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The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance for suppliers and dealers.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Information for exams officers about using the Parcelforce Worldwide yellow label service to dispatch exam scripts for general qualifications.
Create a label for an energy-related product (ErP) that you make or sell to UK customers, for example white goods, boilers and other household appliances.
Get authorisation to use Northern Ireland plant health labels (NIPHL) and see the list of regulated plants for planting.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Order forms for official and special labels for seed certification.
How to apply for certification, the register of growers and fees for crop and tuber inspections under the Seed Potato Classification Scheme (SPCS).
Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
Form to apply for Seed Potato Classification Scheme (SPCS) official labels.
Guidance for students, parents and schools to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam.
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