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The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Use these forms and guidance document to export food products with a low amount of meat, milk or egg to the EU, to then be sent to countries outside the EU.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
A research project to develop a new global network tool for food safety notifications.
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Marking, labelling and marketing standards you must follow to import and export plant seeds, food and manufactured goods.
How to spot BSE, what to do if you suspect it, measures you must take to prevent it and when you must have cattle tested.
Protected food name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
Apply online to export pet food containing meat and meat products, excluding beef to Singapore.
The T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
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 petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
An interim position paper on the safety of hydroxyanthracene derivatives for use in food by the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
Lists for local authorities.
Find out how your personal information is used to issue optional indications (OI) certificates for exporting or moving poultry meat.
Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.
Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) proficiency testing (PT) samples for food microbiology in freeze-dried format.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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