NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 51 — 8 MAY 2015

Edible offal is the edible tissues and organs other than muscles and animal fat from slaughtered animals as
prepared for wholesale or retail distribution. Edible offal includes brain, heart, kidney, liver, pancreas, spleen,
thymus, tongue and tripe. The entire commodity may be consumed.

Commodities: Buffalo, edible offal of; Cattle, edible offal of; Camel, edible offal of; Deer, edible offal of; Donkey,
edible offal of; Goat, edible offal of; Hare, edible offal of; Horse, edible offal of; Kangaroo, edible offal of; Pig, edible
offal of; Possum, edible offal of; Rabbit, edible offal of; Sheep, edible offal of; Wallaby, edible offal of.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity.

Fats (mammalian)

Mammalian fats, excluding milk fats are derived from the fatty tissues of animals (not processed). The entire
commodity may be consumed.

Commodities: Buffalo fat; Camel fat; Cattle fat; Goat fat; Horse fat; Pig fat; Rabbit fat; Sheep fat.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity.

Milks

Milks are the mammary secretions of various species of lactating herbivorous ruminant animals.

Commodities: Buffalo milk; Camel milk; Cattle milk; Goat milk; Sheep milk. The entire commodity may be
consumed.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity. When an
MRL for cattle milk or milks is qualified by ‘(in the fat)’ the compound is regarded as fat-soluble, and the MRL
and ERL apply to the fat portion of the milk. In the case of a derived or a manufactured milk product with a fat
content of 2% or more, the MRL also applies to the fat portion. For a milk product with fat content less than 2%,
the MRL applied should be 1/50 that specified for ‘milk (in the fat)’, and should apply to the whole product.

Poultry

Poultry meat

Poultry meats are the muscular tissues, including adhering fat and skin, from poultry carcasses as prepared for
wholesale or retail distribution. The entire product may be consumed. Poultry meat includes farmed and game
poultry.

Commodities: Chicken meat; Duck meat; Emu meat; Goose meat; Guinea-fowl meat; Ostrich meat; Partridge meat;
Pheasant meat; Pigeon meat; Quail meat; Turkey meat.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity (without
bones). When the commodity description is qualified by (in the fat) a proportion of adhering fat is analysed and
the *MRLs apply to the fat.

Poultry, edible offal

Poultry edible offal is the edible tissues and organs, other than poultry meat and poultry fat, as prepared for
wholesale or retail distribution and include liver, gizzard, heart, skin. The entire product may be consumed.

Commodities: Chicken, edible offal of; Duck, edible offal of; Emu, edible offal of; Goose, edible offal of; Ostrich,
edible offal of; Turkey, edible offal of.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity.
Note that poultry meat includes any attached skin, but poultry skin on its own (not attached) is considered as
‘poultry edible offal’.

Poultry fats

Poultry fats are derived from the fatty tissues of poultry (not processed). The entire product may be consumed.

Commodities: Chicken fat; Duck fat; Goose fat; Turkey fat.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole commodity.

Eggs

Eggs are the reproductive bodies laid by female birds, especially domestic fowl. The edible portion includes egg
yolk and egg white after removal of the shell.

Commodities: Chicken eggs; Duck eggs; Goose eggs; Quail eggs.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL and ERL apply (and which is analysed): whole egg whites and yolks
combined after removal of shell.

Fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Fish includes freshwater fish, diadromous fish and marine fish.

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