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Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Check the tariff classification for bones with some meat, fat and tendons (so called soup bones).
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
List of applications to protect the geographical name of a spirit drink in Great Britain.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines.
News and consultations from the Fish Health Inspectorate about disease outbreaks and policy changes which affect the aquaculture industry
Marking, labelling and marketing standards you must follow to import and export plant seeds, food and manufactured goods.
Use a separate statement of objection form for each Japanese GI product name you object to.
Sign up for alerts about applications for UK trade marks or international registrations
We give statutory advice to ministers on the risks to human health and the environment from the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). ACRE is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs...
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Find out if a restaurant, takeaway or food shop has good food hygiene standards.
From 13 May 2024 we are introducing a change to the procedure for new Marketing Authorisation (MA) applications, where a joint assessment of labels is requested.
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.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Find tariff notices published from 1 January 2022.
How to write up and share your findings
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 29 April 2024.
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