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Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Information about the UK food chain.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Compilation of food statistics.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
News, economics and statistics relating to the UK’s farming and food industries.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Foresight project looking at the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Find out if a restaurant, takeaway or food shop has good food hygiene standards.
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 .
The government is introducing new measures to limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
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