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: Blossom Bless
Reference: P07164
Active Ingredient and Concentration:
Pantoea agglomerans
General Use Claim:
A preparation of the non-pathogenic bacterium Pantoea agglomerans for the prevention of fire blight infection of pip fruit flowers.
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 14th day of September 2004.
RACHEL GREEN, Adviser (Operations) (under delegated authority).