import health standard for the importation of specified processed poultry meat products from human consumption into new zealand from australia prior to 2001 poultry products from australia and the united states of america were eligible for import into new zealand. these products consisted of chicken meat which had been cooked to specifications stated in the maf document importation into new zealand of meat and meat products a review of the risks to animal health 1991 . new scientific information suggested that the previous cooking requirements for chicken meat products may have been inadequate to inactivate infectious bursal disease ibd virus. in 1999 and 2000 maf published two additional risk analyses import risk analysis chicken meat and chicken meat products bernard matthews foods ltd turkey meat preparations from the united kingdom revised quantitative risk assessments on chicken meat from the united states and reassessment of heat treatment for inactivation of newcastle disease virus in chicken meat. these risk analyses confirmed that there was a residual risk of ibd virus in chicken meat products after they have been subjected to normal cooking processes. the import health standards for poultry products from australia and the united states of america were revoked and the only poultry meat products that have been eligible for import into new zealand since this time have been those that have been subjected to a process that renders meat products commercially sterile such as canning retorting or rendering . in 2006 maf published an import risk analysis cooked duck meat from australia. this risk analysis for duck meat from australia was limited to products cooked to a minimum core temperature of 60 degrees celsius for 30 minutes and 80 degrees celsius for 10 minutes. the only potential hazard identified in this risk analysis was ibd virus which is present in australia which can infect ducks and is unlikely to be inactivated by the cooking processes used in the preparation of the commodities considered. these measures cover farm management testing of the birds for ibd prior to slaughter the slaughtering system and processing of the final product. as australia has requested market access for chicken meat since the import health standard for cooked chicken meat was revoked in 2001 a draft import health standard was developed from the duck meat risk analysis and the previous chicken meat risk analyses which would include all processed poultry meat products. the poultry meat products must be certified as having met specific time-temperature parameters that mitigate the risk of heat sensitive avian pathogens. in addition the products must either have originated from new zealand origin birds and have been processed in australia or originated from australian origin birds that are free from infectious bursal disease.