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Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
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.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Sources of advice and financial support for UK farmers exporting agricultural products to the EU and beyond
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
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 information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
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