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  • Food labelling: giving food information to consumers

    Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Food standards: labelling and composition

    Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register

    Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • Organic food: labelling and advertising rules

    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.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Importing, selling and labelling wine

    Requirements for importers, retailers and wholesalers selling and labelling wine in Great Britain, including labelling laws for wine imports into England from 1 January 2024.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Protected geographical food and drink names: UK GI schemes

    Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Organic food: approved UK control bodies

    Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Guidance on nutrition and health claims on foods

    This guidance and starter guide has been issued in order to comply with Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • Food supplement use and labels

    Supporting documents containing information about the use and labelling of food supplements in England.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • Meat products: sell them legally in England

    Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Labelling spirit drinks

    How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • ‘On hold’ health claims on foods

    How to use ‘on hold’ health claims that are still under consideration in the EU in Great Britain.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • Bottled drinking water: how to produce and label

    How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Poultry meat marketing standards

    Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Spring water: how to produce and label

    How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Naming food products

    How to display the legal name for your food product.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Compare types of bottled water

    The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Comply with the Compulsory Beef Labelling Scheme

    You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.

    • From: Rural Payments Agency
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  • Natural mineral water: rules for local authorities

    What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Adding a logo to a protected food or drink name: follow the rules

    Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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