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Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
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.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out if a restaurant, takeaway or food shop has good food hygiene standards.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies...
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
Prescoed is a men’s open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the village of Coed-y-Paen, South Wales. It is managed jointly with Usk Prison.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
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