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Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
Use this form to record decisions for the recovery of the environment following a chemical incident.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on applying for maximum residue limits (MRLs) in the UK.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
A to Z on content relating to chemical hazards.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
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.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Resources for the management of chemical, radiation and biological incidents, including UK recovery handbooks.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
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