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The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is a non-statutory, independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency on any matters relating to novel foods (including genetically modified foods) and novel processes (including food irradiation)....
This page provides background information on public bodies and gives guidance to departments.
The UK Co-ordinating Body constitution and procedures
Standardisation explained.
Guidance for business and government departments.
How developers can get their health app assessed and endorsed.
Setting up a new arm's length body, including considerations about classification, structure and different delivery models.
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Information for businesses on the regulatory framework and transitional arrangements January 2023.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market.
Extradition processes and agreements between the UK and other countries, role of the Secretary of State, High Court and Supreme Court.
DASA funding has helped Wales-based SME, Trauma Simulation develop a whole-body model for trauma training, from the point of wounding to damage control surgery
This note sets out the procedure for conformity assessment bodies to follow in seeking designation as a UK nominated body under the merchant shipping (marine equipment) regulations 2016 (as amended).
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay, professional duties and working time of school teachers in England and reports to the Secretary of State for Education and the Prime Minister. STRB is an advisory non-departmental public...
This guidance covers the role that the police play in the DBS checking process.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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