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Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Advice on ingredients in nicotine-containing liquids in electronic cigarettes and refill containers.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Information on the core components of the UK NQI, its four main institutions, and its impact on the UK national economy.
Apply to temporarily include a non-organic ingredient in organic food or drink you sell in the UK.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners and suppliers of “essential services” on the provisions contained within the Insolvency Act 1986
Common basic data set (CBDS) and assessment component files for use by software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
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