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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.
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.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
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