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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out what milk you can use in farm animal feed, and how to process it for general sale or register to supply it to farms unprocessed.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing food and groceries for employees
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