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A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Advice on ingredients in nicotine-containing liquids in electronic cigarettes and refill containers.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
Secondary legislation brought forward to control nitrous oxide as a Class C substance.
Confiscated and surrendered drugs will be tested to identify toxic substances in circulation and help prevent drug-related overdoses.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Sets out medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded because they are needed for UK patients.
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