Exclusive benefits to members
Members have experts representing their interests - providing experienced, sector-wide feedback and rational on policies that affect their businesses.
Because we represent the majority of New Zealand’s crop protection and animal medicine industries, we offer a unified voice in dealing with issues at a governmental and regulatory level.
We seek and share relevant news and proposed regulatory changes - making sure that our members receive critical information first.
With more than 74 years of experience, we can navigate through regulatory hurdles and other challenges, so that members don't have to. We also provide a selection of tools and guides on meeting regulatory requirements and industry best practice to make members' lives easier and give them the freedom to do what they do best.
Read more about these below.
By liaising with regulators and other government departments, we:
- Offer a unified voice in dealing with issues at a governmental and regulatory level as well as the food industry, consumer and international bodies.
- Identify emerging regulatory and political trends and communicates them to members.
- Encourage and assist science-based regulation processes and standards.
We speak out on behalf of our members
- We speak out on behalf of the industry in the media, to government officials and regulators.
- Member views are represented on industry-lead initiatives such as Agrecovery and GROWSAFE.
Having a long-term global view, we:
- champion an environment which encourages innovation and investment.
- help with the global distribution of products by facilitating the harmonisation of regulatory guidelines.
We hold events, training sessions, webinars, focussed-industry forums and popular conferences for members
- We hold popular conferences twice a year attended by members, government officials and other stakeholders.
- Crop protection, animal health and distributor groups meet twice a year to discuss industry issues, meet with stakeholders and prepare action plans.
- Industry-related webinars and training sessions are held frequently.
- Labelling guide - guidance for members on best practice labelling
- Sales audits for crop protection (including market share information) and animal health (discounted rates for Baron’s comprehensive sales audit).
- List of trade names of tracked substances.
- Guidance on exempt laboratories – WorkSafe guidance available soon
- Approved handler contacts - A database containing contact details for approved handlers working for distributors is available to member companies who sell tracked substances. Relevant member companies will be sent this information.
- Free use of Haznote the registered trade mark for safety documentation required for transporting some hazardous substances.
Members are part of an industry that is guided by ethics and take responsibility for their products by minimising issues and managing risks.
Members’ products are recognised for their long-term role in protection of public health, energy, food and feed.
This is done by:
- Advocating and promoting responsible use and product stewardship.
- Working with training organisations to deliver relevant and up-to-date training for suppliers of agrichemicals.
- Promoting ethical behaviours through our code of conduct.
- Enabling easy access to safety data sheets at point of sale.
Tracked substances list
We compile an up-to-date list of tracked substances. The list is free for members.
Crop Protection
Quarterly sales audits of plant protection products give a snapshot of sales in various chemical groupings.
The audits are free for our members. Non-members can also join the audit.
Our members have exclusive access to using the trademarked brand ‘Haznote’, the emergency information and storage guide and dangerous good declaration.
Haznote is a template form which includes product name, substance, UN Number, Dangerous Goods Class, Subsidiary Risk Class, Packaging Group, Flash Point Temperature, Hazchem classification and maximum transport quantity.
For more information contact us.
Our Labelling Guide (fourth edition is being developed) provides advice on preparing product labels for agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines, along with associated information. It is free for members.
This guideline helps members to comply with the labelling provisions of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997.
- We encourage students to enter the agricultural and veterinary medicine industries by offering scholarships and presenting at universities.
