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Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
Procurement options for gas, electricity and liquid fuel available from the Crown Commercial Service for public sector organisations.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
Check the tariff classification for flavour pods.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Advice for Retailers and Producers
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Igniting innovation: With the help of DASA funding, engineers from the University of Glasgow successfully test-fired a rocket that eats itself for fuel
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