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[history] => Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Biosecurity Authority came into being on 1 July 1999 when the MAF Regulatory Authority was restructured to create a separate MAF Food Assurance Authority and a MAF Biosecurity Authority.
In 2004, the agency's name was changed from MAF Biosecurity Authority to MAF Biosecurity New Zealand. [1] From 1 July 2007, it acquired responsibility for the quarantine function when two former business groups of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Biosecurity New Zealand and MAF Quarantine Service - were combined. [2]
The four key goals of the MAF Biosecurity Authority were protection, assurance, development and coordination. It aimed to:
-
Protect New Zealand’s unique biodiversity by managing risks to animal, plant and forest health. The biosecurity protection activities were formed into several ‘layers’ including offshore protection, border protection, inside borders monitoring, response to a disease or pest outbreak and enforcement.
-
Provide Government assurances that New Zealand's food and fibre products met the biosecurity requirements of importing countries. Fundamentally the Authority was accountable for international market access by maintaining animal and plant health status, issuing plant and animal health certification and challenging technical barriers.
-
Develop science based animal welfare and ethics standards.
-
Lead and co-ordinate the New Zealand Government's biosecurity programme.
Organisational Structure
The organisation structure of MAF Biosecurity New Zealand has varied. At an early stage of its history it was divided into nine groups, which all reported to the Group Director. The nine groups were:
-
Animal Biosecurity - which was responsible for developing policies and standards that are vital to protecting the health of animal populations, and maintaining the effective exclusion of exotic animal disease and pests;
-
Animal Welfare - which promoted policies appropriate to society's expectations for the humane treatment of animals. The group's efforts were focused on ensuring all complaints of cruelty were investigated, resolving animal welfare problems;
-
Biosecurity Coordination - which responsible for drawing together the different but complementary functions of contract management, negotiation and administration, assessment of risks to indigenous flora and fauna, and coordination of domestic and international biosecurity regulatory and operational policy. Collectively the group provided a comprehensive and diverse range of skills to the Biosecurity Authority;
-
Border Management - which was responsible for the cost effective management of biosecurity risks at New Zealand's border. It did this by researching, developing and promulgating import health and operational standards and by overseeing, via an internal contract, the efficient and effective delivery of border inspection operations by the MAF Quarantine Service. The Unit was a generic group which provided support to both the MAF Biosecurity Authority (Animal, Plants and Forest Biosecurity and Animal Welfare) and the MAF Food Assurance Authority (Animal Products, Dairy and Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines);
-
Special Investigations - which liaised with other State enforcement agencies to ensure that all investigations were conducted in accordance with modern technology and techniques;
-
MAF Forest Biosecurity - which managed the biosecurity risk to economic, environmental and recreational assets. The group developed standards to protect New Zealand's forestry resource against new pests and diseases and negotiated market access for forest products;
-
Plants Biosecurity - which developed import health standards, conducted surveillance for exotic pests of agriculture and horticulture crops, responded to incursions of exotic pests and provided export phytosanitary assurances for plants and plant products including fruit, vegetables, seeds, grain, cut flowers and nursery stock;
-
Reference Labs; and
-
Business Support.
By 2008, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand was divided into eight teams:
-
Policy and Risk - which provided the framework for biosecurity decisions;
-
Border Standards - which developed the standards to manage import and export risks at New Zealand's borders;
-
Cargo Clearance - which cleared cargo (and some passengers) entering New Zealand;
-
Passenger Clearance - which had responsibility for clearing International passengers (and some cargo);
-
Post-Border - which developed standards for the management of biosecurity risks that have already crossed New Zealand's borders;
-
Investigation and Diagnostic Centres - which investigated and diagnosed suspected pests and diseases;
-
Animal Welfare - which developed standards for, and promoted, the humane treatment of animals. It also had a marketing role for New Zealand animals and animal products; and
-
Enforcement and Audit - which audited, investigated and responded to serious breaches of legislation administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, but primarily the Animal Welfare and Biosecurity Acts.[3]
Footnotes:
[1] Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, MAF History. www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/profile/history/ (accessed 24/11/2008).
[2] MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, 2008, About Us - Our Organisation. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/biosec/org (accessed 10/12/2008).
[3] MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, About Us - Our Organisation, Profile Document. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/org (accessed 10/12/2008).
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Biosecurity Authority came into being on 1 July 1999 when the MAF Regulatory Authority was restructured to create a separate MAF Food Assurance Authority and a MAF Biosecurity Authority.
In 2004, the agency's name was changed from MAF Biosecurity Authority to MAF Biosecurity New Zealand. [1] From 1 July 2007, it acquired responsibility for the quarantine function when two former business groups of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Biosecurity New Zealand and MAF Quarantine Service - were combined. [2]
The four key goals of the MAF Biosecurity Authority were protection, assurance, development and coordination. It aimed to:
-
Protect New Zealand’s unique biodiversity by managing risks to animal, plant and forest health. The biosecurity protection activities were formed into several ‘layers’ including offshore protection, border protection, inside borders monitoring, response to a disease or pest outbreak and enforcement.
-
Provide Government assurances that New Zealand's food and fibre products met the biosecurity requirements of importing countries. Fundamentally the Authority was accountable for international market access by maintaining animal and plant health status, issuing plant and animal health certification and challenging technical barriers.
-
Develop science based animal welfare and ethics standards.
-
Lead and co-ordinate the New Zealand Government's biosecurity programme.
Organisational Structure
The organisation structure of MAF Biosecurity New Zealand has varied. At an early stage of its history it was divided into nine groups, which all reported to the Group Director. The nine groups were:
-
Animal Biosecurity - which was responsible for developing policies and standards that are vital to protecting the health of animal populations, and maintaining the effective exclusion of exotic animal disease and pests;
-
Animal Welfare - which promoted policies appropriate to society's expectations for the humane treatment of animals. The group's efforts were focused on ensuring all complaints of cruelty were investigated, resolving animal welfare problems;
-
Biosecurity Coordination - which responsible for drawing together the different but complementary functions of contract management, negotiation and administration, assessment of risks to indigenous flora and fauna, and coordination of domestic and international biosecurity regulatory and operational policy. Collectively the group provided a comprehensive and diverse range of skills to the Biosecurity Authority;
-
Border Management - which was responsible for the cost effective management of biosecurity risks at New Zealand's border. It did this by researching, developing and promulgating import health and operational standards and by overseeing, via an internal contract, the efficient and effective delivery of border inspection operations by the MAF Quarantine Service. The Unit was a generic group which provided support to both the MAF Biosecurity Authority (Animal, Plants and Forest Biosecurity and Animal Welfare) and the MAF Food Assurance Authority (Animal Products, Dairy and Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines);
-
Special Investigations - which liaised with other State enforcement agencies to ensure that all investigations were conducted in accordance with modern technology and techniques;
-
MAF Forest Biosecurity - which managed the biosecurity risk to economic, environmental and recreational assets. The group developed standards to protect New Zealand's forestry resource against new pests and diseases and negotiated market access for forest products;
-
Plants Biosecurity - which developed import health standards, conducted surveillance for exotic pests of agriculture and horticulture crops, responded to incursions of exotic pests and provided export phytosanitary assurances for plants and plant products including fruit, vegetables, seeds, grain, cut flowers and nursery stock;
-
Reference Labs; and
-
Business Support.
By 2008, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand was divided into eight teams:
-
Policy and Risk - which provided the framework for biosecurity decisions;
-
Border Standards - which developed the standards to manage import and export risks at New Zealand's borders;
-
Cargo Clearance - which cleared cargo (and some passengers) entering New Zealand;
-
Passenger Clearance - which had responsibility for clearing International passengers (and some cargo);
-
Post-Border - which developed standards for the management of biosecurity risks that have already crossed New Zealand's borders;
-
Investigation and Diagnostic Centres - which investigated and diagnosed suspected pests and diseases;
-
Animal Welfare - which developed standards for, and promoted, the humane treatment of animals. It also had a marketing role for New Zealand animals and animal products; and
-
Enforcement and Audit - which audited, investigated and responded to serious breaches of legislation administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, but primarily the Animal Welfare and Biosecurity Acts.[3]
Footnotes:
[1] Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, MAF History. www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/profile/history/ (accessed 24/11/2008).
[2] MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, 2008, About Us - Our Organisation. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/biosec/org (accessed 10/12/2008).
[3] MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, About Us - Our Organisation, Profile Document. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/org (accessed 10/12/2008).
- Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Animal Welfare Act 1999
- π’ MAF Operations Group, Head Office (2004 ‑ )
- π’ MAF Quarantine Service, National Office (2007 ‑ )
- π’ MAF Regulatory Authority, Head Office (1999 ‑ )
- πΌ Animal welfare (1961 ‑ )
- πΌ Biosecurity (1849 ‑ )
- π’ Ministry for Primary Industries, National Office (1999 ‑ )