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Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
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Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
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.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
The Institute supports global food security, sustainable development and poverty reduction through research, advice, teaching and training. It’s been independent of the UK government since May 1996, when it became part of the University of Greenwich.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
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