Pursuant to section 168(5) of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given that amendments to the following material incorporated by reference take effect on the date of publication of this notice:

• MPI Consolidated List of Tests for Animal Products: meat, poultry, honey, seafood, dairy, live animals and germplasm.

Excluded from the above notification are the following tests:

• 10.04 – Leptospermum scoparium DNA
• 10.05 – Four chemical characterisation compounds:
  • 2´-Methoxyacetophenone (2´-MAP)
  • 2-Methoxybenzoic acid (2-MBA)
  • 3-Phenyllactic acid (3-PA)
  • 4-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid (4-HPA)

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

This notice can also be viewed on the website www.mpi.govt.nz.

Dated this 27th day of June 2017.

PAUL DANSTED, Director Animal and Animal Products, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).