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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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 about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Businesses have welcomed the news that 37 Geographical Indications (GIs) for UK food and drink will formally gain protection on Thursday
Evidence and information for health and care professionals and the wider public health workforce to promote the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
How to appeal a notice given for misleading your customers by a food regulator, inspector or trading standards officer, or a decision under the UK geographical indication schemes.
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