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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Advice on ingredients in nicotine-containing liquids in electronic cigarettes and refill containers.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
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…
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
Apply to temporarily include a non-organic ingredient in organic food or drink you sell in the UK.
The symptoms, diagnosis, management and epidemiology of listeriosis, the infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Guidance relating to blood clotting, myocarditis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after COVID-19 vaccination.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Information relating to rare side effects after vaccination.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
NCARDRS records those people with congenital abnormalities and rare diseases across the whole of England.
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