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Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Sustainable food system indicators for the UK.
Emails from the Food Standard Agency about problems with food on the market
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
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