Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 16 February 2018 of the Animal Products Notice: Specifications for National Microbiological Database Programme, which comes into force on 26 February 2018.

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, 25 The Terrace, PO Box 2526, Wellington.

The notice can also be viewed on the Ministry for Primary Industries website: www.mpi.govt.nz.

Dated this 16th day of February 2018.

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