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Zinc phosphide pest poison approved with controls
11 August 2011
Media release
Zinc phosphide pest poison approved with controls
The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the import and manufacture of a new poison for the ground control of possums.
MZP Paste will be used to target the brush-tail possum.
The application was made by Pest Tech Limited, with support from Connovation Ltd, Lincoln University and the Animal Health Board.
MZP Paste has been designed as an alternative to 1080 and other vertebrate poisons in certain situations.
MZP Paste may be toxic to humans and other vertebrates. Strict conditions have been placed on its use to protect applicators, bystanders and the environment from potential adverse effects arising from use of the substance.
These
conditions include requiring operators to obtain permission
from the Department of Conservation (for operations carried
out on Conservation land) and Ministry of Health to use the
substance, ensuring the substance is only handled by trained
and licensed users and that MZP Paste is only applied using
certain types of bait-stations. It cannot be used for aerial
application.
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