Rice - broken

Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Scientific Name
Oryza spp.
End use
Stockfeed
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.


A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Broken rice imported in bulk as stock feed ingredients must be further processed involving heat (e.g. pelleting, extruding) in New Zealand at MAF approved transitional facilities. Product may be imported in either clean, new bags or loose in bulk.

Import / certification requirements are:

Import permit: Required
Phytosanitary certificate: Required
Manufacturer’s certificate: Required – see MAF Standard for specific details that the exporter must comply with

Consignments must meet the following phytosanitary requirements:

The product in the consignment has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free of any visually detectable regulated pests, and conforms with New Zealand’s current import requirements.
AND
Been inspected and found free of whole seeds.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement No 3412)
A representative sample was inspected and found free of viable seeds.

NPPO Standard dated 11 November 2010
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026