WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/285
15 October 2001
(01-5020)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NEW ZEALAND PEST RISK ASSESSMENT STANDARD
FOR PLANTS BIOSECURITY
Submission by New Zealand
1. The Plants Biosecurity group in New Zealand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Biosecurity Authority (MAF Biosecurity) has finalised a new standard on conducting pest risk
assessment.
2. The Plants Biosecurity group’s pest risk assessment standard has been updated to ensure
consistency with the International Plant Protection Convention’s International Standard for
Phytosanitary Measures No. 11, Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests  (2001), and to fulfil the
requirements of section 1.5 of MAF Biosecurity’s Biosecurity risk analysis policy statement  (2001).
The standard contributes to New Zealand having a pest risk analysis process that is consistent andtransparent, and identifies and selects technically justified phytosanitary measures.  Pest risk
assessments conducted by MAF Biosecurity’s Plants Biosecurity group will conform to this standard.
Pest risk management is not covered by the standard.
3. New Zealand previously informed Members of its Biosecurity risk analysis policy statement
in G/SPS/GEN/233.  The policy statement outlin es how MAF Biosecurity conducts and applies
import risk analysis.
4. The pest risk assessment standard is available on the Internet at:
http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/pests-diseases/plants/risk/index.htm
Alternatively it can be requested from Mr Keawe Woodmore, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO
Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand.  Tel: +64 4 474 4226;  Fax: +64 4 470 2730;  E-mail:
sps@maf.govt.nz
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