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Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Sustainable food system indicators for the UK.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
This collection brings together publications by PHE relating to schools and school food.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) is an independent scientific committee that provides expert advice to government on microbiological issues and food. ACMSF is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Food Standards Agency .
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
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