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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
As an employer providing meals for your employees, you have certain tax,…
You don’t have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…
If the meals or vouchers you provide aren’t exempt, you may have to report…
The following guides contain more detailed information: subsidised meals…
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain…
The rules on bringing meat, dairy, fish and other animal products depend…
The rules on bringing fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds depend on the…
You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…
If you declare banned food products to Border Force officers at customs,…
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Product Recall for Amazon Basics 2-in-1 Blender 600W presenting a risk of cuts and injuries.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Emerging Insights from DFID funded food markets programme in East and Southern Africa.
Information about the UK food chain.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Ministers have made one new appointment and four reappointments.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
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