Welcome to the June edition of Organic News

Kia ora koutou,

As noted in the May edition of Organic News, the public consultation for the cost recovery proposals under the Organic Products and Production Act 2023 is open. It will run for six weeks and closes on 13 July.

The discussion document can be found here: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/consultations/. Please note, we have provided an updated version of the document which includes the following corrections in section 11.1.2:

• added definition of terms for [d] (page 24), previously missing from table
• corrected labelling of definition of terms for [j] and [k] (page 26), previously mislabelled as [e] and [f].

We have set up three webinars/drop-in sessions to support the public consultation process for the organic sector, providing a forum to answer any questions. The webinar times are provided below. You can register by clicking on the link of your preferred time:

Monday 16 June – 3.30pm to 5.30pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/48d13bb6-e260-4417-8eae-35be248ea6ca@c30d47c4-6369-4cf2-9dd6-79a0e0aa416d

Tuesday 17 June – 12.00pm to 2.00pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/52df7367-7527-4158-8d72-1997132b96b2@c30d47c4-6369-4cf2-9dd6-79a0e0aa416d

Tuesday 24 June – 8.30am to 10.00am

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/192b8ed4-21d3-479f-b68c-e6b70eb2232a@c30d47c4-6369-4cf2-9dd6-79a0e0aa416d

Ngā mihi,

The Organic Project Team