. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/NZL/57 
14 September 2011  
 (11-4434) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   New Zealand Ministry of Hea lth, P O Box 5013, Wellington, New 
Zealand. Tel.:  +64 496 2000;  Fax +64 496 2191;  website:  http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :    
Sally Stewart, Senior Policy Analyst  
Ministry of Health P.O. Box:  5013, Wellington New Zealand 
E-mail:  mailto:sally_stewart@moh.govt.nz   
Tel.:  +64 4 496 2000 
Fax:  +64 4 496 2191 Website:  http://www.moh. govt.nz/moh.nsf  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Natural health products 
(11.120.10) HS classification 2106.90 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Natural Health 
Products Bill, (30 pages, in English). Available at " http://www.parliament.nz/en-
NZ/PB/Legislation/Bill s/b/c/8/00DBHOH_BILL11034 _1-Natural-Health-Pr oducts-Bill.htm"   
6. Description of content:  Bill to regulate natural health  products. Key elements are:  
- natural health products are to be low risk  products differentiat ed from medicines and 
 food by the ingredients they contain, the intended purpose and the way they are 
 presented to consumers, including the ther apeutic claims that are made about them; 
- the regulator will be based in the Ministry of Health; 
- natural health products will be  notified on an online register; 
- recognition of assessments by trusted overseas re gulators of ingred ients, claims and 
 evidence, and manufacturing processes; 
- a list of prohibited ingredients and a non-exc lusive list of ingredients suitable for use 
 in natural health products; G/TBT/N/NZL/57 
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  - notification of new ingredients to the regulator prior to marketing; 
- labelling requirements; 
- export certification; - a tailor-made code of manufacturing practice; 
- an appeals mechanism. Any comment on the TBT Notification will be considered at the select committee stage of the 
Bill. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information, public health and safety : to provide consumers with assurances that 
natural health products are safe, tr ue to claim and true to label.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Ministry of Health consultati on paper "The Development of a Natural Health Products Bill" 
March 2010 available at  " http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/i ndexmh/consult-development-
natural-health-products-bill-mar10 "  
The Development of a Natural Health Products Bill: Summary of Subm issions available at 
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.ns f/indexmh/natural-health-p roducts-bill-submissions   
Regulatory Impact Statement May 2011 available at " http://www.health.govt.nz/about-
ministry/legislation-and-regulation/regulatory-impact-statements/development-natural-health-
pr" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  14 December 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry po int [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.ns f/indexmh/natural-health-p roducts-bill-submissions    
"http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/consu lt-development-natura l-health-products-
bill-mar10 "  
"http://www.health.govt.nz/about-m inistry/legislation-and-re gulation/regula tory-impact-
statements/developme nt-natural-health-pr " 
"http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/ 2011/0324/latest/whole.html?search=ts_bill_
natural_resel&p=1#dlm3984610 "