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)."
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
food grade mineral oil
for the prevention or treatment of varroa (Varroa destructor), subject to the following conditions:
? Use of the product is conditional on a code of practice being approved under the Animal Products Act 1999
to ensure that the product is used correctly and consistently; and
? no warranty is given on the effectiveness of the use
of food grade mineral oil in preventing or treating infestations of the varroa bee mite in bees.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of October 2004.
ANNETTE KING, Minister for Food Safety.