2008

29 February 2008 The purpose of this update is to keep you informed about the work underway around both the long-term management partnership and the wider didymo response. November 2007 national delimiting survey report The report on th ...

Update on the Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy

1 February 2008 PDF Version (85 KB) Update 9 The Biosecurity Surveillance Group is currently developing a strategy for a cross-sector national biosecurity surveillance system that will set the direction for New Zealand's futur ...