. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/410 
13 August 2008  
 (08-3855) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products under tariff codes 04.01 - 04.06 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries producing raw milk products wanting to export to New Zealand and countries that 
may import product fro m New Zealand. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Discussion document on 
proposed framework for the manufacture, im portation and sale of raw milk products 
(available in English, 49 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/NZL/08_2477_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Consultation document proposing a framework to categorise raw 
milk products according to risk in order to fa cilitate the manufacture and domestic sale or 
export of approved raw milk products in New Ze aland and the import of equivalent products.  
Products would be placed into one of 3 categorie s according to the risk posed to human health 
and appropriate measur es applied if necessary to ensure publ ic health is not compromised.  If 
progressed, there will be a second round of consultation on the detail required to implement 
the framework.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The framework takes into account Codex Code 
of Hygienic Practice fo r Milk and Milk Products. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Discussion document 
(available in English) G/SPS/N/NZL/410 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  A decision is expected to be taken on whether to advance the 
framework by late 2008.  If progressed, a second round of consultation on the details of the 
framework is planned for early 2009. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  See above.  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Hilary Eade, Programme Manager, Techni cal Standards and Systems, PO Box 2835, 
Wellington, NZ.  Tel:  +(64 4) 894 2694;  Fax:  +(64 4) 894 2643;  E-mail:  
hilary.eade@nzfsa.govt.nz 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Mrs. Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS Ne w Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New 
Zealand.  Tel:  +(64 4) 894 0431;  Fax:  +(64 4) 894 0731;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz 
Website:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm