Glen Bradbury, Manager (ACVM Programmes and Appraisals) of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MPI, 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: Mite Away Quick Strips
Reference: P008556
Active Ingredient and Concentration: Formic acid 467g/kg
Formulation Type: Vapour releasing product
General Use Claim: For use in beehives for treatment of honey bee colonies infested with varroa mites.
Any person may make a written submission to the
director-general concerning this application.
Under sections 16 and 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 for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140.
The applicant's address for service is:
NOD Apiary Products Limited, C/o PF Consultants, PO Box 4352, Hamilton East, Hamilton 3247.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August 2013.
GLEN BRADBURY, Manager (ACVM Programmes and Appraisals), Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).