Pursuant to section 168 (5) of the Animal Products Act 1999, I give notice that the following amendments to those Meat Act regime circulars and directives which are listed in Schedule 1 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2000, shall take effect on 1 April 2001.
N o t i c e
1. Manual 16: Post-mortem inspection procedures, as amended by Amendment No. 1 issued 18 December 2000 and Amendment No. 2 issued 9 February 2001.
2. The following circulars and directives are amended and consolidated by Industry Standard 7: Byproducts:
Circulars
83/7/1 Control of Byproducts
83/7/2, 83/14/9 Control of Byproducts
83/7/3, 83/14/15 Controller of Byproducts: Pet Food
85/7/1 Handling of Non-Edible Beef Livers
85/7/4 Processing of Prohibited Animal Material and Waste Materials in Licensed Product Premises
88/7/4, 88/MQ/52 Bulk Collection and Control of Pet Food Material
Technical Directives
98/108 Harvest of Condemned or Inedible Material from Inspected Slaughtered Animals for Inedible Biological Purposes
99/117 Transport of Byproducts for Disposal
99/148 Conditions for the Procurement and Use of Feral Rabbits, Hares and Possums for Rendering II
99/193 Conditions for the Procurement and Use of Injured Stock and Farmed Deer for Pet Food
00/44 Petfood: Immature, Sick, Injured & Dead Animals
00/124 Control of Byproducts
Signed at Wellington this 22nd day of March 2001.
VICTOR WALKER, Acting Director Animal Products (acting under delegated authority), MAF Food Assurance Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.