Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Application to Register a Trade Name Product (Notice No. 1530)

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 Act 1997:
Trade Name: Poulvac Flufend i AI H5N3 RG
Reference: A009733
Active Ingredients and Concentration: Inactivated Recombinant Avian Influenza Virus subtype H5N3, strain rg A/ck/VN/C58/04 – = 256 HA Units – 0.196125mL
General Use Claims:
To stimulate active immunity in chickens, turkeys and ducks against avian influenza virus, H5 subtype.
To induce serological response against N3 neuraminidase, which can act as a marker to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA strategy).
Any person may make a written submission to the director-general, under section 17 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines 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.
The address below is:
(a) where submissions and requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent;
(b) where the public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
(c) the director-general’s address for service:
ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 68-86 Jervois Quay
(P.O. Box 2835), Wellington.
The applicant’s address for service is:
Biosecurity New Zealand, Fourteenth Floor, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace (P.O. Box 2526), Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 2006.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (ACVM and Non-Food Products) (acting under delegated authority).