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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.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
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.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
This report presents the results of a scoping exercise in preparation for potential e-Learning modules
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
Guidance for those conducting research and development on genetic resources.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
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