Environmental Risk Management Authority - Latest News [Page 3]
ERMA NZ Releases Fireworks Code Of Practice
Friday, 13 April 2007, 4:34 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
ERMA New Zealand has released a Code of Practice for Retail Fireworks, making it easier for importers, distributors and retailers to ensure the products they sell are within the rules. More >>
ERMA NZ Reassesses Petrol Handling On Farms
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 11:21 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
ERMA New Zealand has opened public consultation on a reassessment for handling and using petrol on farms. More >>
Composition Of 1080 Reassessment Committee
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 10:30 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) is to confine its 1080 decision-making committee to four Authority members. More >>
ERMA To Reassess Some Hazardous Substances
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 4:29 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
ERMA New Zealand is inviting public submissions on a list of hazardous substances it is considering reassessing. More >>
Group Standards data easy to access with new CD
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 3:58 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
A new ERMA New Zealand CD will allow quick and easy access to information on group standards covering thousands of hazardous substances. More >>
Seeds from grassland plants approved for NZ
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 2:54 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
Seeds from 71 families of grassland plants new to this country have been approved for importation into New Zealand as a genetic resource More >>
Decision Good News For Micro-Organism Researchers
Friday, 5 May 2006, 11:31 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
A recent ERMA New Zealand approval of a University of Auckland application is good news for micro-organisms researchers. More >>
Train now - spray later: guidance on pesticide law
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 11:59 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand), working with Federated Farmers, has produced a guidance pack for people required to become Approved Handlers of agricultural pesticides. More >>
Authority announces new Chief Executive
Friday, 20 May 2005, 10:35 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
Today the Environmental Risk Management Authority announced the appointment of Rob Forlong as the new Chief Executive of ERMA New Zealand. More >>
Fireworks on Sale Today
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 3:53 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
Fireworks go on sale to the public today and the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) is reminding both retailers and the public of their legal requirements this Guy Fawkes. More >>
ERMA to declare polymers non hazardous
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 10:52 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority has determined that seven commonly used groups of plastics are not hazardous. The seven applications to determine if these groups of plastics were hazardous were submitted by Plastics New Zealand (Inc). These ... More >>
GM Cattle Development application approved
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 12:28 am | Environmental Risk Management Authority
A special committee established by the Environmental Risk Management Authority has approved, with controls and in modified form, an application from AgResearch Ltd to develop transgenic cattle that can express functional therapeutic foreign proteins ... More >>
Misinformation & The AgResearch Cattle Application
Friday, 14 June 2002, 1:51 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
In a statement released earlier today GE Free NZ made false and misleading claims about ERMA New Zealand’s handling of the application from AgResearch for development work on GM cattle. More >>
GE Blowflies Case Yet Another Cause For Caution
Wednesday, 31 May 2000, 5:54 pm | Environmental Risk Management Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) has found cause for concern over containment of genetically engineered blowflies at Massey University. More >>