On 31 May 2022, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) of New Zealand issued Notice no. 51583 to amend the Animal Products Notice - Regulatory Control Scheme for Bivalve Shellfish for Human Consumption.  The main contents of this revision include:  

(1)Strengthen the management measures of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in bivalve shellfish products to reduce the risk of food-borne diseases;  

(2) Changed domoicacid (a amnesia biotoxin of shellfish) from low risk item to high risk item, and set the maximum content level of domoicacid in bivalves at 20mg/kg;  

(3) Detection methods of toxic-generating phytoplankton in the newly added bivalves culture waters.  



The notice takes effect on June 14, 2022.