National Radiation Laboratory

National Radiation Laboratory
Te Whare Rangahau Pūhihi o Aotearoa

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Food Export Certification

NRL offers a service to authenticate levels of radioactivity in foodstuffs for the export market.

Certificates are issued for goods that are of 100% New Zealand origin without testing a sample for radioactivity content.  These certificates are issued on the basis of experience as well as ongoing environmental radioactivity monitoring operations.  For any goods containing imported components a sample must be tested for radioactivity content before a certificate can be issued.

For this service please read carefully the detailed information sheet:  Information sheet for radioactivity certification (PDF - 126 kB) service for food exports.

In order to obtain a certificate, complete this form:  Request for a radioactivity certificate. (PDF - 78 kB).  This form is also available here as a Word document. 

If the goods contain an imported component and a sample must be tested for radioactivity content, please complete this form:  Request for testing for radioactivity content in foodstuffs. (PDF - 89 kB).  This form is also available here as a Word document.

For further information contact NRL's Environmental Laboratory.

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