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Individual retailers can sign up to restrict access to products containing acids and other corrosive substances.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling…
The tables below list waste codes for common construction and demolition…
The tables below list waste codes for common packaging and domestic type…
These tables list common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and…
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Guidance on acetic acid (also known as ethanoic acid) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Security staff can be the first to respond to acid attacks or incidents where someone has been exposed to a hazardous substance. Make sure you know what to do.
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Graphics for use by retailers to publicise on social media that they have signed up to the voluntary commitments on responsible sales of acid products.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out what animal by-products you can use to make biodiesel, whether you need approval, how to process them and how to use the products.
Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system.
Product recall for Actas Food Grade Acetic Acid 70% presenting a serious chemical risk as the packaging resembles food/drink items and may arouse the active curiosity of children or mislead consumers.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
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