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Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on DEFRA’s final stage impact assessment of the Amending allergen provisions contained for food prepacked for direct sale.
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How an innovative funding mechanism is saving lives by speeding up the availability of vaccines and making them affordable.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Find out what a composite product is, and how to import or move composite products from the EU to Great Britain.
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.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
Check when packaging is classified as a finished plastic packaging component, and what is meant by substantial modifications, to find out if you must register for the tax.
Letter issued to insolvency practitioners in 2009 about pre-packaged sales in administrations (pre-packs).
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 when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
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