The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA), formally MAF Food, and the Organic Products Exporters of New Zealand Incorporated (OPENZ) reported that New Zealand has had its Official Organic Assurance Programme accepted for organic exports to the European Union (EU) and been rewarded with a “third country listing”.
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The third country listing means that there is a government to government agreement between the European Commission and the NZFSA (still known as MAF offshore) for New Zealand organic products exported to European Union member countries.
The programme will simplify access for organic products exported to the EU, as it will avoid the need for New Zealand exporters to obtain import licences from individual states within the EU. It provides an official government-to-government assurance to the EU that organic products exported from New Zealand have been produced under organic rules that are equivalent to the EU’s regulations.
As a result NZ’s organic exporters will have greater long-term market access stability in Europe.
OPENZ requested and funded the then MAF to develop and manage the programme that was successfully negotiated by the MAF’s Dairy and Plant Products Group in conjunction with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials.
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