Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have released a new edition of the See, Contain, Report Newsletter.

The August 2022 Edition gives updates on various areas of the Transitional Facility Window including;

• Tips and reminders for Operators and APs
• New Contamination Charts
• Place of First Arrival Standard review
• TF/CF Infringement notices
• The corporation as the TF Operator
• Performance-Based Verification
• Container Hubbing
• 100% Reporting
• BMSB

This is a good opportunity for TF-Operator to be reminded to ensure their processes in their manuals are up to date, with objective evidence, as this is a great focus of the Performance-Based Verifications which have been phased in by Biosecurity NZ.

The newsletter also gives an in depth look at Foot-and-Mouth Disease and the current outbreak in Indonesia. Additional biosecurity measures have been put in place for goods coming from Indonesia due to this outbreak.

• Soil is a common contamination found when devanning containers and is a way a virus like FMD to arrive in NZ, as soil can carry pathogens.
• As stated in the See, Contain, Report Newsletter - "Soil must be removed from containers, placed in the quarantine bin, and be destroyed as quarantine waste."

To read the August 2022 edition click here: See, Contain, Report August 2022

To subscribe to the See, Contain, Report Newsletter click here: Subscribe

For the new Sea Containers from All Countries Standard Click here: Sea Containers from All Countries - Import Health Standard (mpi.govt.nz)