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Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
Information on how market surveillance authorities should notify products that pose a risk to the health and safety of consumers and / or are noncompliant.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How to display the legal name for your food product.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) is an independent scientific committee that provides expert advice to government on microbiological issues and food. ACMSF is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Food Standards Agency .
These reports explain our assessment of the scientific evidence used to lead to regulatory decisions on the safety of medicines or medicines classes.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Public Health England, previously Health Protection Agency, examines foods from local and port health authorities to help safeguard consumer health.
Thousands of counterfeit or unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices are being sold across the UK. The public is reminded to check their product carefully against the images in MHRA guidance to identify whether it is a counterfeit.
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
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