Pursuant to section 14 (1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry hereby gives notice that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9 (1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Act 1997:
Trade Name: Equilis IPA Influenza
Reference: A09394
Active Ingredient:
Purified haemaglutinin/neuraminidase from influenza viruses.
General Use Claim:
Active immunisation of horses and foals against equine influenza to reduce severity and duration of clinical signs and to reduce the amount and duration of virus excretion after infection.
Any person may make a written submission to the
Director-General, under section 17 of the ACVM Act 1997, concerning any application notified above.
Such submissions:
(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission;
(b) may state any decision sought on that application;
(c) must be received by the Director-General no later than 30 working days after the date of notification
in the New Zealand Gazette; and
(d) should be forwarded to the address given below.
A copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for their information.
A copy of the public information on the application may be obtained from ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, P.O. Box 2835, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of July 2004.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (Operations) (acting under delegated authority).