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Apply to temporarily include a non-organic ingredient in organic food or drink you sell in the UK.
Use this form to apply to use a non-organic ingredient in your organic food or drink.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Rules for exporting or moving organic food, feed and seed from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
How organic control bodies can apply for recognition to certify organic food, feed and seed from non-UK countries (third countries) for export to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
Lists of organisations and countries or territories outside the UK (third countries) that can certify organic food, feed and seed for import into Great Britain.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
The group provides comprehensive advice to the organics Four Nations Working Group (FNWG).
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
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