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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.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Public Health England, previously Health Protection Agency, examines foods from local and port health authorities to help safeguard consumer health.
An update regarding the European Commission's Working Group meeting on nutrition and health claims,17 September 2012, was issued to interested parties on the 25 September 2012.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Catering guidance that offers practical advice on how to make catering affordable, healthier and more sustainable.
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
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Bilateral model health certificates for exports of live animals and animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
Guidance on promoting healthy and safe communities.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
A development programme of educational resources on critical public health topics for people who work in the health and care sector and the extended public health workforce.
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