New Zealand’s primary sector will now have access to more innovative agricultural products as well as products for minor crops and minor animal species, due to a law change increasing data protection timeframes.
The Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Bill increases the protection of research and commercial data required to register crop protection and animal health products in New Zealand.
Increasing this protection will incentivise manufacturers of crop protection products and veterinary medicines to bring their technology and invest in solutions specifically for New Zealand.
This means farmers and growers will soon be able to access more products to farm productively. Growers of minor crops such as citrus, sweet corn and kumara will also benefit by accessing products already available overseas.
The increase will allow 10 years’ protection for innovative products and five years for new uses, new formulations and reassessments.
Source: scoop.nz
