News related to Importing Salt and Freshwater Organisms
- MAF grants independent review of provisional Import Health Standard for pork - 7 August 2009
The Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Murray Sherwin, has agreed to the New Zealand Pork Industry Board’s request for an independent review of the provisional Import Health Standards for Pig Meat and Pig Meat Products issued by MAF Biosecuirty New Zealand (MAFBNZ) in April 2009.
- Provisional import health standards for pig meat and pig meat products released - 7 April 2009
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) today issued provisional Import Heath Standards (IHSs) for pig meat, pig meat products and by-products from Canada, the EU, Mexico and the USA.
- Parrot eggs seized at airport - 9 November 2007
A 21-year-old South African national, Pillipus Fourie, was convicted in Manukau District Court today for attempting to illegally smuggle parrot eggs into New Zealand.
- MAF Biosecurity New Zealand holds meeting to discuss methyl bromide alternatives - 28 February 2008
Twenty eight possible alternatives to the ozone depleting gas methyl bromide came under scrutiny yesterday as over 90 government and industry representatives met in Wellington to review the alternatives to methyl bromide use at our borders.
- Disease claims in Palm Kernel extract without foundation - 26 May 2005
Claims that palm kernel extract imports are a risk for the importation of exotic diseases such as foot and mouth disease and avian influenza are completely unfounded, Biosecurity New Zealand says.