The NZ Farm Assurance Programme covers the audit and certification of sheep, beef and deer farms. This certification assists processors/exporters to maximize product eligibility for different commercial customers and supply programs as well as helping to meet domestic regulatory compliance requirements.

Consumers are becoming increasingly interested in the provenance and traceability of the food they buy and having confidence that the way it is produced meets their expectations. There is an increased call for products which have been ethically produced as well as being safe to eat. This demand from consumers is answered by buyers who now demand that their suppliers meet specific standards when it comes to production.

The NZ Farm Assurance Programme is being initiated to assure customers that farms in New Zealand all have a baseline quality standard.

Documentation:
RMPP: www.rmpp.co.nz/page/nz-farm-assurance/

Issued with an electronic “Eligibility Document” (ED) that facilitates the movement of skins from the supplier’s slaughterhouse to the fellmongery. Meat processors issue ED’s to the skin processor under the MPI approved premises numbers (“Export Approved Premises”).

Exported under MPI certification named a “Certificate for Hides and Skins exported to India” if the destination is India or “Certificate for Hides and Skins exported from New Zealand” if the destination is another country. This certificate is issued in conjunction with the exhaustion of ED’s as per above.