Animal and Plant Health NZ want action on rural product approval backlog

Animal and Plant Health NZ want action on rural product approval backlog
Animal and Plant Health NZ's chief executive Liz Shackleton. (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
Animal and Plant Health New Zealand wants to see “tangible” action to clear the lengthy backlog of yet-to-be-approved rural products.The Government’s newly established Ministry for Regulation has spent the better part of the second half of the year reviewing the approval path for new agricultural and horticulture products, such as feeds, fertilisers, medicines and pesticides.Currently, products have to be approved under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 and if they are hazardous substances or new org...

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