Maree Zinzley, Manager (Approvals Operations) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MAF, gives notice, under section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 ("the Act"), that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9(1) of the Act:
Trade Name: Metacam 15mg/mL Oral Suspension for Pigs
Reference: A010671
Active Ingredient and Concentration: Meloxicam, 15g/L
Formulation Type: Aqueous solution
General Use Claim: For the alleviation of inflammation and relief of pain in both acute and chronic musculo-skeletal disorders.
Any person may make a written submission to the
director-general concerning this application.
Under section 17 of the Act, a written submission:
(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission; and
(b) may state any decision sought on that application; and
(c) must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification
in the New Zealand Gazette.
Under section 18 of the Act, a copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for the applicant’s information.
The following address is:
(a) where submissions on this application are to be sent; and
(b) where requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent; and
(c) where public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
(d) the director-general’s address for service:
ACVM Group, Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, Pastoral House, Level 11, 25 The
Terrace, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140.
The applicant’s address for service is:
Boehringer Ingelheim (NZ) Limited, Level 1, Unit 9,
42 Ormiston Road, East Tamaki, Auckland 2916. Postal Address: PO Box 1969, Macquarie Centre, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113, Australia.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of September 2011.
MAREE ZINZLEY, Manager (Approvals Operations), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (acting under delegated authority).