16 DECEMBER 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 173 4249

The applicant’s address for service is:
Schering-Plough Animal Health Limited, 33 Whakatiki Street, Trentham, Upper Hutt 5018. Postal Address: Private Bag 908, Upper Hutt 5140.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 2010.

MAREE ZINZLEY, Senior Manager (Approvals Operations), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand Food Safety) (acting under delegated authority).

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Notice of Application to Register a Trade Name Product (Notice No. 245)

Maree Zinzley, Senior Manager (Approvals Operations) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) (New Zealand Food Safety), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MAF, gives notice, under section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (“the Act”), that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9(1) of the Act:

Trade Name: Felocell 2
Reference: A010599
Active Ingredient: Contains attenuated strains of Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus (FRV) and Feline Calicivirus (FCV).
Formulation Type: Freeze dried pellet
General Use Claim: For intranasal vaccination of healthy cats as an aid in preventing Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus caused by feline herpesvirus-1 and feline respiratory disease caused by Feline Calicivirus Virus.

Any person may make a written submission to the director-general concerning this application. Under sections 16 and 17 of the Act, a written submission:

(a) must state in full the reasons for making the submission; and
(b) may state any decision sought on that application; and
(c) must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

Under section 18 of the Act, a copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for the applicant’s information.

The following address is:

(a) where submissions on this application are to be sent; and
(b) where requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent; and
(c) where public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
(d) the director-general’s address for service:

ACVM Group, New Zealand Food Safety (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), Level 5, South Tower, 68–86 Jervois Quay, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2835, Wellington 6140.

The applicant’s address for service is:
Pfizer New Zealand Limited, Level 3, Pfizer House, 14 Normanby Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024. Postal Address: PO Box 3998, Auckland 1140.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 2010.

MAREE ZINZLEY, Senior Manager (Approvals Operations), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand Food Safety) (acting under delegated authority).

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Animal Products Act 1999

Notice Under the Animal Products Act 1999 (Notice No. 246)

Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 10 December 2010 of the Animal Products (Disposal of Non-conforming Dairy Material or Dairy Product) Notice 2010 No. 2 which comes into force on 20 December 2010.

A copy of the notice may be inspected or obtained at the office of New Zealand Food Safety (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), South Tower, 68–86 Jervois Quay (PO Box 2835), Wellington.

It can also be viewed on the NZFSA website

www.nzfsa.govt.nz

Dated this 10th day of December 2010.

CAROL BARNAO, Acting Deputy Director General (Food Safety) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand Food Safety) (acting pursuant to delegated authority).

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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Inclusion of a Further Minimum Standard in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2010 (Notice No. 1702)

Pursuant to section 75 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and Order of the High Court, dated the 26th day of November 2010, in proceeding CIV-2010-485-1423, Auckland Hebrew Congregation Trust Board and the Wellington Jewish Community Centre v Minister of Agriculture, I have reconsidered my decision to not include a provision to allow for shechita slaughter of poultry in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code 2010.

I hereby give notice that a further minimum standard, 15A, as set out below, is included in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code 2010 to provide for shechita of poultry. Minimum standard 15A will come into effect on the day after the publication of this notice.

Minimum Standard No. 15A – Shechita of Poultry

Minimum standard 15 applies subject to this minimum standard:

(a) Poultry may be slaughtered without prior stunning in accordance with the requirements of shechita (Jewish religious requirements) and the requirements of this minimum standard.

(b) A competent shochet must carry out the slaughter of the poultry. The shochet must be approved by one or both of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre. Before conducting shechita in New Zealand for the first time, the shochet must provide to the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry written authorisation from one or both of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre.

(c) The Auckland Hebrew Congregation or the Wellington Jewish Community Centre will approve a shochet to undertake shechita in relation to poultry only.