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Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
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 how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Product Recall for Safa Food 1 Ltd Hot Plate presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
Information about the UK food chain.
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is a non-statutory, independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency on any matters relating to novel foods (including genetically modified foods) and novel processes (including food irradiation)....
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