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How to display the legal name for your food product.
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 which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
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.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
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