Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 23 December 2016 of the Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Halal Animal Material and Halal Animal Products, which comes into force on 1 January 2017.

A copy of this notice may be inspected free of charge at, or purchased at a reasonable cost, at the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

The notice can also be viewed on the MPI food safety website: www.foodsafety.govt.nz.

Dated this 23rd day of December 2016.

ALLAN KINSELLA, Director, Systems Audit, Assurance and Monitoring, Regulation and Assurance, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).