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The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
If your business deals in food you must: make sure food is safe to eat…
Part of complying with food safety is managing food hygiene. Hazard…
You can be inspected by your local council at any point in the food…
You must tell the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if you think any food your…
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Controls on UK food and feed imports, checks and inspections of high-risk food at UK borders, fees and documentation for importers.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
An evaluation of potential analytical methods for the determination of biotin in foods using high performance liquid chromatography.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
This brief represents a synthesis of the current debate on the development and application of food environment research
Use form ALVS1 if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
A summary of analytical methods available for the determination of vitamin B12 in fortified foods or supplements.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
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