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Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
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 import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
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.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
This research project aims to develop improved analytical methods of food allergens and interpretation of results.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
The government is introducing new measures to limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
Sources of advice and financial support for UK farmers exporting agricultural products to the EU and beyond
Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
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