Bringing hops into NZ?

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Permalink Reply by Smiffy on November 23, 2013 at 10:56am

I brought 5kg in last August.

They have to be processed so as to be non-viable as plants, and the processing  needs to be documented, so I had the label on the bag which said "T90 hop pellets"  and a document that I got from the supplier which was the industry standard describing what T90  meant. (document attached)  Most importantly I had emailed MAF to ask them,

Quarantine_Enquiry (at) mpi (dot) govt (dot) nz

and also had printed out the response from them, and by pure co-incidence, the person I dealt with at the airport was the same person who had replied to my email.

The official words were "Commercially packaged, pelletised, hops must be accompanied by a manufacturer's certificate stating that the hop product has been milled, and extruded into pellets or inspected to confirm they have been milled and pelleted."

One thing she said was that the regulations do change, so to check again before doing it again.

Attachments:

• 01 Pellets 90spec EN July 2010.pdf, 108 KB

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Permalink Reply by Ben Dean on November 23, 2013 at 12:05pm

Thanks for your reply Smiffy, much appreciated. I'll email MAF for the latest regulations.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on November 23, 2013 at 2:44pm

Who are you buying off?   I have looked at Niko and Yakima Valley but will wait until the new season comes in.  Prices look good if you join up with others and order 10 pounds etc

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