EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982, NO. 169
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
The purpose of the accompanying regulation is to amend the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations to remove the export control over meat and bone meal and meat meal.
Meat and bone meal and meat meal has been subject to export control since 1958. At that time these products were virtually the only source of protein for the developing pig and poultry meat industries.
The control was necessary as producers needed to be assured of adequate local supplies. Quarantine controls also prevent the importation of meat and bone meal from countries other than New Zealand.
Because the pig and poultry meat industries are now firmly established, it is no longer appropriate for those industries to depend upon feed supplies from the red meat industry, with which they compete.
In addition pig and Poultry producers now have access to other sources of protein such as locally produced oilseed. Oilseed meal, another source of protein, can also be imported if necessary.