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An evaluation of the limits of detection of 3 methods routinely used by public analysts when testing meat samples for horse meat DNA.
Emails from the Food Standard Agency about problems with food on the market
Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great Britain without sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls.
The Meat Hygiene Service was set up in 1995 and was responsible for the enforcement of meat hygiene legislation. The Service merged with the Food Standards Agency in 2010.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
How you import from and export to Japan.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export HRFNAO to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
Official certificates in English and EU languages to export or move HRFNAO to the EU or Northern Ireland.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
A research project to develop a new global network tool for food safety notifications.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
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