Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 16 February 2017 of the Animal Products Notice: Dairy Recognised Agencies and Persons Specifications, which comes into force on 23 February 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, Wellington.

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

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February 2017.

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