Pursuant to section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, the Director-General of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority 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: ProGibb SG Plant Growth Regulator
Reference: P007757
Active Ingredient and Concentration: 400g/kg gibberelilic acid
Formulation Type: Soluble granule
General Use Claims: A foliar spray that stimulates production of winter dormant, grass dominant pastures for high intensity grazing such as dairy pasture or sheep lambing paddocks.
To increase cherry firmness and quality.
To provide inhibition of flowering of Satsuma mandarins.
Any person may make a written submission to the
director-general, under section 17 of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, concerning the 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 its 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, 68-86 Jervois Quay, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2835, Wellington 6140.
The applicants' addresses for service are:
Valent BioSciences Corporation, 800 Technology
Way, Libertyville, Illinois, United States of America.
Valent Biosciences Corporation, PO Box 5125, Chatswood 1515, Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of September 2007.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Programme Manager (ACVM and Non-Food Products) (acting under delegated authority).