1. Section 62 (1) of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999 provides that "No person may use any drug, substance, or mixture of substances for the prevention or treatment of any disease in bees, other than a drug for the time being approved for that purpose pursuant to subsection (2)."
2. Section 62 (2) of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999 provides that "The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the
New Zealand Gazette, approve the use, subject to such conditions as the Minister specifies, of any specified drug for the prevention or treatment of any specified disease."
Pursuant to section 62 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, I approve the use of the drug Bayvarol Strips for the prevention or treatment of varroa (Varroa Jacobsoni) subject to the following conditions:
? Importers, manufacturers, and wholesalers and retailers of the product must operate in all respects as if the product was a pesticide registered under the Pesticides Act 1979.
? Use must be in accordance with the directions of the Pesticides Board.
? The formulation must comply with that most recently approved by the Pesticides Board.
? The quantity of the approval is limited to 300 strips.
? Treated honey and honey related products must be destroyed and must not enter the food chain.
? The approval is limited to a period expiring on 30 June 2003, or until revoked by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of July 2001.
MICHAEL CULLEN, for Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture.