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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out if you can zero rate VAT if you sell, lease or hire out a freight container for export from the UK.
Apply for Temporary Admission to import goods to the UK, or move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and use them temporarily before re-exporting them.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
Advice for Retailers and Producers
Information and links to documents referenced in MGN 534
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
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