Honey Import Health Standard Issued
Scoop, 7/11/2006
Biosecurity New Zealand (BNZ), part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), today issued a new import health standard for honey and related bee products from Australia.
The new import health standard allows for:
- Heat treatment as a risk management measure for European Foulbrood and Nosema ceranae for all products from areas where these diseases are likely to be present
- Inspection or heat treatment or specified testing for all bee products as risk management measures for American Foulbrood
- Alternatively, irradiation can be used as a risk management measure for American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood and Nosema ceranae for bee products other than honey
- Extra heating during packaging for bulk honey from states with small hive beetle…
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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